Medical student reflects on time in Haiti

By Elizabeth Case*
Shortly after returning from Haiti, I read Earnest Hemmingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. The book is set in Cuba, a locale about as foreign to Americans as the country of Haiti. Hemingway stunned me with his portrait of a Cuban fisherman. When I turned to write my [...]

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President Rene Preval expresses full support of Project Medishare initiatives

By Jennifer Browning
After a meeting with Haitian President Rene Preval last week, Preval expressed excitement about Project Medishare and The Global Insitute at the University of Miami’s many programs and initiatves focused in the Central Plateau.
On Tuesday, June 16 Dr. Barth Green, Ellen Powers, Marie Chery, from the Global Institute at the University of Miami [...]

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Project Medishare meets with South Florida delegates

By Jennifer Browning
At the request of Representative Kendrick Meek and the South Florida delegation, Dr. Michel Dodard and Ellen Powers, representing Project Medishare and The Global Institute at the University of Miami, joined the Florida lawmakers for a lunch meeting on Monday.
Dr. Dodard and Ms. Powers spoke to the group about [...]

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Florida lawmakers travel to Haiti

By Jennifer Browning
Five members of South Florida’s congressional delegation travel to Haiti today. The lawmakers will speak to Haitian President Rene Preval  about security issues, hurricane preparation, and immigration policy.
Story in the Miami Herald.

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Check out UM’s photos on Flickr!

By Jennifer Browning
After spending a week with Project Medishare’s staff in Thomonde, Haiti, the medical students from the University of Miami are making their way back to the United States today.
A few of their photos have been posted up on Project Medishare’s Flickr site. Check them out here.

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Comparing perspectives while working in Haiti

By Elizabeth Greig
CENTRAL PLATEAU, Haiti–The suggestions for preventative health measures available to Americans in this week’s time would probably get a few confused looks and laughs from the people of the Central Plateau. A quote highlighted in bold reads, “Ideally, I want you to be sweaty for an hour every day.” Haitians, I assure you, [...]

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School houses serve as makeshift clinics

By Drew Martowski
CENTRAL PLATEAU, Haiti–The prior two days of mobile health clinics have taken place in schoolhouses. The simple reason for this seems to be that they are the only completed buildings other than churches that can afford adequate space and shade to serve the numbers of people that our presence attracts. The infrastructure available [...]

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A mobile clinic in Terra

By Sarah McDaniel
TERRA, Haiti—Today we conducted a mobile clinic in Terra. The road was rough but our drivers were exceptionally competent and the vehicles were capable. Our clinic was conducted in a large school with multiple rooms. It was easy to find by the large number of people already gathered. As we unloaded and moved [...]

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Become a fan: Join Project Medishare on Facebook

By Jennifer Browning
Project Medishare has begun micro-blogging on Facebook to help keep you informed about our progress in Haiti. While you will still be able to find your updates to initiatives, projects and news in Haiti here on the Project Medishare Blog, you can now find quick updates on Project Medishare for Haiti, Inc.’s [...]

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Clinton urges donors to honor promised pledges

By Jennifer Browning
Today former U.S. President Bill Clinton announced one of his first orders of business to help Haiti will be to ensure that $353 million in promised pledges from the international community actually end up in Haiti.
During a U.N. press conference in New York, Clinton laid out numerous priorities on how he plans to [...]

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