After four intense, productive, and amazing days in Chermaitre, the trippers are back in Port-au-Prince. Read on for a short update from them!
Apart from successfully holding a clinic day in the new Chermaitre-Fervil Clinic and meeting the local medical committee, we also conducted a small-scale census around the village, created a beautiful peace quilt with the women’s cooperative, received the cooperative’s first product – coffee from Chermaitre (!), and performed water and soil tests.
Author Archives: cifung
Bonjou from Port-au-Prince!
13 trippers say bonjou from Port-au-Prince! They are hitting one art gallery today before starting their long drive north. Before heading to Gros Morne (the town closest to Chermaitre), they will be paying a visit to Partner in Health’s University Hospital in Mirebalais.
Haiti in Less than 24 Hours!
The spring project assessment trip to Haiti is happening in less than 24 hours! 13 VHPers will land in Port-au-Prince before making their way up to Gros Morne, to Chermaitre, and finally to Jacmel. Along the way, they will assist in a clinic day in the newly completed Chermaitre-Fiervil Clinic, and buy Haitian arts and handcrafts in Port-au-Prince.
Entangled with VHP: A Reflection on the Setauket Art Sale Weekend
February kicked off with a weekend art sale in Setauket, Long Island to raise funds for the final reconstruction stages of Chermaitre’s new kindergarten and community center. Our partnership with the St.