2019
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Kalensky’s Story
Greetings from Health for Haiti. It was heartbreaking to miss our annual trip to Haiti this month, but we have been encouraged by the continued progress we are seeing in Grande Saline. Our students and staff certainly lost a valuable opportunity to travel and serve in Haiti, but we are glad to see that in…
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Something to Celebrate
Yesterday, November 18, was a day of holiday, celebration, and tremendous national pride in Haiti. The school in Grande Saline marked the occasion with a community-wide parade and party that included reenactments, music, and dancing. At a time when most of the news from Haiti centers around unrest, turmoil, and suffering, yesterday’s news from the…
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Full of Hope
Hello, Health for Haiti friends. We want to share a thoughtful and unflinching update about the current situation in Haiti that was written by the admirable Fr. Rick Frechette at Saint Luke Foundation in Port au Prince. We at Health for Haiti are inspired by Fr. Rick’s tremendous commitment to the people of Haiti, through…
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What kind of progress can you make with pancakes?
Dear Health for Haiti Friends, We need you! Please join us next Sunday, November 10th between 8am and 10am at Applebees on Front Street in Binghamton for our “Pancakes for Progress” fundraiser. Come out and eat some pancakes for a good cause! In case you don’t think that $7 and some of your time on…
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Pancakes for Progress: Please Join Us!
Dear Health for Haiti Friends, Although we are not able travel to Haiti this January, our students and staff are working to ensure that projects bringing positive change to the community in Grande Saline can continue to move forward. We really need your support. Please consider joining our efforts by attending the Health for Haiti…
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Looking for Light
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that,” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Greetings from Health for Haiti. There are many places across our planet where every day good people must face insecurity, instability and danger. For us at Health for Haiti, it is so painful to see continued unrest and hardship for our…
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Foundations
A good foundation is essential for supporting a physical structure, like a building, or a program, like a community education initiative. Today Health for Haiti is excited to highlight the literal and figurative foundations that support the popular sewing skills program in Grande Saline. For the past few years, formal sewing classes have been offered…
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Grande Saline School Shares New Vision With Health for Haiti
“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world,” -Nelson Mandela Since 2014, Health for Haiti has partnered with the local school in Grande Saline to help provide quality education for the children who live in this community. Over the past few years, we have seen the school grow from about…
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Food, Fuel, Fireworks and Freedom
For over five years SUNY Broome Health for Haiti has been fortunate to have built partnerships between Americans and Haitians that have changed all of our lives for the better. We have learned a lot from each other as we work side by side, join together to celebrate our successes, and do our best to…
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SUNY Broome Dental Hygiene Club Receives National Award for Outstanding Community Service in Haiti
The Health for Haiti dental and health teams spend long hours in Haiti working in the clinics because they want to share their skills and talents and serve as many people as possible. Health for Haiti is so incredibly proud of the tremendous effort and amazing service that our dental hygiene team provided in Haiti this…