cholera update and babies

So this past week, we have been working with every donation group under the sun to try and get materials and medication for cholera. Here's what we've got:

• 7 pallets delivered yesterday of meds, IV solution and supplies specifically for cholera
• 2 confirmed 40' containers full of Ringers Lactate IV solution
• 2 more nearly-confirmed 40' containers full of Ringers
• a donation to purchase in Europe all the drugs we'll need to treat cholera for at least 6 months
• a large budget to pay for all expenses of supplies we have to buy in-country
• 2 more 40' containers for general hospital supplies

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I also watched the 'Baseball in the Time of Cholera' movie which was great, I guess it won second place in it's category at Tribeca which is awesome. The movie only solidified my view that even if the UN won't acknowledge that this cholera epidemic is completely their fault, at least they could help pay for some of the treatment. The cost is all falling onto the NGO's shoulders. All of us are extremely tight on budgets espcially in Haiti because there is no more disaster funding, but the UN which has enormous amounts of money, isn't contributing at all. At the very least they could lighten the burden for the humanitarian organizations. At least it would be a step in the right direction, along with compensating all the people that have lost their mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and children to this disease that hadn't been in Haiti for decades.

Alright, enough ranting.

I finally took pictures up in sal pwason of the kiddos!

Carly and Neika dancing to Lucy's bossa nova music

Nadine- full, happy and swinging to the music

my baby, Marvens

Marvens loving the camera, Neika is over it, and Ferlanda smiling and babbling to the music in the stroller

sleepy girl!