2015
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First Lunch from the Community Garden in Grande Saline!
Students gathered for their Saturday computer class in Grande Saline, but it was not an average day. It has taken months of planning, and preparation, and hard work. But today, for the first time, the computer students in Grande Saline ate a lunch that consisted of food grown right up the road in the community garden! The farmers recently…
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Hey Health for Haiti 2015…Do you recognize this little guy?
I will give you a hint, last time you saw him he looked like this: It is baby Georges!!! Thanks to Dr. Robinson and Duckens for sending these pictures!!
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We grew 504 pounds of beans in the community garden!
The first bean and corn harvest from the community garden is wrapping up in Grande Saline. The garden has also yielded melons, pumpkins, eggplant, okra, papaya, and some bananas. The farmers harvested 504 pounds of beans (!) that will now be available for the school lunch. The corn will be ground and roasted, and some will be…
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Pwa bel nou! (Our beautiful beans!)
Today the farmers in Grande Saline began harvesting the dried beans. The beans will be removed from the pods and stored. These beans will be used as part of the school lunch for the children in Grande Saline. The bean harvest will continue as the beans continue to dry in the garden. In a few…
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Clean Hands and Dry Beans in Grande Saline
It has been a couple of weeks since we returned from Haiti and I am happy to share this update from Grande Saline with you. Thanks to Schneider for making the trip out to Grande Saline and providing the pictures and video. The beans and corn growing in the Community Garden are mature and are…
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More January 2016 Highlights!
Thanks to the amazing Silvia Briga (SUNY Broome Marketing and Communications, Communications and Media Arts) who joined us in Haiti this year and put together this beautiful video.
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January 2016 Reflections
On Friday morning, the 2016 Health for Haiti Team had one final formal meeting as a class to share and reflect on our experiences in Haiti. We were honored to be joined by Dr. Francis Battisti who helped us to process some of the feelings we are having as we transition back to our lives…
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La vim se plage!
Our final full day in Haiti was a really fun one! We took all of the children from two orphanages to the beach for a day of fun in the sun! We fit 70 people on our bus and had a wonderful day at Preval Publc Beach. Please forgive the brevity of tonight’s post. We…
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We have Wi-Fi: Let’s catch up!
Bonswa from Ayiti! I am happy to report that we have Internet access again so I can update you on our last two days. On Sunday we began our day by attending church. We went to Church on the Rock and enjoyed the incredible music, contagious enthusiasm, and the warm welcome from the Haitian people…
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Last Day in Grande Saline and Clinic with Ken and Andrea
Bonswa from Haiti! We still do not have Internet access but thanks to my Dad for letting me use his phone as a wireless hot spot. So get comfortable, you have two busy days of Haiti coming at you. Hopefully the Internet will be fixed tomorrow and I can tell you about today. Friday: Today…