Diary of a journey: Asheville’­s Mission Manna team in Haiti (with ongoing coverage via Twitter)

“Arrived Montrouis late last night after dark drive from Port au Prince. Good to be here!” was the word Saturday night from a group of Asheville doctors, nurses and volunteers from Mission Manna who fly regularly to Haiti to provide health services.

We see a lot of extremes in Haiti. Beautiful kids living in dire poverty, for example. Last night we saw a rainbow on one side of the mountain, and a breath-taking sunset on the other.

The Haiti-Asheville connection continues: A panel discussion (updated with photos)


Haiti’s recovery from the devastating January earthquake is far from complete. And the Asheville connection with recovery efforts remains strong. Mountain Xpress publisher Jeff Fobes attended a UN Association panel discussion on Tuesday, June 22: Haiti: Past, present and future. Here are Fobes’ collected messages (Tweets) from the session.

Asheville’­s Haiti connection­: Mission MANNA returns from the mountains (Day 5)

The medical team has returned from its two-day trek, reports Todd Kaderabek, Mission MANNA’s point person in Asheville.  “The Asheville team is off mountain and back in Montrouis,” says Todd. “Looks like it was rough. They happened upon a rollover injury.” Thursday evening, Oct. 22: Dr. Derek Dephouse reports, “Many malnourished kids. It was Haiti […]