By Jennifer Browning Today former U.S. President Bill Clinton announced one of his first orders of business to help Haiti will be to ensure that $353 million in promised pledges from the international community actually end up in Haiti. During a U.N. press conference in New York,...
Read MoreBy Ronine Zamor CENTRAL PLATEAU, Haiti--I saw this patient during my first visit to Haiti six months ago. Back then, she was a 10 year-old girl who couldn’t walk and had terrible bumps all over her skin. No one could figure out what...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Continuing their strong partnership with Project Medishare and their committment to the people in Haiti's Central Plateau, students and doctors from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine are traveling back to Haiti today. During their trip, the team will travel and work...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Last week the University of Tennessee's School of Medicine traveled to Haiti with Project Medishare. Throughout the week the team worked with Project Medishare's Haitian staff in conducted home visits and medical clinics. Read Elizabeth Case's account of UT's first day working...
Read MoreBy William Ergen Today was hot. After an "uneventful" trip to our church, we unloaded the gear from the trucks and moved in. Set up stations. Check. Register every patient with the local health administrators for records. Check. Students to their respective stations with assigned doctors. Check. ...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Where only a plot of land existed in January, the new maternal health center stands with walls and a roof. [caption id="attachment_565" align="alignleft" width="261" caption="The construction of the maternal health center is conducted using manual labor and local materials. Here Marmont women carry water...
Read MoreBy Elizabeth Case Twelve people have created this venture together. It began, in each of us, as a unique image, a medical trip to Haiti. We planned and packed with these images in mind and so designed an experience that is a blend of our separate...
Read More[caption id="attachment_560" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="A Baille Touribe woman washes her clothes in a nearby water source. Safe water is a luxury that many Haitians can't afford since many drink from the same water sources also used to bathe, wash clothes, and clean dishes. Photo by...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning As Haiti continues to recover from last year's hurricanes, floods caused by torrential rains during the past three days in the tiny Caribbean country killed 11 people, two being in Haiti's Central Plateau. Most victims were killed when their homes collapsed or while...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Two months after his visit to Haiti with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in an effort to raise global attention to the Caribbean country, former President Clinton has been named special envoy to Haiti on behalf of the United Nations. In April, foreign donors...
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