photos - bonnette - part 1

We made a mother's day visit with Paulna and the visitors to the village of Bonnette. The road was a swamp and I didn't want Kimosabee to get dirty or stuck in the mud so I made the visitors walk.

We took a detour through the sugar cane field to avoid the mud. Jefftay held back a thorn branch for people to pass.

The visitors enjoyed the walk!

Here are the children passing through "downtown Bonnette"! This is an area where houses are close together. Paulna lives in the outskirts of town.

They climbed over a tree stump gate.

photos - bonnette - part 1

We went to visit Paulna and her family in Bonnette on Sunday afternoon.

Paulna's mother was ironing with her charcoal iron.

We also brought some food for Michelore's mother and grandmother.

Dan met Miguelson, the boy with the orthopedic deformity. Pray we can find an orthopedic surgeon that can help him.

Guerdeline is a child that was brought to Dorothy's Faith, Hope, Love Infant Rescue last August. She is doing great! On Sunday we saw her mother holding her new baby that was born in January.

photos - bonnette - part 1

The village of Bonnette is where Paulna's family lives. We stopped by the spring. You can see how fertile the area around the spring is.

The villagers come here to bathe, wash clothes and water their animals. It is located in the plain area.

Common transportation for the villagers is donkey.

The road to the village is a mud bowl. The donkey grudgingly went through the mud carrying his owner.

Our main purpose of the visit was to pick up Rachel, a one month old baby girl. Deedee is taking her into her home to look after. The mother had a stroke a couple of years ago and she is not able to look after her.

photos - Bonnette, Cite Soleil

Evnelson is the younger brother of Ednerson. Ednerson is doing well at Deedee's. We need to keep an eye out for Evnelson and his nutritional status. His mother is pregnant and will probably have her baby at the end of January. Many times the new baby will result in the next youngest child falling into malnutrition.

The diet of the poor lacks protein and the red hair is a sign of protein deficiency.

This child is carrying back straw from the fields.

In Cite Soleil the poor struggle to find food for the day. These children are taking the small discarded fish that the fishermen discard from their nets. We were in Cite Soleil in the morning. None of these children are able to attend school. Pray that one day every child will have the opportunity for an education.

A lot of the men in Cite Soleil rely on fishing to provide for their families. The baskets you see in the boats are used to catch crabs. The man on the shore is repairing his net.

photos - bonnette - part 1

We made a visit with Paulna last weekend to see her family and the other people we know that live in Bonnett. Before the entrance to the village is where the crops are planted. The people of the village grow sugar cane, beans and "pitimi" (millet). This horse is feeding off the grass. There is a nearby "sous" (spring) which causes this land to be fertile. Fortunately the heavy rains didn't affect the crops here.

The road to the village is now a swamp so we parked the pick-up truck and enjoyed a walk to the village. Common transportation for the people living in this village are donkeys.

It was a good day for a walk. I went with the older guys who are part of Coram Deo and Paulna.

We needed to cut through the sugar cane field to bypass the mud.

There was already a path cut through the sugar cane that we followed.

photos - bonnette - part 3

Mud huts don't take much to damage. The hut in the background shows damage to the thatch roof and mud/stick walls. The village of Bonnette held up well during all the rains. The girl that won't look at the camera is Doudeleimy. She recently came back from the United States after surgery to correct her clubbed feet.

Williamise is a young girl who lives in this village. She has hydrocephalus. The family out of superstition believe that if she is operated on she will not be able to walk. She is doing alright but is starting to have seizures probably due to the pressure on her brain.

Paulna is showing off riding on a friends donkey.

This is me sitting on the back end of a donkey.

A herd of sheep walked by near the back part of the village. You would never have known that there was rain in this area. It is already back to being dusty.