This update is not what I planned to be posting this week. I thought I would be writing about joyful reunions with dear friends; hot, dusty, bumpy bus rides; delicious food; and the great work accomplished by our summer 2018 Health for Haiti team and Haitian community partners. Instead, I am home reflecting on the…
Health for Haiti would like to thank the John W. Thurston Detachment of the Marine Corps League of Binghamton for their very generous donation to the Health for Haiti program. Retired Marine Donald Kumpon has two granddaughters who participated in the Health for Haiti class, Maddi (2017) and Mary (2018). Maddi and Mary shared their…
The World Health Organization estimates that hundreds of millions of people in the world do not have access to clean water, and that every year over a half million people die from diseases related to drinking dirty water. Since March 2015, SUNY Broome Community College’s Health for Haiti program has been providing clean drinking water…
Greeting from Health for Haiti! We have many updates from Grande Saline to share with you. The gardens in Haiti are growing well and the community is harvesting many peppers and eggplants. The farmers recently used the donated farm equipment to prepare a new section of field and plant some corn. The children are enjoying…
We are still dealing with plenty of winter weather in the Binghamton, NY area, but the sun is shining and the gardens are growing in Grande Saline. The tomatoes and okra planted by the 2018 Health for Haiti class are being picked and enjoyed by the school children in Grande Saline. There are beans and…
Although the January 2018 Health for Haiti team returned to New York a couple of weeks ago, the work they started continues on in Haiti. The scientific observation lesson was created by SUNY Broome CLT students and was first taught by the 2018 Health for Haiti class. The same lesson was recently presented to all…
Greetings from cold, snowy upstate New York! On Tuesday, January 16th, the 2018 Health for Haiti students presented and reflected on our experiences in Haiti. We are all adjusting to the cold upstate NY weather, and finding ways to get used to the new perspective we gained from our work in Haiti. Professor Hankin and…
Hello from Haiti! Today was our final day in Haiti and we enjoyed a fun day together at the public beach. We brought along the children from Home of Destiny Orphanage and Good Shepherd Orphanage, so we had plenty of friends to enjoy the day with. The kids swam in the ocean, played, and enjoyed…
Greetings from Haiti! Well. it is hard to believe but today was our last “working” day in Haiti. We spent the day at Damabiah orphanage and school. There are 65 children who live there and about 150 who attend the school. There is a sign there that says “House of Smiles”, and that was certainly…
Greetings from Haiti! A quick update from last night: We had Besty Sherwood, an international social worker, come to speak to the students after dinner. Betsy, originally from Vestal, NY, shared her vast experience advocating for the disabled population in Haiti and around the world. The students really enjoyed her presentation. This morning, we woke…
