Haiti Foundation of Hope

Written by Carrie Petersen, a member of the medical team working in Haiti: We arrived safely in Haiti today. After traveling for more than 20 hours, we ate a hearty meal and are now resting for tomorrow. On the drive to our final destination today, we took a right turn onto a road that I’d [...]

In some ways it seems like yesterday and in other ways it seems like an eternity ago. But it was one year ago today – Jan. 12, 2010 – that the world watched in shock as Haiti was devastated by a 7.0-earthquake. Buildings toppled, thousands of people were killed, and even more were injured and [...]

Read the latest Haiti Foundation of Hope news in our June newsletter: “Haitians always overwhelm me with their joy and appreciation of life. They laugh often, even when they are desperately trying to find food or clothing for their children. This sense of living often seems so foreign to me and I watch them constantly trying [...]

I arrived in Haiti just seven weeks after the 7.0 earthquake of January 12. After seeing the devastation on the news and reading stories I wasn’t sure what to expect. As our plane made its approach into Port-au-Prince everyone was peering out the windows to get a first glimpse of the area that had been hit by the massive earthquake.

Dr. Joe and Linda Markee were featured today in an article in The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) newspaper about their work in Haiti following the January 12 earthquake. Joe and Linda, board members with Haiti Foundation of Hope, traveled to Haiti within days of the earthquake as part of a disaster relief team with Medical Teams [...]