This is Cari Vixamar, a high school teacher at Quisqueya Christian school. Here she is holding Diana, barely visible behind a toddler posing for my camera. This picture is taken at 'Maison D'Espoir" or House of Hope. House of Hope is a creche, a place that most people would call an orphanage. They take in abandoned babies and also babies that are just given up for adoption because the parents have no means to feed or care for them. These children are adopted out all over North America and Europe. Cari often takes Diana home with her for the weekend just to give her some much needed one on one attention and regular formula feeds. It has paid off and she has gained quite a few pounds since beginning the weekend visits.
Here you can see four of the babies in one of the baby rooms at House of Hope. This is a room where they have about 20 babies in a room not larger than 12'x16'. I am not sure how many nannies look after these babies, but you never see more than two nannies at a time in the room. Some of the teachers at QCS have been visiting House of Hope on a regular basis just to hold and give some one on one attention to babies that sometimes seldom get cuddled or just held for more than a feed. Sometimes there are two babies in a small crib meant for one. Often there are no sheets on the crib mattresses.
This is the back street where the creche is located. We walk here when we want to walk to House of Hope. This is a typical scene where someone is taking home a fresh chicken for supper. When I mean fresh, I mean fresh. The chicken is still alive and will be dealt with when the bearer gets home. If you have no refridgeration, the fresher the chicken, the healthier the meal! If you buy chicken that is all ready for cooking, you never know how long it has been waiting for a buyer. If the chicken is still clucking or crowing, you KNOW it is fresh!
This is Cari Vixamar, a high school teacher at Quisqueya Christian school. Here she is holding Diana, barely visible behind a toddler posing for my camera. This picture is taken at 'Maison D'Espoir" or House of Hope. House of Hope is a creche, a place that most people would call an orphanage. They take in abandoned babies and also babies that are just given up for adoption because the parents have no means to feed or care for them. These children are adopted out all over North America and Europe. Cari often takes Diana home with her for the weekend just to give her some much needed one on one attention and regular formula feeds. It has paid off and she has gained quite a few pounds since beginning the weekend visits. 
Here you can see four of the babies in one of the baby rooms at House of Hope. This is a room where they have about 20 babies in a room not larger than 12'x16'. I am not sure how many nannies look after these babies, but you never see more than two nannies at a time in the room. Some of the teachers at QCS have been visiting House of Hope on a regular basis just to hold and give some one on one attention to babies that sometimes seldom get cuddled or just held for more than a feed. Sometimes there are two babies in a small crib meant for one. Often there are no sheets on the crib mattresses. 
This is the back street where the creche is located. We walk here when we want to walk to House of Hope. This is a typical scene where someone is taking home a fresh chicken for supper. When I mean fresh, I mean fresh. The chicken is still alive and will be dealt with when the bearer gets home. If you have no refridgeration, the fresher the chicken, the healthier the meal! If you buy chicken that is all ready for cooking, you never know how long it has been waiting for a buyer. If the chicken is still clucking or crowing, you KNOW it is fresh! 
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