Empowering Communities in Haiti
Good morning! Been here for 2 days now and finally starting to adjust. Its a weird sensation for me to be back. On some levels I feel more comfortable than ever but there’s also been a lot of change. Mostly good changes – debris removal, better structures in the tent camps, and definitely a resumed [...]
Read moreIndonesia Relief
Financial backing from actor Sean Penn, funded an effort to bring 4,000 of the ceramic filters to Haiti, providing clean water for about 40,000 people.
Read moreLarry King Live with Sean Penn in Haiti
CNN – Watch: Larry King’s interview with Sean Penn and Diana Jenkins, discussing the Jenkins/Penn Haitian Relief Organization (J/P HRO) and the ongoing efforts to bring water filters to survivors in Haiti. All of us at Waves for Water would like to extend a special acknowledgment to Dennis Haysbert, Sean Penn, Diana Jenkins and Patricia [...]
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 [...]
Read moreFighting for Survival – Haiti
Yesterday was gritty. We received a new shipment of medical supplies and food the night before. It was going to be our first attempt at doing a food drop in one of the tent cities, called San Teresa. We tried to drum up some ideas that might help us organize the distribution prior to getting [...]
Read moreHope, Help & Dispair – Haiti
The lack of sleep is starting to take its toll. Plenty of time to sleep when I get home though. Another incredibly productive day yesterday. I went to Jacmel with David Belle to demonstrate our program to his network. The leader of this group used to be the Minister of Agriculture and has a lot [...]
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