Jan Eliot travels to Haiti with Habitat for Humanity

Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot is on her way to Haiti to join 450 other volunteers for Habitat for Humanity. The group plans to build 100 homes in Leogane.

Due to lack of internet, she plans to tweet her experiences. I’m posting her initial ones below (most recent to older tweets):

This build is on land secured for the future owners. They will each own their plot. http://pic.twitter.com/PohBm0vB
2 hours ago

One barrier to rebuilding in Haiti is land ownership.Most homeless were renters.Habitat’s first homes lacked clear title & were confiscated.
2 hours ago

Airfield in Haiti. Planet Airways, clearly grounded. Leogane was the epicenter of the earthquake. http://pic.twitter.com/78FGMe7m
2 hours ago

Landed in Haiti. Drove through a sea of tents, shacks, with trucks loaded with people going up the road to somewhere. http://pic.twitter.com/T1sawERN
3 hours ago

HAITI-living in what feels like a M*A*S*H set. 14 in our tent on cots. Irish crew cooking for us. Haitian beer helps. http://pic.twitter.com/H76SUOLE
3 hours ago

So glad the pilot is. Leaning the window before he flies us to Haiti. http://pic.twitter.com/gfMsBrGQ
23 hours ago

Plane to Haiti is loading. Did an informal survey-10% of the volunteers going to Haiti can’t afford health insurance. http://pic.twitter.com/I6RZJ8Qf
23 hours ago

You can follow her on Twitter: @stonesoupcomics. If you don’t have a twitter account, you can still see her tweets here:

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