Health for Haiti
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Flood Damages Homes and School in Grande Saline
We are sad to report that over the weekend the Grande Saline region experienced heavy rain and significant flooding. The river overflowed its banks and spread throughout the area. Homes were damaged and many families lost everything. Community members are exposed to the contaminated standing water and at significant risk. The threat to health is…
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Cultivating Change in Our Community Garden
Families all across Haiti are dealing with unprecedented food insecurity. In an attempt to address this crisis for families in Grande Saline and with the help and support of donors, Health for Haiti recently doubled the size of our successful community garden. We are now in the season for growing rice and there has been…
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From Struggles to Success: School Year Ends in Grande Saline
Greetings from Health for Haiti. Our school term has ended in Grande Saline and this morning, our ninth grade students began the first day of testing for the national exams in Haiti. This exciting occasion marks not only the end of our 2024-2025 school year in Grande Saline, but the beginning of a new chapter…
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Health for Haiti: Fighting Disease with Clean Water
Grande Saline recently experienced heavy rains and devastating flooding. The river water, contaminated with human, animal, and agricultural waste overflowed into the surrounding areas. Some residents are dealing with the loss of homes and property, and the flood waters made any kind of local travel very difficult. Importantly, the rising waters also posed a serious…
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A Place to Go: Basic Need, Big Impact
Greetings from Health for Haiti. Although we have experienced many changes over the past decade, we have never wavered from making the health and well-being of our friends in Grande Saline, Haiti our main priority. As the crushing chaos and gang violence continue to ravage the country, we are working to meet the challenge of…
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Our Garden is Growing!
Greetings from Health for Haiti! After a brief pause to do some careful thinking about how to best help to combat the growing food insecurity experienced by our friends in Grande Saline, we are excited to announce that we are back with a new and expanded garden project. The expansion involves doubling the size of our…
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Reflections on a Decade of Partnership
Health for Haiti has been working hard to find the most meaningful and positive ways to continue our partnership with our friends in Grande Saline. However, both here and in Haiti, we find ourselves thinking about how much we wish we were still able to have the Health for Haiti class and travel to Grande…
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Remembering Phoebe
Last semester, SUNY Broome Clinical Laboratory Technologies graduate and Health for Haiti team member, Phoebe Macaulay, lost her battle with brain cancer at the young age of 26. At the time of her passing, Phoebe was continuing her studies at SUNY Upstate Medical University (link to Phoebe’s obituary). If you were lucky enough to have the…
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Taste of Haiti: Enjoy Delicious Haitian Cuisine for a Great Cause!
Hello, Health for Haiti Friends! Health for Haiti and the SUNY Broome Engineering Club are excited to announce that on Saturday, November 16th we will host the second “Taste of Haiti” dinner. The dinner will be catered by the amazing TSha’s Kitchen and will be held from 6pm to 8:30pm in the SUNY Broome Cafeteria.…
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Something to Celebrate!
The people of Haiti continue to struggle and face ongoing challenges that prevent any semblance of a peaceful and secure existence. In a recent interview, Interim Prime Minister, Gary Conille, stated, “Gangs control 80% of the capital but not only that, we have close to 600,000 displaced people, 45 percent food insecure, and we are…