May 20th, 2008
Midwives for Haiti is approaching an important milestone for their project in Hinche. Since September 2006 they have been training a group of Haitian women in lifesaving midwifery skills. This summer the women will be completing their training and be ready to begin work in rural areas throughout Haiti. During the almost 2 years […]
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May 20th, 2008
On January 29, 2008, six St. Thomas Aquinas parishioners, Mike and Anne Knasel, Joan McDonald, Kathy Smith, and Janet and John Stack traveled to St. Michaels’s parish in Saltedere, Haiti recently to conduct a “ pilot “ test program with students at St. Michael’s school.
Saltadere is the “ twin “ Catholic parish in Haiti […]
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May 7th, 2008
HHCF will be sponsoring a immersion experience for medical personnel interested in seeing first hand a broad perspective of the health care situation in Haiti leaving from Dulles Airport on Oct. 17, 2008 and returning on Oct. 25th. Specific details of the trip are posted in the Medical Professionals forum of this website and further inquires can be sent to […]
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March 4th, 2008
On January 21, 2008 a dream became a reality. The new Lascahobas Hospital in
LaColline, Haiti was dedicated. On the campus site is a beautiful new dental clinic which is an initiative of the HHCF’s Lascahobas Coalition. After months of research and talking with Zanmi Lasanté, dentists, and medical suppliers a proposal was developed to support […]
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January 2nd, 2008
The Haitian Health Care Foundation considers the Caritas Health Care Sector of the Diocese of Hinche to be its sister organization in Haiti. We are both affiliated with our respective Dioceses and dedicated to improving health care for the people of Haiti.
Many meetings have taken place over the past year with Father Jacques Volcius, […]
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