From Haiti, II: Rain, Rain Go Away
Port-au-Prince, Haiti-
-It's raining in Port-au-Prince tonight.
This means that after a long day of laboring under the heat, many are scrambling this very hour to stay dry, scrambling to protect the minimal posessions they have, scrambling to keep their children from sleeping on a wet mat . . .
Tents--which for many individuals here are nothing more than plastic sheets strung together--and rain are not a good mix. For a city with hundreds of thousands without adequate shelter, this can't be a good night.
Rain, rain, go away . . .Come again another day.
Written: April 24, 2010 from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, during Dr. Felix's seven-day visit to work with children and adults impacted by January 12th's catastrophic earthquake.Dr. Keny Felix is a licensed professional counselor and ordained minister serving on the faculty of Richmont Graduate University in Atlanta, Georgia. Information provided in this blog is presented to a general audience and is not a substitute for a direct clinical evaluation or treatment by Dr. Keny Felix or other mental health practitioner when warranted. For more information, please visit http://kenyfelix.com/home.
