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By Dr. Katie Wolf The month of January is already speeding by and I feel like I wasn’t quite finished with December! We had a peaceful holiday season here in Haiti with warm, sunny weather and fewer patients in our clinic than usual. Many people assumed that we would be closed during the holiday, so…
Dr. Katie Wolf writes the following from Haiti: MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Cherlie and I and the rest of the staff of Centre de Sante de Gatineau and Friends for Health in Haiti would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We would also like to thank all of our…
by Dr. Katie Wolf I just spent a couple of weeks back in the US attending meetings and taking care of lots of business. Cherlie kept the construction crew on target and they accomplished several important things while I was away. The sidewalk between the main clinic building and the pharmacy/lab/xray building was poured and…
By Dr. Katie Wolf Okay, everybody, sing to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”: Lave, lave, lave men nou Wash, wash, wash your hands Lave men nou chak jou. Wash your hands each day Avan w manje, apre w twalet, Before you eat, after you use the toilet E nou va gen…
by Dr. Katie Wolf The two week visit from Bob and Audrey Chase and Don Richmond from Elmbrook Church in Wisconsin came to an end this weekend with almost everything completed on the cabinetry for the clinic. The team worked extremely hard, taking only one day off, and made thirteen round trips to the clinic…
By Dr. Katie Wolf This past week, we have had the privilege of hosting Bob and Audrey Chase and Don Richmond from Elmbrook Church in Wisconsin. Bob is an expert cabinetmaker who pre-fabricated cabinets for our clinic in his shop in New Berlin, WI last fall. We shipped them down here in a shipping container…
by Dr. Katie Wolf, Jeremie, Haiti The past few weeks have brought some rain to our area, a brief trip to the US for me and continued construction progress. Here are some new photos to show you that the work continues to go on! The floor of the outdoor latrine was poured and the walls…
UPDATE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION-MINDED by Dr. Katie Wolf For those of you who enjoy following our construction progress, here are some photos from the past couple of weeks. We have had a very dry summer here, which is not good for the crops, but is very good for our construction. Rain makes it hard to…
By Dr. Katie Wolf After the earthquake in 2010, we received a very generous gift from Elmbrook Church in Wisconsin of what was fondly called the “Haiti Hut”. It consisted of all the materials needed to construct a temporary wood shelter. The church had sent several of these to mission organizations in Port-au-Prince and thought…
By Dr. Katie Wolf During these past two weeks we saw great progress on our water and waste situation. The walls of the septic tank were completed, after which the inside walls were sealed: Then, the roof was framed and poured: In addition, the hole was dug for our 4-room patient latrine. After reaching a…