By 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...
Read MoreHurricane Matthew caused massive destruction in Haiti, leading to the country’s worst humanitarian crisis since the January 2010 earthquake. Winds of 130 –145 miles an hour, storm surges and heavy rains caused catastrophic damage to homes, agricultural crops, livestock, roads and bridges. It is estimated...
Read MoreHurricane Matthew made landfall in Haiti Tuesday as a Category 4 storm and left massive devastation in its wake. Project Medishare's team is working around the clock to gather information on the hardest hit areas of the country, and coordinate an organized relief effort with...
Read MoreDr. Sam Abelson is an Emergency Room doctor from Minnesota who is passionate about Haiti. He has been a long-time volunteer with Project Medishare, generously giving his time and money to help ensure Haitians can access quality healthcare. After his most recent volunteer deployment at...
Read MoreIn August, the United Nations admitted its role in starting Haiti's 2010 cholera epidemic, which killed an estimated 10,000 people and sickened thousands more. During the height of the outbreak, Project Medishare distributed water purification tablets, conducted education and prevention campaigns, and operated a cholera treatment...
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