By Jennifer Browning Wyclef Jean joined former U.S. President Bill Clinton and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon yesterday in Port-au-Prince seeking to refocus international attention on Haiti. Clinton and Ban toured Haiti's capital and met with officials including President Rene Preval. During their visit with Preval at...
Read MoreBy Dan Erchick Our visit with Project Medishare this week has been excellent. A large part of Medishare success comes from their community-based approach to health care in Thomonde. The number of community health workers serving the population is impressive. Medishare health workers are local residents...
Read MoreBy Janet Wheeler THOMONDE, Haiti--Visiting Project Medishare and learning about the variety and breadth of programs they are involved in is both exciting and inspiring. It has been most enjoyable seeing a new part of Haiti as all of my previous visits to Haiti have been...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning As her twins' 10-year-old birthdays approached Dr. Gwen Wurm gave her children an option: either they each received one present from their parents or they could receive several gifts from their friends attending their birthday party. Dr. Wurm suggested to the children that...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Last week the Swiss Federal Office of Justice ordered the return of $6 million (US) in assets stolen by Haiti's former president, Jean-Claude Duvalier and associates to be handed over to Haiti. The decision was made after the account holders failed to...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Matt Lauer and his friends at NBC are asking viewers for help in deciding where Matt will travel this year for "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?" Support the effort to boost tourism in Haiti, and vote for Matt to show his viewers...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Amidst the news reports of turmoil and devastation, The Oppenheimer Report in today's Miami Herald discusses why there is hope for Haiti. A recent report by Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning With all the small successes Project Medishare has made, Haiti is still in dire need of help. This was Dr.Arthur Fournier's message in his article, "Haiti on the Brink" in The Huffington Post. Dr. Fournier writes how individuals can help Haiti in their...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Raising money for Project Medishare can be as easy as surfing the net. By performing your searches on GoodSearch.com you can help raise money for Project Medishare and support the many healthcare programs in Haiti's Central Plateau. To be sure Project...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning While the nursing students from the University of Miami have returned from their medical trip in Haiti, you can view some of the photos from their trip here. Want to hear about their trip? Check out their posts by clicking on the links...
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