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Two months ago today, I was in Port-au-Prince, our last day of a 7-day humanitarian trip with World Vision. We had spent the majority of the week in the Central Plateau town of Hinche, to see how World Vision was helping the poorest of Haitians with basic healthcare, schooling for children, community agriculture, emergency relief and food distribution (in partnership with USAID).
While in Port-au-Prince, we stayed at La Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, toured the city, got our ..read more Local youth teams donate soccer balls to kids in Haiti
Published in The Westborough News, November 19, 2009
WESTBOROUGH – Westborough residents Trish Reske and Tom Slicklen visited the Caribbean nation of Haiti earlier this month with a precious cargo: Soccer balls.
And if you don’t think soccer balls would mean much in a country beset by widespread poverty, Reske would tell you otherwise.
“Kids there will bunch together plastic bags and play soccer with that,” she said. “To get a real soccer ball – it’s like Christmas.”
Reske was in Haiti from ..read more 
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