May 2008 - Posts

• Public Health Celebrity Siting at Miami International Airport!

  Enfin c'est la derniere jour a Haiti! Alas, our final day in Haiti has come! We bid adieu to Jeremie early this morning, boading our 16-seater 'puddle jumper' bi-prop plane to Port-au-Prince. To say that we were sad to leave would be an understatement. Read More... Posted Sunday, May 25, 2008 7:11 PM by haiti5 | 0 Comments

• Day 8: Sisters of Charity

  May 24, 2008 After savoring a delicious rainfall overnight to cool the air, we sat down as a group and talked with the head cook chez Bette to gain a better understanding of the social network here in Jeremie. It was fascinating to hear about her relationships Read More... Posted Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:23 PM by haiti5 | 0 Comments

• Day 7: Working in Robin

  Friday, May 23, 2008 Today we traveled to Robin, a village near Bonbon (the beach we visited yesterday). A group of visiting American nurses and doctors also joined us, along with a number of HHF employees (health agents, midwives, etc…). We went Read More... Posted Saturday, May 24, 2008 6:10 PM by haiti5 | 0 Comments

• Day 6: La plage Bonbon

  Today was a fun day! A group of us got up early and walked downtown to watch the Corpus Christi procession – lots of singing, praying and beautiful flowers everywhere. Later, we drove out to Bonbon, a small fishing village by the beach. We spent Read More... Posted Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:35 PM by haiti5 | 0 Comments

• A cornucopia of public health activities!

  Haitian proverbs for the day: Deye mon, gen mon. (“Beyond the mountain is another mountain”, i.e. what can be seen is not necessarily all there is) Yon sel dwet pa manje kalolou. (“You cannot eat okra with one finger”, i.e. we Read More... Posted Thursday, May 22, 2008 12:53 AM by haiti5 | 0 Comments

• Another Day in Haiti

  Today was another amazing day in our public health clinical rotation. We woke up early and headed to the Haitian Health Foundation for our introduction to the KOMBIT project, the program working towards reducing maternal and neonatal mortality (for which Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:39 PM by haiti5 | 0 Comments

• Greetings from Haiti's Western Coast!

  This is Team Haiti 5 blogging from Jeremie, Haiti! We arrived in Port au Prince last Saturday with 16 enormous bags packed with medical supplies. After zooming through customs, we boarded a small 2 propeller plane for a short hop west to our destination Read More... Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 8:22 PM by haiti5 | 0 Comments