by Kent | Jan 12, 2011 | Faith, Featured Entries, Haiti, International Development and Missions, Writing
Here are several articles I wrote for this day, as well as a report on our work for the past year: 1. CNN.com article on “One Year Later” here. 2. Huffington Post article on despair and hope here. 3. A radio interview on NPR’s “The Story”...
by Kent | Jan 4, 2011 | Featured Entries, Haiti, International Development and Missions, Uncategorized
“Poverty Tourism Can Make Us So Grateful” is the title of a new article for Huffington Post. I had an aching back and couldn’t sleep one night, so wrote it. You can go to the article here.
by Kent | Dec 17, 2010 | Featured Entries, Haiti
Last day of school for the year at one of our schools and some of the kids had finished their exams. What better than a kind of dance off? I jumped in. I lost a number of times. I will be practicing…
by Kent | Dec 13, 2010 | Featured Entries, Haiti, International Development and Missions
Flying to Haiti tomorrow. Didn’t think I’d be able to; the airport has been closed because of demonstrations around the election. American Airlines starts flying again tomorrow. Anxious to be there talking and working with friends and colleagues. (There...
by Kent | Dec 6, 2010 | Faith, Featured Entries, Haiti
(Recently written for Huffington Post.) The litany of horrors somehow won’t end: an earthquake kills 230,000; 80 percent of people already living on less than $2 a day; cholera spreading with help from a hurricane and killing 1,000 so far. The stats only hint at...
by Kent | Dec 6, 2010 | Featured Entries, Haiti, Uncategorized, Writing
Earlier this year, as part of the release of this book, there was a chance for six people to win a free trip to Haiti. There were over 80 essay submissions. Most of them were really thoughtful. It was an honor to read them. And then I realized what a dumb idea the...
