All students talk about the devastation of the houses of their families. We have pictures (above) of one of them: the house of Peterson Dorestant
And this is what was left of another house in Kay-Kok.
Here you read the personal accounts of our six students about Matthew and the impact of the hurricane
Hello dear supporter, how are you ?
I am very glad to send you my sincere
greetings and to let you know how very important you are for me.
To be honest I never had any hope at
all, but you have given me hope by helping me with my school. I expect to be
able to find work, I have my dreams back! Thanks to you I have good hope to
become a boss in the future. I pray to god that he will give you a long and
nice life.
I can tell you that we all have become
victims of the hurricane. I myself have not been hurt, but the roof and the
doors of our house are destroyed. And many branches of the trees have been
thrown on our house and have nearly destructed it totally. I have noticed that
there are still many unsolved problems on Ile a Vache, but I am sure there will
come help for my family to rebuild the house. The actual life at this moment is
not easy for my family n Ile a Vache.
I am very glad to be able to tell you
about my family down at the island. I think you will understand their
circumstances. I thank you so much for what you are doing for me.
Thank you sincerely!
Jean Julio Placide
My dear supporter, how are you?
I feel very sad and at the same time very
stressed as well to tell you about the passage of the storm Matthew, who drew a
trail of human and material destruction.
At the moment of the passage my spirit was
in total confusion because the weather was so bad. The force of the storm kept
on augmenting, demolishing everything on it trail, my parental house included.
For this reason we are now forced to rebuild it. The storm was a disaster in
many ways, even for my dear mother, who until today has not been feeling well
again. I hope you will be able help me with a little bit extra.
I hope to hear soon form you again, and I
send you my best regards, may god bless you!
Joseph Hugues
Hello supporter, how are you?
I am very pleased that you asked me to
tell you about my experiences during the passage of the hurricane Matthew. I
have had a very hard time during Matthew. I was very much in doubt what to do:
I would have preferred to go home, but I was not longer possible to stay in our
family house and my family found refuge in tone of the emergency shelters,
because of which no personal injury has occurred during the hurricane.
At the moment I feel dejected, because I
would really love to go to Ile a Vache to see my family, but there is no place
for me to stay when I am there. I am very glad you asked me to explain to you
how things are with me which offered me the opportunity to tell you that I am
very distressed since the passage of Matthew over Ile a Vache.
I hope one day I will find a solution. Thank
you so much for thinking of me, I hope you will spread my story. May god
protect you,
Jeanel
Jean
Hello supporter, how are you?
I am very glad that I have this opportunity
to tell you about the passage of the hurricane Matthew. I had not counted on
something like this when it suddenly started to blow. I was totally unprepaired,
and I can tell you it was a big surprise for me, because I was not informed
that this would be a hurricane. I stayed very calm, though I had nothing to
eat. My mother, living in the countryside lost her house while that has been
washed away. This has hit me psychologically hard, for at the moment I am not
able to help my mother to build a new home. I find myself in a delicate
position, while my mother counts on me and I am not able to do anything for
her. I cannot say that I am doing well for this reason, we have lost everything,
our plantation has been destroyed, we have not left anything. It breaks my
heart, but this is not the end, I keep on hoping! I hope you understand our
circumstances, and that god will give you force and courage to go on helping
me. I thank you for your attention, Peterson Dorestant.
Good day to you my dear supporter, how are
you?
Allow me to describe you how it was. I
really feel obliged to write about this natural catastrophe.
To start with: I have known very tense
moments when the hurricane passed over the south of Haiti, there have been
several moments that I feared to die, together with the rest of my family. Our
family house is destroyed, our plantations have been swept away by the flood and
incredible wind gusts have uprooted huge trees. I am very grateful to god who
spared our lifes. Thanks to our neighbors and friends who during several days
after the hurricane have offered us shelter, food and hygiene. Till this day my
parents have no shelter of their own. Matthew has left me with very bad
memories; we have nothing to sell anymore to buy food from, so we are totally
dependent of the help form others, who themselves have nothing left anymore.
I am very glad I had the opportunity to
explain to you how life is for me after Matthew. I want to thank you very much
for the help you give me to live and study over here. May god bless you,
Legana
Vital
Hello my dear supporter, how are you?
I am so glad to be able to write you some
lines to greet you after the passage of hurricane Matthew over Haiti.
In the first place I want to thank for all
benefits you did already for me. The hurricane has blown the roof of the home
of our family. They have found protection in one of the emergency shelters. My
mother lost nearly all her possessions: her dwelling, her chair, her kitchenware
and many other things.
Yes I a attending school, but I don’t feel
very well due to the very unfortunate circumstances of my family because of
Matthew. Our situation is really critical, we are in need for nearly everything.
For this reason we can use all help of those people that understand our
situation.
This is what I wanted to tell you, my very
best regards,
Renol Placide
