Many people have inquired as to what we've been eating since we got here. Other than a couple of brief forays into the city, we have taken all of our meals on the premises. We have been fortunate enough to eat delicious vegan meals prepared by followers of the Supreme Master Ching Hai.
Supreme Master Ching Hai is the self-titled founder and spiritual teacher of the Quan Yin Method of Meditation with an estimated 20,000 followers world wide. Ching Hai is a poet, painter, musician, self-published writer and entrepreneur who heads Suma Ching Hai International, a group with business interests in restaurants, fashion and jewelery design. She is known for her philanthropic and humanitarian work and over 30 of her followers have been here since a few days after the big quake providing meals for employees, volunteers, and patients.
They are currently making 3000 meals/day on the campus of Hopital Adventiste d'Haiti. The menu usually consist of some type of noodle and gluten, aka vegemeat.
The Supreme Master team have also been working with the Haitians to provide a more traditional fare such as rice, beans, and some type of relish. Every evening we're faced with a major culinary delimma...traditional Haitian vs Supreme Master.
Fortunately, we have plenty of fresh water to drink and cook with. The water is first passed through a large filtration machine housed on a trailer all donated by the World Health Organization.
Then the water is bottled, sealed, and delivered around the hospital. I was told that 75 of the bottles pictured below are consumed by the campus per day.
There have been few instances of GI upset among the staff, in part because of the strict sanitary standards. Every time one of the volunteers enters the living quarter, there is a sentry standing guard who administers a small dollop of disenfectant to cleanse your hands.
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