Month: March 2010

Berlinda Dumas, 7 Years Old

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Berlinda Dumas receiving care by Dr. Steeve on January 13th March 25, 2010 We started the day with some of the Hope for Haiti public health team and the Carrefour clinic staff running a mobile clinic at Camp Villa located next to the Villa Creole Hotel. The camp has a little less than 200 people […]

Workshop with Haitian Professionals Addresses Mental Health in Post-Quake Haiti

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      March 22, 2010 January’s earthquake did more than damage buildings, crush bodies, and destroy infrastructure-it profoundly impacted the hearts and minds of the Haitian people and drastically increased the need for mental health care and services. The New York Times last week painted a dire picture of mental health institutions in post-quake Port-au-Prince, […]

Transition Period

March 15, 2010 The long-term stabilization and re-building process is in full swing. Things have moved from managing the acute trauma to implementing long-term plans. While the tempo has not slowed it has now become a long distance race that is just as critical. In the first four weeks following the earthquake, Hope for Haiti […]

Firehouse Subs team visits Haiti

    March 10, 2010 The Firehouse Subs Company donated approximately 90,000 pounds of rice and beans to Hope for Haiti’s emergency relief effort for distribution in the first few weeks following the January 12th earthquake. The Hope for Haiti team distributed the food to the 9,000 people living within the Don Bosco internally displaced persons […]