Every few months my sister, Hilary, has takes trips to a boy’s orphanage in south Haiti now going on four years where she has medically treated the children living there during her visits as well as the people from the nearby town of Les Cayes. Although most of the damage and tragedy has affected Port au Prince, the orphanage Hilary visits and volunteers her time for, Espwa, as well as the town of Les Cayes have already started feeling the effects of the earthquake there as well. Thousands of people from Port au Prince have already started arriving in Les Cayes, which is usually a 5-6 hour drive over mountainous terrain. The one road from PaP to Les Cayes was recently re-opened for smaller vehicles only. The only hospital in Les Cayes is full of patients, and there are sick and wounded everywhere on the floors and in the parking lots. Espwa has been doing their best to care for these newly arrived people from Port au Prince by holding a soup kitchen near hospital. Espwa is a haven that regularly provides over 600 children with hope and stability in a country where both of those things run scarce under normal circumstances for anyone, especially children. They are doing the best they can under these extraordinary circumstances with what they have and would greatly appreciate any help that may be able to receive:
You can follow along and read more from Father Marc, who started Espwa, from his blog, here:
pwojeespwa.blogspot.com
and more on Espwa itself, here:
freethekids.org
