Monthly Archives: December 2010
12.31.10 Hours left to make a 2010 tax-deductible gift to Project Medishare
When Project Medishare community health agents met 16-year-old Ninitte at a local event in Casse last year, she was severely thin and complaining of pain in her chest. One of Project Medishare’s community health nurses took charge and helped her
12.30.10 Provide your year-end gift to Project Medishare to inspire hope in Haiti
When Wilfred Messine was fitted with his prosthetic limb in April, he immediately began running and kicking a soccer ball which inspired other amputee patients. Today Wilfred is Project Medishare’s prosthetic technician in training, and he continues to inspire others
12.23.10 Project Medishare wishes everyone Happy Holidays!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSZiUhsxxJc&fs=1&hl=en_US] Our local medical staff and volunteers, along with some of the people we serve would like to send you happy holiday greetings. To view their message click on the video above or click here. Thank you for all you’ve
12.22.10 More people in Haiti have access to healthcare this holiday season thanks to Project Medishare supporters
By Jennifer Browning You may have remembered reading on the Project Medishare Blog about how 9-month old Julisa was toddling across her house and stumbled into a pot of boiling water causing serious burns on her right arm and left
12.20.10 TeenNick Halo award recipient donates $5,000 grant to Project Medishare
By Jennifer Browning On Friday, Dec. 10 Herold Charles was honored with a TeenNick HALO Award for his valiant effort to help people find loved ones after the Haiti earthquake. TeenNick awarded Herold with $20,000. Half would go towards his
12.17.10 Teaching to Fish: Akamil Production Facility deemed a sustainable project for the rural community of Thomonde
By Jennifer Browning The final pieces are being put in place to finalize the Akamil Production Facility in Thomonde. Ground breaking began June 2007 for the construction of the facility, but construction and final equipment installment was delayed after the
12.9.10 AP reports rural Haiti suffers the worst of cholera epidemic; Project Medishare continues to battle cholera through prevention, education and treatment
By Jennifer Browning Last week the Associate Press reported that while many feared Haiti’s growing epidemic would overwhelm the capital, so far, rural Haiti is seeing the worst of this epidemic that has killed over 1,900 people in less than
12.9.10 Support Project Medishare when you purchase RDM’s ‘Revival’ CD download
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHAuTF_PwuQ&fs=1&hl=en_US] By Jennifer Browning Give the gift of Caribbean beats when you give ‘Revival’ produced by Rhythms Del Mundo (RDM) in partnership with Artists Project Earth (APE), a British NGO focusing on disaster relief and climate awareness. With each of
12.9.10 Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare secure as protests continue in Port-au-Prince
As demonstrations and protests continue in Port-au-Prince and across Haiti in response to election results announced Tuesday night, Project Medishare is taking every possible precaution to keep our patients, volunteers and local staff safe. At Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare,
12.1.10 World AIDS Day: PEPFAR and Community Health Program important for HIV positive Haitians in the face of cholera
By Jennifer Browning Holding her doll tightly to her chest, a bright-eyed smiling 8-year-old Eve* greeted the Project Medishare team providing a home visit. With the cholera epidemic looming over Haiti, Project Medishare’s community health agents have increased the number
