Showing posts with label Mano. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mano. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Toys in Haiti

This bike can't be pedaled, but it can be ridden downhill! There's a sand pile in the yard outside, and the kids put the bike on top and roll down. Haitian kids are kind of ingenius at finding fun in ordinary stuff. If I had kids, I'd rather they did creative play like this, instead of watching TV.
Here's a soccer game played with a lime and some sticks.

The Haitian Spirit

Mano is all dressed up.
My friend Wenson only smiles when I'm not telling him to smile for the camera! Below, Mano sits on the rooftop with a big smile.
Mano and Wenson both live with some pretty tough circumstances. But they also show, I think, the spirit of resilience that's you can find all around in Haiti.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

An 11-year-old's self portrait

This is "Mano", short for Emmanuel. I'm pretty sure he took this photo himself. He lives in Dabon with his aunt Yannick, uncle Gerald, and two cousins. He moved to Dabon this year and feels lonely because, he says, he doesn't have any friends who live in Dabon.