In the midst of a Cholera Response, Hope for Haiti is bracing itself for Hurricane Tomas
November 1, 2010 Set to touch land at the end of this week, Hurricane Tomas is heading directly for Les Cayes, Haiti. The country is on a national alert for not only a spreading Cholera Outbreak, but now for a cyclone expected to bring high winds, heavy rains, and high tides, specifically in the South. […]
Mobile Medical Clinic Targets Pregnant Women in Haitian Countryside
Fabiola Simon in the classroom turned consultation room in Morency Translators working with Nurse Practitioner students at Morency Primary School July 21, 2010 As we approached the Mobile Clinic site – a Hope for Haiti supported primary school in the coastal community of Morency – something stood out in the crowd of villagers awaiting healthcare. Eager yet […]
Late but not lost, Haiti’s school year comes to a close
The standard post-quake classroom July 1, 2010 It is remarkable how little time schools in Haiti lost despite the earthquake. While it would have been understandable and even expected for the catastrophe to derail the entire academic year, schools resumed session only weeks after the disaster. Teacher, directors, the Ministry of Education, students, and families […]
Hope for Haiti Hosts University of Scranton Student Volunteer Trip
Team members, left to right. Elise Gower, Katie Callahan, Karl Schmid, Shannon Shea (top); Maria Marx, Mollie Vita, Eddie Kloniecke, and Joe Boyd (bottom) June 11, 2010 This past week Hope for Haiti field staff spent eight days with an outstanding group of college students from the University of Scranton’s International Service Program. Led by […]
Diabetes Strongly Impacting Emergency Medical Relief
Magneure Jean comes to monitor her blood glucose level. May 23, 2010 Colloquially, diabetes in Haiti is known as suffering from “sugar.” Some have too much, others have too little, and almost everyone lacks the resources to control it. Recently, the irregular blood glucose levels, constant monitoring, restricted diets, and extreme fluctuations in weight and […]
May Medical Mission Update
Nurse Candi in the Mobile Pharmacy May Medical Mission Team Members May 4, 2010 This update from Les Cayes, Haiti covers the efforts of our 6-person Medical Team as they provide high-quality, primary healthcare to hundreds of patients throughout the south of Haiti. This week, we have four returning volunteers from Florida; Dr. Steve Shukan, […]
Nutrition Outreach in Hope for Haiti Schools
The path to Mogis Primary School April 28, 2010 Experiences like today make me feel as though things might one day be right with the world. While visiting schools in our Education Program, I was accompanied by our two community health nurses, Miss Pierrette and Miss Rachel. Together they’re leading our newest Nutrition initiative to […]
St. Francois de Sales
St. Francois de Sales, 2008-09 school year April 3, 2010 How do you tell the story of a school that once was, when the classrooms you’d describe no longer exist? Where do you begin to fill in the pieces? Among the rubble, between the bodies – where can we find a narrative that helps destruction […]
Berlinda Dumas, 7 Years Old
Berlinda Dumas receiving care by Dr. Steeve on January 13th March 25, 2010 We started the day with some of the Hope for Haiti public health team and the Carrefour clinic staff running a mobile clinic at Camp Villa located next to the Villa Creole Hotel. The camp has a little less than 200 people […]
Workshop with Haitian Professionals Addresses Mental Health in Post-Quake Haiti
March 22, 2010 January’s earthquake did more than damage buildings, crush bodies, and destroy infrastructure-it profoundly impacted the hearts and minds of the Haitian people and drastically increased the need for mental health care and services. The New York Times last week painted a dire picture of mental health institutions in post-quake Port-au-Prince, […]