Haiti Earthquake – One Year Later

Haiti Earthquake – One Year Later

Jan 27, 2011 | Haiti

It’s been one year since the earthquake struck Haiti. How do things look in Haiti today? Many things remain the same–rubble still lines the streets and hopelessness is still evident on some faces, but here and there a spark of hope flourishes. Rubble is being...
Winding Down

Winding Down

Jan 19, 2011 | Haiti

Cholera cases at the CAM La Source clinic keep winding down. Cases steadily declined from 40-50 per week to as low as 15 last week. Other parts of Haiti, however, continue to see an increase. A hospital in Bombard had a sudden upswing in the number of cholera patients...
Hope

Hope

Jan 13, 2011 | Haiti

Close to one year ago the disastrous earthquake struck Haiti, killing thousands of people and leaving millions homeless. Hope is still elusive for many of the Haitian people. First the earthquake, then political unrest, and now the cholera epidemic. Hope seems...
IV fluids and prayers saved my life!

IV fluids and prayers saved my life!

Jan 5, 2011 | Haiti

The following account is about real people, and was told by our staff as though speaking for Markendy, but we took writer’s liberties to put it in story form. Hello, my name is Markendy. I live in northwestern Haiti. One day I felt sick, very sick. I vomited several...