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.
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Getting a Jump Start
Teaching is like being in an endurance race. You’ve got to set a pace and stick with it. You’ve got to ration your energy so that you have some in reserve to make it to the end.
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.
Does Spring Break Re-energize our Students?
What is the purpose of spring break?
I read in a few places that the purpose of a spring break, most common originally in cold-weather regions, is to allow for the make-up of days missed because of early and mid-winter snowstorms. What a concept! In some regions, particularly for K-12 schools, the break corresponds with the Easter Holidays. Some regions organize their academic year around the Easter Holidays and end one academic term in March and begin the next after a two-week or month-long recess around Easter.
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.