Hope

Hope

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!

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...
Difficult Week – Haiti Cholera

Difficult Week – Haiti Cholera

An unpleasant landmark happened at the CAM clinic in La Source this past week. They experienced their first deaths at the cholera hospital. Bethanie Burkholder isn’t sure of the causes of these deaths, but she thinks the deaths happened because the clinic couldn’t...