Why Mozayik? Believe me I get this question all the time, and before embarking on this wild and crazy ride I asked myself the same question. I’ve traveled to Haiti enough times, and have seen incomprehendable hardships, challenges and countless sad stories. The truthful answer to the question “Why Mozayik”, is MONA AUGUSTIN. nike blazer pas cher nike air max nettbutikk I had seen Mona performing with a musical group called 2Rasin (Day Razeen) which often performed for us when we would take groups to Haiti. Cheap Nike Shoes Outlet UK Everyone loved the music, and loved dancing and singing along with our Haitian hosts. Mona rarely engaged with our groups and always kind of floated in and quickly disappeared after each performance. It was undeniable that he had talent as the composer and lead of the group, but he often stayed in the background. Little did I or anyone else know what a fearless and determined leader he really was. 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This lot had been vacant for as long as anyone could remember and it became their “tent camp”. lunette de soleil ray ban They called themselves Mozayik (mosaic) because they felt as though they were a collection of many different people making shelters out of broken pieces of rubble and tiles they found in the street. I was so moved and intrigued by this story of solidarity, strength and tenacity. It stirred something deep inside of me. air max pas cher pour femme Fastforward 2 years, the community was forced to leave the vaccant lot so that a bank could build across the street, and the Mayor of the city didn’t think it would be good for business to have customers walking by a “tent camp”. Because everyone in the community rented their houses, and didn’t own, they basically became homeless. sac a dos kanken The government appointed an area outside of Port Au Prince and it became known as Cannan, ‘The Promised Land”. Cannan has become the second largest city in all of Haiti, now filled with the countless victims of the earthquake. Here in Cannan this community of 200 or so families, many of them women and children, struggled daily to find water, they used a nearby ravine for a little privacy to conduct their “daily business”. Once again they gathered scaps of tin, metal, bedsheets, and wood to construct little shacks to get out of the oppessive sun and constant wind. new balance 996 femme soldes They stayed together, and even built a church/school so that they could gather and pray and the children would have a place to go everyday. A teaher and a pastor emerged from the community. Our 7 day trip quickly ended and we all went back to our comfy homes in the US. Cheap Nike Shoes UK At the time I was living in an affluent subburb of Madison, WI where all I had to do was turn a faucet on to get a glass of purified water. Nike Air Max Dames I had a comfortable bed, clean sheets and air-conditioning. 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