Posts by Friends For Health In Haiti
Water and Sanitiation Program
Water and Sanitiation Program We’re excited to renew our collaboration with faculty and students at Johns Hopkins Schoo of Nursing to advance our Water and Sanitation Program. JHSON will be helping us standardize our curriculum for training new Community Promoters and will help us develop tools for monitoring and evaluation of the program. For now,…
Read MoreFHH GIVES TRIBUTE TO “MASTER CARPENTER” ROBERT J. CHASE
All of us at Friends for Health in Haiti were saddened to hear of the recent passing of our wonderful friend Robert Chase. Bob was a skilled carpenter with a heart of gold and he spent the later years of his life blessing those of us on the mission field with his carpentry skills, energy…
Read MoreAnother Roof Is Poured
On Saturday, September 26th the upper roof of the spiritual and community center up at our clinic site in Gatineau was poured. This was an all-day affair, involving over 50 workmen and was the culmination of months of hard work and preparation. We’ve shared in previous blogs about our various construction projects, beginning in 2011…
Read MoreTHE WALLS GO UP!!!
THE WALLS GO UP!!! The day after the roof of our Spiritual and Community Center was poured, Cherlie and I went up to Gatineau again to help supervise the masons as they set the first layer of blocks for the walls of the second floor. It was another exciting and productive day for us. The…
Read MoreEXCITING ACTIVITIES IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC!
We are very pleased to let everyone know that we poured the roof of the Spiritual and Community Center in Gatineau on Friday and began putting up blocks for the walls of the second floor the next day! This is great progress for us and we want to share some photos of the exciting events.…
Read MoreCENTRE DE SANTE DE GATINEAU IS OPEN – TO A NEW NORMAL
We opened our clinic in Haiti, Centre de Sante de Gatineau, on Monday, June 8th, in spite of the fact that COVID-19 is spreading rapidly throughout the country. After being closed for the months of April and May, we felt that it was important to open again in order to provide medical care and needed…
Read MoreGETTING OUT BEFORE THE LOCKDOWN!
The week before Haitian President Jovenel Moise closed the airport in PAP and essentially put Haiti in a lockdown, we had a wonderful visit from our friends at Kingston Presbyterian Church (KPC), Dr. Wolf’s home church in Kingston, NJ. This was a trip that was planned for two years, since the visit a year ago…
Read MoreWE GIVE GRATITUDE TO OUR FAITHFUL PARTNERS!
The year 2020 began with a bit more political stability here in Haiti than we had for most of the previous year. But, we are still requiring our visitors to fly back and forth between Port-au-Prince and Jérémie in order to minimize any travel risks. We were very happy to welcome another great team from…
Read MoreTaking Advantage of the Seasons
n Our lives in rural Haiti revolve around the seasons, not winter, spring, summer and fall but dry season and rainy season. There are two rainy seasons in Haiti, October/November and April/May. These are usually the months when we go back to the US for board meetings and fund-raising activities and we’re glad to miss…
Read MoreBlessings in a Time of Turmoil
We had the pleasure of hosting another hard-working team from Avera Health Systems in SD two weeks ago. They were able to fly to and from Jeremie, alleviating safety risks from the political instability here in Haiti. The team included team leader Kathy English, RN and her husband, Dr. Gil English. Gil is an OB/gyn…
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