A DAY IN HAITI

Doug Doebler (AKA Professor Beach) stays at Club Indigo in Montrouis Haiti while visiting the Self Sufficient villages built by http://www.CaringHouseProjectFoundation.com and Schools and orphanages run by http://www.HopeToHaiti.com check out this beautiful beach.

We Visited – We Observed – We Left – Did We Make An Impact – Heck Yes!

Click Here to see the Mavericks 2011 Impact Story

We are planning another trip for February 8-11, 2012.

Please contact Doug Doebler if interested in helping make an Impact in Haiti!

You can reach Doug by email: Doug@DougDoebler.com

After months of planning, our Maverick Impact Trip to Haiti was a success!

Maverick Business Adventures Impact Tour To Haiti

CLICK HERE FOR MY PHOTO JOURNAL OF MY 5th TRIP TO HAITI

Reflecting over the tragedy one year ago and thinking about my upcoming trip to Haiti in February.

This is a new 60 second video piece produced, shot  and edited by a mutual friend, Johnathan Heffelfinger. Please watch and PLEASE share with others!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZBUl7UhGUE

Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was in Haiti on Sunday, urging the U.S government and other Americans to do more to help the earthquake-ravaged country.

“Not to get political, but if some of the politicians would come here and see the conditions perhaps they would see the need for, say, a military airlift to bring the supplies that are so needed here,” she said.

Palin spoke at a brief press conference at a warehouse owned by the Samaritan’s Purse organization north of Port-au-Prince.

“(I) don’t want Americans to forget the need that is here,” she said. “More importantly, for Americans and people across the world to know what an individual can do to make a difference, to contribute, to kind of get out of your comfort zone and volunteer to help.”

continue reading

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — The cholera epidemic already blamed for more than 1,100 deaths in Haiti could worsen because of poor sanitation in the earthquake-ravaged country, U.S. medical researchers reported Thursday.

A lack of treated drinking water, coupled with poor hand hygiene and food-preparation practices, make the 1.3 million people still living in camps particularly vulnerable, according to a new study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“The course of the cholera outbreak in Haiti is difficult to predict,” the report states. “The Haitian population has no pre-existing immunity to cholera, and environmental conditions in Haiti are favorable for its continued spread.”

continue reading

Hey everyone, just letting you know that I am planning another trip to Haiti in February. If you have any interest in joining me, send me an email.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Tomas reached hurricane strength in the Caribbean early Friday as it headed toward earthquake-ravaged Haiti.  The hurricane’s maximum sustained winds were near 80 mph. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said some additional strengthening is expected.

At 4 a.m. ET, Hurricane Tomas was located about 175 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and was moving northeast near 9 mph.  The storm was expected to cross over Haiti’s southwestern tip then swirl through the strait that divides Haiti from Cuba. continue reading

Hurricane warnings now issued for Haiti, the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Tomas intensified a little bit overnight. As of 5am EDT Thursday Tropical Storm Tomas was located about 315 miles to the southwest of Port Au Prince, Haiti with top winds now near 50 mph and was moving toward the north-northwest at 7 mph.

Tomas is forecast to intensify into a hurricane Friday morning as it passes just west of Haiti. It is forecast move through the southeastern Bahamas Friday night and Saturday morning.

Hurricane warnings are now in effect for Haiti, the southeastern Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands. Hurricane conditions could occur in western Haiti Friday and in the southeastern Bahamas Friday evening through early Saturday morning. continue reading