OPEN DOOR is the name given a new initiative created by the HHP Clinic Staff and Local Haiti Board.
Read MoreCherident, Haiti. Many who hear of this town seldom know where it is. Once we explain its en route halfway between Leogane and Jacmel, they understand. Yet, this town has a large population, and at that the needs in healthcare are still present on a daily basis.
Read MoreNone of these women chose to be Fanm Chay (traditional Haitian birth attendant), as if you would choose a job. This work chose them. They live where the normality is women struggling in childbirth and yet no hospital is close at hand to help. Each of these women said, “ we have to help them”. All of the women know that the “profession” of Fanm Chay is not a recognized profession by their society; yet, the Fanm Chay work regardless, knowi...ng the irrefutable value of their life-saving presence.
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