The Department of Homeland Security announced a new 18-month designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status, highlighting the need for immigration reform that benefits the roofing industry.
The Dow Chemical Company is continuing its support of Habitat for Humanity and its mission to provide safe, affordable homes through sponsorship of Habitat’s 29th Annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project
It took two installments in this series to make it all the way up to the point where the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project (CWP) for Haiti would actually begin the work of constructing 100 simple, decent homes in partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Haiti and the homeowners.
It is still November 5 and the first wave of fresh volunteers arrived at the airport in Port-au-Prince. It may seem strange telling a story of a weeklong trip and in the second installment still in the airport, but this adventure began early for me and went non-stop.
More than 20 years as a Habitat for Humanity volunteer did not fully prepare me for this experience. Nearly thirty years of experience as a freelance writer is no help as I attempt to describe the indescribable.
