No Refuge

It doesn't take long to be reminded that for many people in Haiti, and in many other places around the world, there's just no escape from the rain. No watertight home to live in. No car with closed windows to jump into.  No workplace or school that'll protect you from the downpour.

As I drove the girls to the station to pick up Storly, the downpour began. By the time we got back on the road, the road had become more like a river, and we had two extra passengers (co-workers) in the front passenger seat. We gave them a woulib, a free ride, to a bus stop where they could get a tap-tap (bus) ride into town.

Though they've done some major improvements to the roads in Cap-Haitien, with water drainage canals along the main road, the heavy rain still brought torrents of water rushing downhill.

For some kids especially, it's a chance to enjoy getting wet - and taking a shower.