Year-End School Clinics

I crammed my two giant roller bags full of Children’s Tylenol, Neosporin, and other donated over the counter (OTC) medications, carefully nesting the boxes together for maximum capacity like a game of suitcase Tetris. I changed out the ice packs in the small coolers containing other medical supplies for our CCH clinic. “Keep Refrigerated,” the […]

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Unrest in Haiti

Haiti’s long history of political turmoil is well known, but not always well-understood. We wanted to use this month’s blog as an opportunity to share our first-hand perspective on what’s happening in Haiti.  The power dynamics, corruption, and inequality in Haiti are obviously more complicated than a few paragraphs can describe.  Here we offer just

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Freedom in Poetry

More than buildings and bodies were demolished in Haiti’s 2010 earthquake. Arguens Jean Mary (photo right) experienced that natural disaster as he was coming of age as a teenager in Jacmel. His family lost money and economic prospects as a result of the earthquake, multiplying their poverty. In those moments of hardship, Arguens turned to

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