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March Newsletter

March Newsletter

We now look forward to the next 18 months and the NUTRITION PROGRAM. We found during our baseline survey in 2008 that more than 30 percent of children in these communities are malnourished. Responding to this problem can be complex, since it is not simply a matter of lack of food. How and what children are fed and responding to illness plays a role in malnutrition…

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Medical Conference

Medical Conference

The medical conference hosted by the Haiti Foundation of Hope team working in Haiti this month was like rain for parched land, said one of the doctors who attended. The one-day conference was organized by Haitian and American team members and featured presentations on pneumonia, skin infections, diarrhea, eye problems and anemia. The presentations were done [...]

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Saving Lives

Saving Lives

A story about the life-saving help that community health volunteers and the staff at the Clinic of Hope are providing: Earlier this year, one of the community health volunteers working in Dubedou became aware of a laboring, pregnant woman with life-threatening complications. He contacted the doctor at the Clinic of Hope, who went immediately to [...]

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June 2011 Newsletter

June 2011 Newsletter

June Newsletter – Earlier this year, Haiti Foundation of Hope sponsored the first medical conference held at the Clinic of Hope and it was a huge success. There were about 40 participants, mostly young nurses and doctors (some are pictured here). The speaker was an obstetrician/gynecologist from the United States. Everyone who completed the one-day [...]

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Encouraging Mothers in Haiti

Encouraging Mothers in Haiti

This is the time of year when we celebrate mothers. Haiti Foundation of Hope has a number of ongoing programs that can provide encouragement to mothers living in rural northern Haiti, a place where a mother’s struggle can sometimes be providing food for her children. Please consider supporting those living in Haiti with a donation [...]

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