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Community meeting in Niva, Haiti

Haiti Part Two: The process of getting clean water

Last week I had the privilege of visiting communities in Haiti where I saw firsthand the work being done there to construct wells, two of which are being funded by the Passports With Purpose travel blogging fundraiser.  This is the second of my …

Children in Belanjé Haiti

Haiti Part One: More than wells

Highway 3 is in better shape than I had hoped after reading Tracy Kidder’s frightening descriptions of driving up it in Mountains Beyond Mountains. It’s the first thing that I’ve seen in Haiti that this is true of.  Driving out of the …

Kids in Haiti carrying water - courtesy Water.org

I’m going to Haiti

I’m going to Haiti! I have to keep typing those words to actually believe that they are true. But they are – on Sunday morning I’ll be heading down there for a very quick trip to visit the site of one of the two wells Water.org is helping build …

Swimming in the Mad River, Vermont

It’s World Water Day!

Happy World Water Day! This is a time to think about the lack of this precious resource around the world and how shortages disproportionately affect women and children. I hope you'll check out this post from Water.org on the Passports With Purpose …

Kids in Haiti carrying water - courtesy Water.org

Let’s build some wells in Haiti with Water.org and Passports with Purpose

Travel bloggers have been known – on occasion – to complain about how busy they are. Between the demands of writing and editing photos and publishing and sharing – to say nothing of actually traveling – it certainly can and does take a lot of …