Napkins

I have done as much as I can during this trip and in a few hours, it is time to fly home. It appears a good deal was accomplished and hopefully a solid foundation has been laid. A venture does not succeed without a great team. Fondespwa fortunately has this. First and foremost are Lex and Renee without whom Fondespwa does not exist, plain and simple. An American, cannot accomplish anything of note in Haiti, unless you have a Haitian contact and not only a contact but one who is respected and also has a high level of integrity. These two people epitomize those traits. I have been so fortunate to have met them. Now back to the States, to see if we can raise the money to water this seed. That work, will be mundane and classic knocking on doors, and could be fairly prosaic. It remains to be seen, if there is even any need to continue this blog on a daily basis or only when there is something of note, to add. Most likely the latter. I will conclude with this. Tonight, we had our usual biweekly meeting in St. Etienne (with the mountain women), where we introduced Venante, who will soon be taking over from Martine. Jeff taught and then at the conclusion, for the snack, we passed out what was left of this large birthday cake from last evening. As I was helping handing out a piece of cake on a napkin, I looked over and saw Jeff and Renee tear the napkins in half so as not to use them up so quickly because they cost money. Everything is rationed here. Also I noticed, that no woman, when she received her piece took a bite. Rather, they each carefully wrapped up their piece in this napkin and carried it home, for guess whom?