[caption id="attachment_1442" align="aligncenter" width="499" caption="Nurse Michelle Chacon and physical therapist Mahera Jeevanjee help Vincent walk a few steps to and from his bed. Vincent couldn't stand three days before after having surgery as a result of his ruptured gall bladder. Vincent smiles at Michelle and...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning SOMI for Haiti, a Red Sunset Merchant Association (RSMA) community relief effort, is asking South Miami residents and businesses to join them this Saturday to raise money for Project Medishare. SOMI for Haiti hopes to have the community come together to collect donations of...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning She had just finished cooking dinner when the earth shook Port-au-Prince that evening in January. Manoushka Blanc along with her family ran for the door. By the time Manoushka reached the door, the walls and ceiling were already crumbling. The doorway fell pinning her...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Join the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Student Organizations for an evening of art, dance, food, and music Wednesday, March 17. UM's medical students are hosting this fundraising event to raise money for Project Medishare's earthquake relief effort. The event will be...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Her house was destroyed by the January quake, but her family was spared.Carline Fermont wanted to keep her family close to neighbors where she felt safe, so the family set up a tent in their front yard. [caption id="attachment_1412" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Carline Fermont speaks to Sally...
Read MoreBy PJ Pitts When I got here I mentioned to one of the OB/GYNs that I'd love to see "the miracle of life", and last night, Tipu sent one of the physician assistants for me. The mother came in late in the afternoon, and had been having...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning This weekend in the first of a two-part article, the Miami-Herald takes a look at rural Haiti and the government's intentions to look toward decentralizing the country in order to give more power to the municipalities and provinces. Rural Haiti has already experienced a...
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Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning On the Huffington post today Berlotte Israel and Margaret Satterthwaite tell readers that solidarity for women rights' in Haiti must start today--International Women's Day. Israel and Satterthwaite ask leaders of Haiti and those who join the Caribbean country in the rebuilding efforts to...
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