In early May, I embarked on a short but intense trip to Haiti to film the efforts of St. Croix-based Haiti Community Support (HCS) in the remote southwestern village of Au Centre. My first impressions of Haiti happened before getting on the flight from Miami to Port Au Prince. Large groups of well-fed people wearing identical T-shirts were discussing how they ‘were going to do the work of the Lord’, and how they were bringing hope to the people of Haiti. It made me wonder why I was going on this trip- was I going to do the work of my own lord?
For many years, I had admired and contributed to the auction events for HCS at Mount Victory Camp in St. Croix, and I was eager and curious to see how their operation worked in the actual place for which all of their efforts were made.
My travel partners were Mandy Thody, illustrious sailor, ceramic artist & stove-builder and Tim Fields, investigative journalist extraordinaire of the Virgin Islands Daily News.
Mathilde Aurelien Wilson
