Hope for Haiti’s Infirmary Saint Etienne celebrates three years of service
Jennifer Lang, Program Manager – June 14, 2012 Hope for Haiti’s Infirmary Saint Etienne opened permanently in May 2009. Built out of a slaughterhouse, the Clinic originally hosted visiting medical professionals on missions to rural Haiti. The Les Cayes facility grew and developed in order to respond to the immense need of the local population. […]
Site Visit to Rural Community Highlights the Importance of Partnership
Paula Prince, Program Manager – June 12012 For 23 years, Hope for Haiti has built strong relationships with its program partners. Our partnership with one Parish, in particular, has evolved to include salary subsidies for two schools, a bookshare program, support for a doctor salary, and school improvements such as new benches for the school […]
Catholic Medical Mission Board Celebrates 100 Years with Partners in Haiti
Jennifer Lang, Program Manager – May 21, 2012 On May 11, Hope for Haiti celebrated our enduring partnership with the Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB.) Like many organizations in Haiti, including partner Nos Petits Frères et Soeurs Hospital represented by Sister Judy Dohner, Hope for Haiti’s operations in the South rely heavily on in-kind […]
Hope for Haiti Excels at Unite For Sight’s Global Health and Innovation Conference
Jennifer Lang, Program Manager April 27, 2012 On April 21, 2012, Hope for Haiti was honored to share our Pilot School-based Public Health Program to attendees of Unite for Sight’s Global Health and Innovation Conference. Based at Yale University, this year’s Conference focused on making a sustainable difference in the fight against poverty worldwide […]
Hope for Haiti Evaluates Students’ Public Health Knowledge in Rural Communities
Jessica Jean-Francois, Program Manager, April 21, 2012 The Hope for Haiti Public Health program is successfully training community health workers and educating students in public health and preventative care. This month we had the opportunity to assess some of the 2,400 students that benefit from the program on their knowledge of the several themes […]
Partnership Responds to Dental Needs at Missionaries of Charity
Program Manager, Jennifer Lang, March 20, 2012 (We are not allowed to display photos of the Missionaries of Charity.) While unloading boxes of medications, clothing, and school supplies at the Missionaries of Charity (MC), Sisters Mary Philone and Guadeloupe pulled me aside. Long familiar with Hope for Haiti’s Infirmary Saint Etienne, the Sisters […]
National Carnival Celebrated in Les Cayes
Program Managers Jennifer Lang & Paula Prince, March 7, 2012 It is an understatement to say that Kanaval in Les Cayes was a memorable experience. As members of Hope for Haiti’s full-time International Management Staff, we have spent nine months thus far in Haiti. Working together, we have experienced many of Haiti’s challenges first-hand—including limited […]
A Little Girl’s Steps
Jennifer Lang, Program Manager, January 19, 2012 Operations Officer Stanley Liste joined the Hope for Haiti team in January 2008. A crucial part of Hope for Haiti’s Emergency Response team following the devastating earthquake in January 2010, Stanley has participated in many difficult medical cases. It is rare in Haiti – where so many […]
Hope for Haiti Tackles Water-Borne Diseases through its Clean Water Program
Jessica Jean-Francois, Program Manager, January 16, 2012 This past Thursday, Hope for Haiti and the Clean Water program’s technician, Harry Victor, were in Baradères for a routine maintenance and site visit. The Little Sisters of St. Therese Clinic in Baradères were chosen in October of 2007 as the perfect place to house one of […]
Hope for Haiti’s Public Health Program completes its final Module
Jessica Jean-Francois, Program Manager, December 8, 2011 Lormil Frantz, a community health worker from Grenodière, distributes Albendazole to the students at the primary school One year ago, Hope for Haiti launched its Public Health program, designed in response to a need for preventive education in the communities we serve. One answer to some of Haiti’s […]