My Brothers Table

Was able to volunteer one last time time today at the soup kitchen in Frederiksted. After helping many times this summer when it was usually the "same old adults" and Officer Charles, Frederiksted's bike cop, it was great to see three students and a staff member from Country Day School there today.With each meal, I see how much I have learned by giving my respect and my attention to these folks. In real schooling, teachers and students often switch places. Today, Miss Rose cooked salt-fish and fungi, word spread quickly on the street, so there was a big turnout with very little thrown away.


The port city of Gonaives is forty miles north of Port-au-Prince. A natural harbor, built on a wide river delta, it has had sections of the town that are still flooded since 2002. This summer, Gonaives got deluged four times. All the roads leading to the city are closed by washed-out bridges, so no food or water can be trucked in. Here is a city that truly needs the world to step forward with My Brothers Table.