Last week our friends in Grande Saline came together to celebrate four years of clean, safe drinking water. Just outside of the newly finished walls that now surround and protect the water system, people from the community gathered in the shade for a party with cake, streamers, balloons and music. “I thank everyone in the…
Greetings from Health for Haiti! At the request of the community in Grande Saline we recently expanded two of our most successful education programs. Computer classes with Mr. Eric remain one of the most popular offerings at the school in Grande Saline. With donated/refurbished laptops and content created by SUNY Broome students who are part…
Once again our dear friends in Haiti are dealing with turmoil, chaos, and in some places, violence in the streets. Frustration over poverty and poor living conditions are driving many people to protest against what they see as unfair economic and social policies. As always, the situation in Haiti is complex. What is clear is…
The 2019 Health for Haiti class is home safe and readjusting to the cold weather, but our projects continue in sunny Grande Saline, Haiti. Nearly 15,000 gallons of safe drinking water were distributed this week and we expect work on the perimeter wall to be finished very soon. Our next initiative will be to help…
Greetings from Haiti! Today was our last full day in Haiti and we spent most of it at the beach (well, actually we spent most of it on the bus). After breakfast we prepared the toys and lunch we had for the kids from OAEH who were coming to the beach with us. Unfortunately our…
Greetings from Haiti! Today was our final official work day in Haiti. After breakfast we went to Damabiah Orphanage where we planned to hold our last medical/dental clinic and education program. There are 612 children who attend school at Damabiah and 87 orphaned children who live there. As soon as we arrived our team split…
Greetings from Haiti! Today started with another roof top yoga class from Kristy. It finished just as the sun was coming up (I guess Kristy was late to class on purpose). We all enjoyed a breakfast of Jude’s amazing oatmeal and had a more relaxed morning as we did not have to leave the guest…
Greetings from Haiti! Today started with “Rooftop Yoga Club” of Jacob, Ty, Kat, Mikayla, Silvia, Claire, Jen and our teacher Kristy. We felt really good about ourselves until we saw the group at the guest house across the street running, doing calisthenics, and kick boxing on their roof. After everyone was up, we all had…
Greetings from Haiti. Today we said goodbye to Saint Marc and traveled to Port au Prince. Some of us started our day with Kristy’s rooftop yoga which really helps to work out the kinks after all those hours on the bus! After that we enjoyed a delicious breakfast of pumpkin soup and got ready to…
Greetings from Haiti! Today was our last day in Grande Saline. We will miss our dear friends but we accomplished a lot during our visit. We continued our work on the various projects we started yesterday. Our medical/dental clinic saw 121 patients today! The triage team of Brooke, Finley, Hollis, Sam, Robert, Natasha, Roosevelt, Wacnel…
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