Blind in Soleil--March 2012

 

Dassoussa (Photo by John Carroll, February 2012)

Dassoussa is a two and one-half-year-old toddler who lives with his mom in Soleil.

 

He developed cataracts and can only see light.

 

Dassoussa was severely malnourished but entered a program for malnourished kids in Soleil and did well.

 

He likes to play like any other boy of this age.

 

We have a pediatric ophthalmologist who has accepted Dassoussa for surgery in the States but we are having a hard time getting his Haitian passport.

 

Dassoussa and mom in their room in Soleil. The spots of sunlight shine through the holes in the corrugated metal roof above them. (Photo by John Carroll)