Beyond Borders’ Mackanaky Steevens Magloire is sending video and photos from his hometown of Matènwa on the island of Lagonav. As of 10:00 a.m. EDT, conditions on Lagonav are deteriorating. Our colleague Freda Catheus, also a native of Lagonav, reports flooding in the community of Pwentaraket and the collapse of a tin and tarp structure used for classrooms at St. Lucy Catholic School in the village of Tipalmis. Mackanaky shot this video in Matènwa at about 9:30 a.m. EDT.
Is Hope a Choice?
One morning last fall in a rural village in Haiti, a woman who we'll call Esperanta bathed and dressed her five kids, locked them into her tiny house, and then walked away with the intention of ending her life. Life had not treated Esperanta...