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Personal Narrative: My Trip To Haiti
For the first and last few days of my trip to Haiti, I will be staying with a house family in Delmas 83. Their house is roughly a twenty minute drive from the Port-au-Prince International Airport and around a forty minute drive from the orphanage I will be volunteering at. There are many museums, markets, craft villages, art galleries, restaurants, and shops local to the areas that I plan on staying in throughout my trip. There, I can meet and talk with individuals native to Haiti.
I will be spending the most of my trip volunteering at a local orphanage called Love Orphanage, located in a residential area in Croix des Bouquets. My main duty within the orphanage is to plan and execute activities for the children that are centered around me

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