Waiting for the train in Stamford, CT. Will head to Bridgeport where we take the ferry to Port Jefferson. Almost all Haiti equipment in tow.

I guess mobile posting is more like Tweeting. Arghhhhh !

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? g out the ham radios and trying to figure out how they work BEFORE we get to Haiti. I think I understand a couple of simplex frequencies which is what we

? Sittin' on the stoop of the East Durham "reading room." It's a closet-sized library that offers free Internet service here in the Catskills. We're testin

Mobile posting?

This is a test to see if I can post from my iPhone. Did it work?

Mountains Beyond Mountains

Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder, is the story of Dr. Paul Farmer, who dares to dream that tuberculosis can be cured in the poorest regions of Haiti, Peru and Moscow. The man is incredibly smart, having been educated at Harvard, but more important is his passion for the poor. He is daring and resilient, driven and compassionate. He makes the case for Margaret Mead's famous quote that a small group of people can change the world. I am inspired by Farmer, if not riveted to the descriptions of Haiti. The landscape, the poverty, the illness. The title of the book reflects a Haitian proverb that implies that beyond every mountain, or obstacle, is another mountain - or obstacle. The work is never done.
My bags are packed for Haiti with donated supplies and medicines. Here is what I am bringing:
Baby blankets (a duffle bag full)
Baby clothes
8 Head Lamps
8 Wrist Watches with second hands
8 Rain Ponchos (there are 8 students in the most recent graduating class of midwives)
100 doses of Pitocin
2 Bottles of Misoprostol
Syringes
Angiocaths
Bulb Syringes
Gauze
A used Doppler that still works
2 Ham radios
Mosquito Netting
DEET insect repellant
Chloroquine

What else? I will be travelling down with 2 large bags and will be donating almost everything except the clothes that I need to wear home and my camera equipment. Thanks to Isaac, I have a global data card for the computer, now just need to find a SIM card in Haiti and I will have lots of Internet access. So, if you hear from me, I found the SIM card. If I'm sporadic, I'll tell you all about it when I get home!

$68.92

Thank you so much to Laurel and Meggie and Sean from Texas for fundraising for Haiti. Laurel is 8 and the daughter of a midwife. Her little neighbor friends Meggie and Seam helped her raise this money that they sent on to me. I will use the donation to buy school supplies for the children at the orphanage in Hinche. I leave today for New York and then to Haiti on the 24th. I will try to blog from Haiti, so stay tuned!