Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot is on her way to Haiti to join 450 other volunteers for Habitat for Humanity. The group plans to build 100 homes in Leogane.
Due to lack of internet, she plans to tweet her experiences. I’m posting her initial ones below (most recent to older tweets):
This build is on land secured for the future owners. They will each own their plot. http://pic.twitter.com/PohBm0vB
2 hours agoOne barrier to rebuilding in Haiti is land ownership.Most homeless were renters.Habitat’s first homes lacked clear title & were confiscated.
2 hours agoAirfield in Haiti. Planet Airways, clearly grounded. Leogane was the epicenter of the earthquake. http://pic.twitter.com/78FGMe7m
2 hours agoLanded in Haiti. Drove through a sea of tents, shacks, with trucks loaded with people going up the road to somewhere. http://pic.twitter.com/T1sawERN
3 hours agoHAITI-living in what feels like a M*A*S*H set. 14 in our tent on cots. Irish crew cooking for us. Haitian beer helps. http://pic.twitter.com/H76SUOLE
3 hours agoSo glad the pilot is. Leaning the window before he flies us to Haiti. http://pic.twitter.com/gfMsBrGQ
23 hours agoPlane to Haiti is loading. Did an informal survey-10% of the volunteers going to Haiti can’t afford health insurance. http://pic.twitter.com/I6RZJ8Qf
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You can follow her on Twitter: @stonesoupcomics. If you don’t have a twitter account, you can still see her tweets here: