Yearly Archives: 2009
12.23.09 Teachings from the field: UM students work with Project Medishare’s Haitian medical team
By Ami Panara Today we served as clinicians at the mobile clinics in the central plateau of Haiti. Our day started off with a nice surprise by the short, but still very scenic, ride to Elin. It’s true, in Haiti
12.22.09 UM medical team assists with health fair in Baille Touribe
By David Serota Today was our first proper heath fair, in the impossibly remote town of Baille Tourrible, and it was a day I will remember forever. After a hearty breakfast of mais Moulin we packed into trucks and traversed
12.21.09 Make your tax-deductible donation for 2009 to Project Medishare today
12.21.09 Working toward the right to healthcare in Haiti
By Tynisa Harvey** It’s only been two days in Haiti, and already I feel like the people here are my own. On our way to our home visits, we were greeted with smiles and friendly ‘Bonjours’ from natives, young and
12.16.09 Sign up for iGive, search and Project Medishare receives $1
By Jennifer Browning Between now and midnight, each new person who joins iGive using this link right here and does just one web search on the iGive site Project Medishare will receive a dollar. Just think, 5,000 sign ups and
12.10.09 World Bank approves $24.5 million in grants for economic governance, road rehabilitation in Haiti
By Jennifer Browning Two grants approved by the World Bank Board of Directors totalling $24.5 million will go to support Haiti’s economic governance reform agenda and rehabilitation of key roads and bridges. The first grant for the Third Economic Governance
12.6.09 Send holiday cheer and benefit Project Medishare
12.1.09 Project Medishare sponsors events in Casse/LaHoye for World AIDS Day today
11.26.09 Emory medical team refers a patient to Zanmi Lasante in Cange
By Katie Lee HICAGNE, Haiti—While I haven’t spent Thanksgiving at home in quite a few years, this was the first that I’ve spent in a country that doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving! Today was the last day of clinic, and it was
11.25.09 Emory medical student realizes scary realities regarding healthcare in Haiti
By Woon Cho Kim BATILLE, ,CASSE DISTRICT, Haiti—Three whole days of rural outreach clinics and couple of hundreds of patients later, my mind is absolutely overwhelmed with too many thoughts, reflections, and emotions. Coming to Haiti as a young medical
