Haiti Trip 2007

Despite his disabilities, Fritz is a wild child. He loves to pull pranks on other kids, have fun and be a clown.

My first class in action.

My second class in action.

This is Larza working with one of our teachers, Jean Rodain. Larza has severe cerebral palsy, but has made it his mission to walk one day. He is very intelligent.

My second music class.

This is my first music class of the day.

Wings is lucky enough to have the Healing Hand with Haiti team Canada come to Wings twice a year. These doctors, therapists, and technicians work with the staff and children, and revolutionize the house.

more of the Healing Hands team.

Sam is around four to five years old. He has a great personality, and captures the life of the room

This is Jean Baptiste, and great guy and one of our recreational therapists, working with Clifton.

Delmace is the newest Baby at wings. He is around twenty months now. While he is paralyzed in his legs, he is a very intelligent and adaptive boy.

These are some street kids i met in kenscoff. I asked them if i could take a photo, and while they were fine with it, it doesn't show in the photo.

Delome is one of the more mysterious children at Wings. He is partially blind, deaf and mute, and is a seven year old child in the body of a two year old.

Miky is another one of the effective babies at Wings. He is a wonderful kid, who, along with Delome, has a growth hormone issue. While miky is physically a 2 year old, he is around 6 years old. Unfortunately, he lost his battle and passed away on January 2, 2008.

richnyder is one of the funnier people ive met in my life. He is one of the kids at wings, and has a tremendous sense of humour that permeates through everything he does.

Tigga is an interesting kid. He was found in one of poorest areas of the world, Cite Soleli, but he has a very strong sense of pride and dignity. He is very proud of who he is.

Josephine is an almost unbearably cute kid! She is six to seven years old, and while she can not walk without help from others, that is her only disability. She is very smart, adaptive and independent.

a sunrise from the roof of st. joseph's.

I was on a trip back to wings the day after a major hurricane left. The five hour mountain road trip was halted by this huge rockslide.

a road that leads out of port-au-prince... it is one of the poorer areas in an already poor country.

This photo can show what happens when a countrys' citizens aren't provided with a proper way to dispose of trash. This is, in very sense of the phrase, a river of trash.

Despite the previous photo, haiti is a beautiful country. This is a sunset from my own room at wings. Despite all the massive poverty in Haiti, it is one of the most natural, beautiful places.