“ Anpil traka nan Mowo” – A lot of trouble in Leogane. These are the words we hear from everyone we speak to about Hurricane Matthew’s path of destruction in Haiti. The damage is devastating – entire towns and cities have been destroyed…. Leogane, La Gonave, Cayes, Miragoane, Cavaillon…..and during the height of the storm, roofs were lifted and dragged by winds with homes disappearing in the flash of rising water. These towns have all been cut off now with major and smaller bridges and roadways washed away. Electricity and communication is very limited. Many designated shelters in churches, schools and clinics have been destroyed. While we are thankful many lives have been spared, we ar

I have received most devastating news of the level of destruction that has broadened as Hurricane Matthew has left Haiti. The Northwest has joined the South in its profile of water damage, catastrophic destruction of a fragile infrastructure, major destruction of roofs and tops of shelters, lack of access to the bridges and roadways washed away not to forget loss of communication. The damage is substantial and the count of lives lost has surpassed 283 and continues to rise. Homes, businesses and crops have suffered great damage; thousands are left without shelter and many without homes to go to. Photo of a town in the South taken by Gladys Cassagnol “Anpil traka nan Mowo” (lots of trouble i