Last Saturday I received an ecstatic phone message from my mother. After trying for 11 days to reach her god-daughter Ann-Marie Dorville – finally success! They finally connected via cellphone. Ann-Marie is alive and well and so are her two children. Her home isn’t, though. It was completely destroyed during the quake along with the rest of the homes in the neighborhood. Right now she’s living on the street. We’re trying to connect her with some of our other distant relatives to find her a place to stay.
Haitian Restaurant Gives Free Food to Displaced
Children eat a free spaghetti meal at Muncheez restaurant in Petionville, Haiti, outside Port-au-Prince. The restaurant has been giving away free food to Haitians since the earthquake. Courtesy Tamara Keith/NPR
I was also heartened by this story reported on NPR about a Haitian restaurant in Petion-Ville that is serving free food to the displaced. It’s called Muncheez. It’s a pizzeria and sub shop that survived the quake. Rather than letting their food go bad, they decided to cook it and give it away for free. When the eatery ran out of food, they asked nearby businesses to contribute food and ingredients.
What I find even more remarkable about this story is that the resourceful restaurant owners put on their “geek” hats and put out information on their website on how people can give to the restaurant to keep it going. They now have a paypal account: send donations to Gilbert Bailly at gbailly@yahoo.com. You can also connect with them on Facebook.
