Juliette Andre (left), pictured with Aide Pierre and daughter Erlande Andre, has wired $450 to help her brother in Haiti whose 9-year-old son needs surgery.
(Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)
Homeland’s crisis strains Haitian families in region
Some dig into savings to aid kin hurt in quake
Juliette Andre (left), pictured with Aide Pierre and daughter Erlande Andre, has wired $450 to help her brother in Haiti whose 9-year-old son needs surgery.
(Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)
The ringing telephone jarred the early evening in the Cambridge apartment. It was Patrick St. Fleur, calling from the ravaged Haitian capital, urging relatives in Massachusetts to send money - and fast. (Full article: 950 words)
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