By 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...
Read MoreGive an Hour has expanded its free mental health services to all military personnel and civilian aid workers, as well as their families, serving in Haiti. The organization's original focus has been on providing free counseling and other mental health services to military members, veterans, their...
Read MoreMIAMI--This Sunday the Miami HEAT will transform Miami’s Watson Island into the HEAT Wild, Wild West during the 13th Annual Miami HEAT Family Festival presented by Carnival Cruise Lines, an interactive celebration benefiting SafeSpace, the Jackson Memorial Foundation’s Guardian Angels and Holtz Children’s Hospital, the...
Read MoreBy PJ Pitts It's hot, I can't sleep. You'd think it wouldn't be an issue - I worked until almost 4 a.m., but my mind is racing a mile a minute. We landed in Port Au Prince (PAP) yesterday, way ahead of schedule. There were no working...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Within a two month period two earthquakes struck. On January 12, Haiti's Port-au-Prince rumbled and roared when a quake the magnitude of 7.0 left the city in ruins and killing over 200,000. Early Saturday morning, a more powerful earthquake, an 8.8, rocked Concepcion,...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning From Pittsburgh, Lynn Byers flew to Port-au-Prince with Project Medishare to work at the field hospital set up there between February 17-23. Volunteer nurses work 12 hour shifts during their time at the Project Medishare and UM Global Institute hospital. Byers spent most her...
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