Update from Haiti June 21, 2010

[Phyllis Kalifeh]

FROM PAIGE ELLISON-SMITH:

Below is Pat Edington's summary of our day in Cange, Haiti yesterday.
I don't know how she found the energy to get this done Thank you, Pat
and thank you to everyone for your positive support and prayers!

FROM PAT EDINGTON:

Today has been a  very long day.  It was very interesting, but really
rather stressful.  We spent 6 hours driving on mostly rocky bad
roads.  We saw some beautiful sites but also hundreds of the saddest
sites you could ever expect to see.
We went to 2  of Dr. Paul Farmers hospitals and one of his farms where
they are teaching the poorest of the poor how to farm.  They give
them  seeds and supplies and then buy their crops.  Partners in Health
now has  5000 Haitians on the  payroll. The extremely dedicated staff
with 13 doctors at the first hospital see about 400 free patients each
day. The staff who met with us  were very interested in PROJECT
K.I.D.  They really want to work with Paige in some capacity.  The
rain started as we left the last hospital, so it is cool.
Paige and I will be glad to get to our nice, safe house tonight, eat
our protein bars and go to bed.  Tomorrow morning we start at 7 to set
up a  new play site.

Love from Haiti,
Pat