Archive for February, 2010
J/P HRO Haiti Water Mission
Water for Haiti from santos on Vimeo. Jon Rose, once a pro-surfer, now dedicates his time to distributing water filters to places that need it most. When the earthquake hit- him and JPHRO immediately began to take action in the relief efforts. This is a small mission I went on during my time volunteering with [...]
Read moreIntense – Jon Rose
Sometimes experiences are difficult to put into words. The ones so rich, that you can actually feel yourself changing right then and there. I guess the best word to describe yesterday is INTENSE. Each day seems to get more and more enhanced. Maybe its because I’m getting more in rhythm, or maybe because I’m pushing [...]
Read moreEverybody Needs Everything
Yesterday was flat out awesome! It’s so great to have such a big stockpile of filters to work with. In the morning, Paula (from David Belle’s network in Jacmel), came with a huge truck and picked up the 1500 filters I promised to the Crose Network. It feels so good to follow through on my [...]
Read moreYou Ready? – Haiti
There’s really no substitute for putting in the hours. The only way to have an even semi effective operation down here is to personally oversee every stage. Simply put, it just comes down to time spent. There’s so much chaotic energy that it’s so easy for good intentions to slip through the cracks a fall [...]
Read moreTents, Rice, Water – Haiti
Happy Superbowl… I think it’s today? Who am I kidding, I don’t even know who’s playing! Made another food drop yesterday. Six bags of rice – to a tent community that has seen little to no support. There were only four of us so we had to be smart. You absolutely can not just rock [...]
Read moreWe Need Help!
It’s Friday! … Feb 5th, 9pm EST. I’m in a cargo plane somewhere between Florida and the Caribbean. What a trip! Red-eye from LAX to Miami last night. I was only home for 5 days, which really wasn’t enough time to process the experience from the week before. There were a couple days where I [...]
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