Author Archives: Erin Grace

A warning to parents of teenagers who want to serve the poor. They might wind up like 1999 Creighton Prep grad Benjamin Krause (pictured above), who is actor Sean Penn’s point man in Haiti for Penn’s respected post-quake organization, J/P … Continue reading →

I was wrapping up a story and thinking of the myriad loose ends. The beans to be heated up for dinner (again). The facts to double-check. The stripped bed to be made. The e-mails to answer. The umpteenth trip to … Continue reading →

Now what? After returning from Haiti to the comfort of home, this question haunts me. Certainly there is a moral obligation to do more. But what and how? To those of you who have been to Haiti: Where best to … Continue reading →

The Habitat for Humanity volunteers who built 100 houses in Léogâne, Haiti, last week have made a start on what organizers hope will be a 500-house development next year. Nebraskans and Iowans were among the volunteers on the Jimmy and … Continue reading →

A typical Haitian meal of fried plantains, bread, beans and rice with meat. Much of the food served to Habitat volunteers was brought over from the Dominican Republic for the week. (Photo by Matt Miller) One of the best things … Continue reading →

Rosalynn Carter consoles Mary Margaret Hornbaker after a joint Canadian and American ceremony for Remembrance Day and Veterans Day on November 11. Hornbaker, from Petoskey, Mich., was emotional during the ceremony because she remembered her late father, who earned the … Continue reading →

Say what you will about showers in the dark in plywood stalls with only cold water. At least it’s not a ravine. The camp for volunteers is rustic with creature comforts like flush toilets (albeit in plywood stalls). When I … Continue reading →

Nov. 10 • VIDEO: Omaha Don Browers talks about his Haiti experience • Haitian-Americans pitch in • Romanian volunteer seeks to repay kindness Nov. 9 • PHOTO SHOWCASE: Wednesday’s work • World-Herald editorial: Volunteer force did not forget • No … Continue reading →

Alan McKenna with the World-Herald’s Erin Grace. (Matt Miller photo) Alan McKenna, a fromer Irish Defense Forces sergeant and head chef here at the Habitat camp, would like me to tell you about his cousins the Boyles, who are brothers … Continue reading →