Who am I?
I am a Canadian living and working in Haiti as a nutritionist. I work for St. Boniface Haiti Foundation in Fond des Blancs, a remote mountain community. I’ve been here for four years and love the work, the people and the challenges.
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Category Archives: Nutrition Related
Agriculture in Haiti
I receive a news alert every day that provides links to articles about Haiti in general. On Sunday, I usually have more time to read them, though I skim most of it every day. I read this article today, and … Continue reading →
Food Distribution Program
Here’s a little taste of what the food distributions are like. In the video we are measuring the mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) to screen for acute malnutrition, and are preparing the corn soy blend/sugar/oil mixture for distribution. WFP food distribution, … Continue reading →
Tuesday, Tuesday
Tuesdays wipe me out. Particularly recently. As I sit at my desk, the sweat is still drying and I am feeling miserable and sticky. I’ve had my morning shower, and am fighting off the urge to jump in again in … Continue reading →
Monday morning optimism…skepticism
I’m usually up quite early. Monday mornings are amusing because I spend quite a bit of the early quiet time mentally planning the week before I remember that it is a waste of time. I almost always start the week … Continue reading →
Hard
It has been difficult here for the past few days. There have been a lot of people asking for food. They are coming to the hospital compound because we are giving out food, just not to everyone. They are coming … Continue reading →
N’ap degaje – we’re making do
We have received a few patients from the Comfort who have head injuries. As a result of this they aren’t able to eat on their own, so they had PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) tubes placed. These tubes are placed through … Continue reading →
Back to Clinical
I’ve been doing more clinical work this week than my whole time in Haiti so far. Most of the nutrition work I’ve done has been with our community programs. I worked as a clinical dietitian for eight years before I … Continue reading →
What a day
The day began at 7:30 and is just ending now at 9:30. I can’t even remember what I’ve been doing for the last 14 hours. My timesheet says I’ve worked 222 hours in the last 22 days, which means an … Continue reading →
And now for something completely different…
Catch What’s on Your Plate?, the documentary about kids and food politics, on national TV this February 7th, 2010! Join families across the country for a Family Cook-In! on Sunday, February 7th and spend an afternoon learning with your kids … Continue reading →
I’m too tired to think of a title…
I spent today working with the malnutrition program. It was chaos. To say we need to do some reorganizing and advance planning before Tuesday comes is an understatement. Today, for some reason unclear to me, we combined the program with vaccinations too. I … Continue reading →
