Rebuild Haiti event raises $18,000 for hurricane victims

By Jennifer Browning
Hurricane victims in Haiti are being sent some financial relief thanks to those who attended and purchased items at the Coral Gables Congregational Church fundraiser REBUILD HAITI: MISSION POSSIBLE. The event which hosted both a live and silent auction raised $18,000.
The money raised from the event has been split evenly between Project Medishare, [...]

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Seeing a different Haiti for the first time

By Ronine Zamor*
Thomonde, HAITI–So far, my experience in Haiti has been both medically and culturally fulfilling. Being Haitian-American, I felt as if I would not be as shocked or surprised by this trip. However, it has been the complete opposite.
Because my family is from the city of Port-au-Prince, I have never [...]

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Project Medishare receives $1.25 Million grant to launch new HIV prevention and care program in Haiti’s Central Plateau

Project Medishare recently received a $1.25 million grant through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The award, which focuses on HIV/AIDS prevention activities, is part of a $4.8 million grant to Cross International, a South Florida-based interdenominational Christian humanitarian agency.
“This grant is a solid foundation,” Dr. Fournier said, “on which to build [...]

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UT medical students see the reality of everyday life in Haiti

By Christopher Gibson
Thomonde, HAITI–Today was another mobile clinic day. Both the location and population were distinct from yesterday – the community was more remote with more agricultural activity, and the people primarily sought water from nearby rivers.
Their requests were also more basic. Yesterday, people asked for better constructed houses and more accessible healthcare; today [...]

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Project Medishare volunteer sees positive changes since first visit seven years ago

By Jennifer Burzawa
Time can get away from you. Over the recent Thanksgiving holiday, I went back to Thomonde, Haiti with Project Medishare for the first time in seven years.
Seven years.
I can’t believe it has been that long. I last went as a second-year medical student with the University of Miami, not too long [...]

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UT medical students face a swamped triage

By Megan Gray
Thomonde, HAITI-Waking up to roosters crowing and strong fresh Haitian Blue coffee, we gathered medications we had packed the night before to begin our second full day with Project Medishare. Yesterday, we toured sections of Thomonde with the agents de santé, who introduced us to individual families [...]

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University of Texas medical students join Project Medishare’ s community healther workers in Thomonde

By Beth Melia
Thomonde, HAITI-On our first full day in Thomonde, we conducted home visits with Project Medishare’s community health workers. They showed us their daily routine of checking up on patients, which gave us an opportunity to see the regular Haitian home-life and learn the basic medical needs of rural Haitians. [...]

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University of Texas medical students arrive in Haiti

Be sure to continue to check Project Medishare’s blog over the holiday season. This week medical students from the University of Texas Health and Science Center of San Antonio (UTHSCSA) will be arriving in Thomonde, Haiti to assist Project Medishare’s mobile clinic team.

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Thomonde’s Medical Complex and Nutrition Center near completion

The global food crisis has caused a lot of organizations to reevaluate their approach to food assistance. Moving further away from providing short-term relief and investing in long-term agricultural development. Project Medishare has realized that the food crisis is not the first to afflict Haiti, nor in all likelihood will it be the last. [...]

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Haiti launches national malnutrition survey

By Jennifer Browning
Haiti’s Ministry of Health is launching a door-to-door survey,the first of its kind since the 1970’s, to question how widespread and acute malnutrition is among children.
A recent Miami Herald article  reports the Ministry of Health had already agreed to perform the survey before two hurricanes and two tropical storms pummeled the tiny country [...]

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