In 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...
Read MoreIt's been four months since Hurricane Matthew ravaged Haiti's southern peninsula, causing catastrophic damage to homes, agricultural crops, livestock and infrastructure. It is estimated that more than 1,000 people died, and thousands more were left homeless with limited access to food, clean water and medical...
Read MoreProject Medishare Hospital Bernard Mevs unveiled a new wound care clinic during a ribbon cutting ceremony on January 17, 2017 in Port-au-Prince. The opening of the clinic – the first of its kind not only in Haiti, but the entire Caribbean – marked an important...
Read MoreBy Kara Sassine Seven years ago today, the goudou goudou – as Haitians refer to the 7.4 magnitude earthquake – struck Haiti and indelibly changed the country and its people. I know I’m not the only one who now looks at this date as a pivotal point in...
Read MoreBy Kara Sassine Less than a week after her first day as Project Medishare for Haiti’s new Communications Coordinator, Kara Sassine traveled to Jeremie to capture the stories of Hurricane Matthew survivors. Here, she shares a firsthand story of a young boy she met at the...
Read MoreIt's been one month since Hurricane Matthew ripped through Haiti. According to recent estimates, 1.4 million people require humanitarian assistance, 800,000 are food insecure and more than 140,000 are living in shelters. As much as 90 percent of crops and livestock were destroyed – sources...
Read MoreJocita is one of the more than 4,000 patients who have been treated at a field clinic in Jeremie where Project Medishare and Hospital Bernard Mevs staff and volunteers have been providing medical care to hurricane survivors. A cement block from a collapsing wall fell on her,...
Read MoreCarline, 42, lives in Port-au-Prince with her two children. After the hurricane, she traveled back to her hometown in the outskirts of Jeremie to see how her family and their home fared during the storm. She arrived to a terrible surprise. Her father’s home – the...
Read MoreLast week, Project Medishare Board Member Pierre Garçon and his Washington Redskins teammate, Ricky Jean Francois, took time during the busy NFL season to travel to Haiti to deliver critical medical supplies to Hospital Bernard Mevs for Hurricane Matthew survivors. We are grateful to Redskins...
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