Thank God things slowed down a little yesterday, but I guess that is all relative. Emotions were running high after the first two days, so it was a timely reprieve. I often get asked, are you exhausted? Today, I did. For the first time in a long time, I felt completely tired. As I was […]
This ritual is second nature. It starts at 2 am Newfoundland time. 32 people get out of bed and tiredly make their way to the airport in the middle of a chilly Fall night. Add to that the fact that they’re giving their vacation time for this. Time away from their families too. Makes me […]
Special guest blog by Dr. Nikhil Joshi, currently on the ground in Nepal for Team Broken Earth. I’m hyperventilating. I need At least 10 translators. They need excellent English skills, and then have to be able to speak at least 3 of Nepal’s 40 or so dialects. They have to be available, affordable and willing […]
It’s 3:30 in the AM and I can’t sleep. I thought it was the time change, but I can’t stop thinking about the sites of today. The city is intensely dense. At 20,000 people per square km, there isn’t a lot of room. But the roads and infrastructure are good, and we feel safe. […]
I didn’t want to come here. Bangladesh. I had a lot on my plate between work and Haiti and finding time in between to be a husband and a dad. A friend of mine had approached me a while back to come and assess their charity and explore where they can improve and how Broken […]
Five years ago today, hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives and so many more were injured and irrevocably changed after the earthquake that levelled Port-au-Prince in Haiti. It only took a few minutes but families and communities were destroyed or damaged beyond repair. I remember the aftermath so clearly and that odd feeling of […]
“Help me! My baby fell off a tap-tap and his leg is broken!” The story – a common one in Haiti – is, this time, not real. The “baby” is a plastic mannequin of a toddler wearing navy blue sweatpants three sizes too big and missing an arm; his “mother,” a tall blond Canadian pediatric […]
Yesterday was another busy day for me here in Port-au-Prince but not in the OR for a change. Started early at 7 AM with lectures to the public medical school orthopedic residents. These students are eager to learn and their enthusiasm fed my energy. Broken Earth is creating a new partnership here with the Haitian […]