Blog: Assignment Haiti

Karin and Tim also blogged while in Haiti, below are some of their thoughts on daily life in the disaster zone.

• Making adjustments, making do

• Cushier than camping

• Hard to hide, even in a 'clown car'

Latest Stories about Haiti

Helping out in Haiti feels like her destiny

 February 3, 2013; Updated: 5:46 pm

Early Monday morning, before the muted winter sun peeks through the windows of her New London apartment, Jessica Patti will gather her suitcases to take the next big step toward total immersion in the place that has come to consume her life.

Three years later, Haiti still recovering

 January 12, 2013; Updated: 12:56 am

The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti three years ago permanently impacted the work of the Norwich-based Haitian Health Foundation, even though its clinic, school, food and economic development programs are centered in a town 100 miles from...

Make a difference: Outreach to Haiti

 December 16, 2012; Updated: 12:34 am

WHO: Joane Udele and her husband, 8-year-old daughter and 1-year-old twins in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

AGENCY: Outreach to Haiti for the Diocese of Norwich, an agency in Connecticut and Haiti that has served for 25 years...

Former church leader sentenced in sexual assault case

 December 5, 2012; Updated: 6:48 am

Former Haitian church leader Luckner Sylvain issued a soft-spoken apology Wednesday as he was sentenced in New London Superior Court for molesting a 12-year-old girl.

Haiti’s musical ambassador brings his message to New London

 November 9, 2012; Updated: 6:08 pm

BélO, a young singer-songwriter with a high-energy, joyful sound, has been on a mission since the age of 11-one that has since brought him across the United States from his home in Petion-Ville, Haiti.

Norwich pastor pleads guilty to molesting girl

 September 26, 2012; Updated: 11:34 pm

Former Haitian church leader Luckner Sylvain pleaded guilty in Superior Court Wednesday to molesting a 12-year-old girl multiple times while she lived with his family in 2006 in Norwich.

Frustration haunts Haitian priest

 August 4, 2012; Updated: 12:14 am

The Rev. Johnson Vil, a priest in Les Palmes, Haiti, survived the 2010 earthquake that killed more than 300,000 people. He is still trying to get aid to help survivors but says it is difficult because resources are so thin.

Norwich churches raise money for Haiti

 May 21, 2012; Updated: 4:00 pm

Norwich – Two local churches raised $2,800 for Haiti during a recent talent show that featured youth groups from the First Haitian Baptist Church of Norwich and Peniel Church in Norwich.