Healthcare

Carmelle Voltaire Women’s Health Center

located in Tom Gato halfway between Leogane and Jacmel

school girls in Fondwa

Your generosity has allowed Family Health Ministries to flourish for over 30 years! 

Join us for our annual Gala on 9/14/24.  Details below.

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boys walking to school in Fondwa
Community Garden

Community Garden

Helping Babies Breath

Healthcare

Fondwa School

Education

FHM News & Updates

Haitian Mother’s Day, May 26, 2024

Family Health Ministries wishes all of the mothers in Haiti a Happy Mother's Day! Our HsCC colleagues at CRUDEN have a nice description of this holiday on it's website. "In Haiti, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the last Sunday in May. To wish mother happiness a child...

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International Nurses Day, May 12, 2024

Family Health Ministries celebrated International Nurses Day by donating $5,000 to support nursing education at FSIL, the pioneering nursing school in Leogane, Haiti.  FHM's 'Friends of Nurses in Haiti' group rallied and raised the support in just a few weeks.  These...

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Our Work in Haiti

At Family Health Ministries, we pursue a dream of building healthy families, and healthy communities by developing long-term relationships with people and communities’ in need’.

Children’s Programs

After the original Saint Antoine school was destroyed in the 2010 earthquake, Family Health Ministries raised $100,000 to rebuild the school. With added financial help from Partners in Progress, Heart to Heart International, and Fonkoze, the new Saint Antoine School building welcomed children back to school in October 2013.

Women’s Programs

Family Health Ministries work in women’s health is based on the priorities of the communities we serve and focuses on cervical cancer prevention and safe motherhood programs.

Family Programs

The Leogane Family Health Center is a preventative and acute healthcare complex serving those without access to health services. The center will provide healthcare, education, and research programs.

first baby

Get Involved

The greatest benefits people gain from volunteering is the satisfaction of incorporating service into their lives and making a difference in their community and country. The intangible benefits alone—such as pride, satisfaction, and accomplishment—are worthwhile reasons to serve. When we share our time and talents, we solve problems, strengthen communities, improve lives, connect to others, and transform our lives and the lives of others.

Family Health Ministries appreciates the time, talents, and support of all our volunteers. Whatever your skill set or interest, we have a volunteer opportunity for you. We want you to work where you work best!

FHM Blog

Creating a Center of Excellence

Creating a Center of Excellence

CREATING A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE by David Walmer “Is there a new way to express how we are pursuing FHM’s vision in a way that gives us a clear focus that is easy to understand?”FHM’s vision in Haiti is ‘healthy families and healthy communities’, specifically in the...

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The Power of Languages

The Power of Languages

  By: Sarah Beaverson When I first arrived in Haiti, I was overwhelmed by the foreign language I heard around me. I struggled to understand individuals and the Haitian Creole words being yelled across the streets. After mastering the basic “Bonjou” and “Bonswa”...

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Haitian Women Helping Women

Haitian Women Helping Women

Meet Soinie. To say Soinie is an inspiration is an understatement! This determined lady is breaking the mold in order to build a better life for her family and the community of Fondwa. Soinie (pronounced swah-nee) has joined our construction crew to build FHM's...

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