Jan Hershberger has been a registered nurse for seven years. She is currently pursuing a family nurse practitioner degree from George Washington University with a goal of being a nursing professor at the collegiate level. Earlier this month, the Pennsylvania native joined us in the...
Read MoreRosebertid is a mother of five girls ages 13, 11, 8, 5 and 2. She lives in Cassis, a rural community in the South of Haiti. She delivered all of her children at home with the help of a traditional birth attendant because there is...
Read MoreAs a father, one of Jean Benjamin Brison’s top priorities is to protect his family. That’s why in the early morning hours of October 4, 2016, as forceful winds from Hurricane Matthew started rattling the doors and windows of his home, the 40-year-old father of...
Read MoreIn March, pediatrician Dr. Natacha Pierre spent two weeks volunteering with Project Medishare in the Central Plateau. Born in the U.S. and currently residing in New York, Natacha spent her early years in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince. This trip was her first time back in...
Read MoreCheck out Project Medishare's new quarterly newsletter for field updates from Haiti. Featured in the spring issue: Reducing malnutrition in the Central Plateau with a locally produced nutritional supplement Making pregnancy safer for moms by expanding maternal health services Children's Hospital of Los Angeles surgery team at Hospital...
Read MoreShaladol is a 29-year-old mother of two from Lahoye – a remote community in the Central Plateau near the border with the Dominican Republic. After years of family planning, she decided it was time to expand her family. She delivered a health baby boy at...
Read MoreBy Christa Michaud Christa is the Development Manager at Project Medishare. She regularly travels to Haiti to capture the stories of the people who benefit from your generous donations. Here, she recounts the story of a patient she recently met at Hospital Bernard Mevs. It’s a Monday morning in late...
Read MoreRegine Vincent is a Development Intern at Project Medishare. She supports our Miami-based team with a range of tasks, including database management, volunteer engagement and communications. In 2015, Regine graduated from the University of Miami with a double major in Biology and International Studies, and minors...
Read MoreIn Haiti, there’s a popular saying in Creole: “Timoun se richès”, which means “Children are riches”. In rural communities like the ones where Project Medishare works in the Central Plateau, the average family has upwards of four children. For many of these families, children are viewed...
Read MoreDr. Jean Mandat, a family physician from New York, recently volunteered with Project Medishare in the Central Plateau as part of a medical student mission with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. In addition to supervising students, he also provided care to hundreds...
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