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27 · Wednesday, April 14, 2010 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.oakvillebeaver.com PHOTOS BY ALEX ALBOJER COPING AND HOPING: Life in Haiti as residents deal with the devastating aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake that struck its capital city of Port-au-Prince. Treating the wounds, past and present, of a nation in need Continued from page 26 the devastated nation, mainly in the capital city area. Those photos will be used by MOHH to raise awareness and, hopefully, much-needed funds for the area and the organization's causes. "When I was there a month had already gone by since the earthquake and there were people just then getting operations done on things like major fractures," Albojer said. "Another problem was you'd have one person alive and their whole family is gone. There were a lot of orphans." Since the Jan. 12 earthquake, MOHH has delivered more than two million meals, treated more than 2,000 patients, handed out more than 1,000 tents and much more. Albojer had travelled to Haiti in October, before the earthquake occurred. At that time he was helping deliver medical supplies to villages in the already poor nation for MOHH. "I love the Haitian people. They are incredibly strong people. They've gone through generations and generations of survival," he said. "I hope, at least, change comes from all of this." "There were a lot of destroyed buildings. The sad thing is people are basically setting up tents anywhere possible," he said. "A lot of people are living in the street. Where their house was, they'll just be sleeping on the sidewalk in front of it. They have nowhere to go." He said the MOHH medical clinic was dealing with a lot of amputees. "A lot of people would have missing arms, or legs or leg plus arm," he said. "I was following one lady that had a major injury to her leg. She was in her 80s. I sat through her full amputation and then three days later she died." He also visited the mass grave site in Port-auPrince. "It was at least a couple football fields in size," he said. "Basically they had to get rid of all the bodies quickly because in a few days the whole city was smelling. They just picked them up with front-end loaders, dropped them in a dump truck, drove them to the spot and just dug holes and dropped them in." Albojer did not witness the mass burial, however he said, "There are still bodies here and there, but it's basically a massive gravel pit now." For information on MOHH, visit www.mohhaiti.org. To purchase prints with proceeds to MOHH, visit www.lifeimages.ca/galleries. Made in Portugal Extreme Comfort COME IN AND CHECK OUT OUR FANTASTIC SELECTION OF SOFTINO SHOES ~ A MUST HAVE THIS SEASON! In the plaza across from Appleby Mall, north west side Main intersections Appleby Line & New Street 470 Appleby Line 905-639-2016 Outlet Store QEW N Fairview Appleby Ln Walkers Ln Burloak Dr Appleby Mall X New St www.bosandco.com Mon - Wed 10am - 6pm Thurs - Fri 10am - 8pm, Sat 10am-6pm Sun 11am-5pm