Dear Hope for Haiti Family:
In this edition of our newsletter, we’re thrilled to express our heartfelt gratitude for the dedicated nurses who help us serve our 24 partner communities. We also highlight some exciting medication distribution efforts, announce our first essay contest winner, and introduce you to a remarkable woman from one of our Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) groups.
Read on for our latest program updates!
International Nurses Day 2023
“Our Nurses. Our Future.” was the theme for this year’s International Nurses Day, celebrated on May 12. Each year, this day recognizes the importance of nurses worldwide and the vital contributions they make to each of our lives.
At Hope for Haiti, our team members who are nurses treat, screen, evaluate, and educate children and parents in our 24 partner communities about nutrition, overall health, hygiene and sanitation, and more.
We’d like to share a very special ‘thank you’ to our phenomenal Hope for Haiti nurses, who make it possible for our Healthcare team to see an average of 600 patients per day and help improve public health and sanitation in rural southern Haiti. Their work changes lives!
Women’s Rights & Technology Essay Contest
This week, a panel of Hope for Haiti staff members judged our first-ever Les Cayes essay competition. In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8 (when the contest was initially announced), the essay topic was Women’s Rights and Technology.
Jenny, an 8th grader from Les Cayes, was declared the Les Cayes competition’s winner. As a prize, Jenny received a tablet, as well as a stylus, keyboard, and mouse. In the last sentence of her essay, Jenny writes, “Technology can help us build a modern society where boys and girls have the same rights.” Congratulations to Jenny on her fantastic essay!
The Education team will be holding two more award ceremonies where the winners of the Gris Gris and Aquin competitions will be announced.
