When we agreed to come to Haiti for FHM, we knew we were to be here only temporarily. We were on location to help out until a decision could be made on the next guesthouse manager.
As I write this, the decision making process is still in progress. We are orienting another interim manager over the weekend. He will work at least for November and December.
The good news is that our 40 pages or so of guesthouse manager notes should make life easier for anyone new to running a guesthouse in Haiti.
A bit of reflection on our time here –
So, I think we’ve meet our simple objectives, as recorded in our second blog – ‘for fun and adventure and challenge. And also to serve.’
We still believe in the work of FHM, to collaborate with local partners to bring better health care to Haiti, particularly cervical cancer prevention and safer motherhood.
It would have been especially interesting to have been here for the start of construction on the Women’s Clinic in the Fondwa mountains and the Surgical Center here on the coastal plain. But we knew that these were probably not going to happen while we were here.
But, we have great hopes for all that is planned. We have been pleased at all the new development made since the earthquake. And we hope that Haiti keeps being Haiti.
So, laughing with the pleasure of going home, and with wet eyes at having to leave all we’ve gotten to know here, we say good bye.
We’d like to extend a big 😍THANK YOU😍 to everyone that supported the 2019 Gala & Silent Auction! With your help we were able to raise $55,000 to support the Carmelle Voltaire Women’s Health Center in Tom Gato. This money will go towards labor and delivery services for the women of FondwaRead More
Representatives of the UNC School of Nursing, Rhonda Lanning and Leslie Hackenbracht traveled to Haiti last week with Family Health Ministries. They were in country for the opening of the new Carmelle Voltaire Women’s Health Center. The Center saw more than 50 patients during their first 3 days of operation. It was wonderfulRead More
The Global Health PLUS (Placement of Life Changing Usable Surplus) Program, in association with Duke Global Health Institute, allowed Family Health Ministries to glean hospital equipment from inventory to use for the Carmelle Voltaire Women’s Health Center in Haiti. The mission of Duke Global Health PLUS is to make this surplus medical equipmentRead More
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