So much has happened since my last post. This weekend my host family brought me to two graduations- one was for a cousin who was studying information technology and the other was for a cousin who graduated from seminary school. My family took me to church yesterday as well. Luckily we arrived around 7:45 whereas the service actually starts at 6:30 and goes until 9:00. The church service and both of the graduations had wonderful singing. Some of these people can really belt it out!
Patrick, Bourdo, and I started to conduct interviews. We interviewed three houses on saturday and today we will continue to do some more. We ask people about their water usage, where they get their water from, and how they use the Biosand filters among other things. It has been difficult to locate the houses on my map because of the way the houses are connected and scattered throughout the neighborhood but we have been doing our best. Today we were able to meet with representatives from Pure water for Haiti which is an organization that distributes Biosand filters and teaches hygiene classes. The Vermont Haiti Project buys filters from Pure water and it was great to learn more about this organization.
In other news, I learned how to pound breadfruit to make tom tom, which is a kind of potato/starch/bread dough like substance. It was really good and I learned how to swallow it without chewing they way the rest of my host family does. I also helped cut up an entire chicken for dinner yesterday and I improved my anatomical french in the process.
OWEVWA
Katie
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