After you have seen it once, the diagnosis of cholera seems possible in the eyes alone. The afflicted stare into the miasma, their eyes literally sunk into their skulls, eyes that portray panic or resignation depending on the progression of the disease. Cholera is horrifying in speed and viciousness, and it is certainly inflicting that fear on the people of Terre Blanche, Haiti.
One such patient was brought into the clinic courtyard during morning devotions on a door her family used as a stretcher…
Read more of this story and other cholera facts in the Haiti Foundation of Hope December newsletter.
Also in this month’s newsletter…
The Clinic of Hope has outgrown its space since it opened its doors in 2007 and now construction has started on an addition to the clinic building. Learn more about the project.