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.

Click here to read our Fall 2024 newsletter.

 

boys walking to school in Fondwa
Community Garden

Community Garden

Helping Babies Breath

Healthcare

Fondwa School

Education

FHM News & Updates

Growing Relationship with Haiti Nursing

Family Health Ministries has had a relationship with the first BSN Nursing School in Haiti since it opened its doors in Leogane in 2005. Over the years, FHM has provided scholarships, mentored nursing students in research projects, provided clinical sites for nursing...

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Update on cervical cancer prevention

Partnership with Basic Health International & Haiti sans Cervical Cancer HsCC consortium partners, FHM and BHI just completed enrolling 5000 Haitian women to test the feasibility of developing a unified health care screen and treat program to prevent cervical...

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Celebrating our 30th Year

Celebrating our 30th Year

Our 2022 Gala and Silent Auction was a huge success!  Thank you for spending your evening with us as we celebrated our 30th year in Haiti and looked towards the future for women and children in Haiti.  We had a record number of supporters this year, with over 300 of...

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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

Summer of Research in Leogane

Summer of Research in Leogane

We are excited to partner with Duke University's Student Research Training (SRT) Program this summer. The SRT Program is part of Duke Global Health Institute and this program specifically is an opportunity for undergraduate students to engage in community-based...

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Chicka-what?!

Chicka-what?!

By now I'm sure many of you have heard of the chikungunya virus. It's definitely taken a toll on Haiti lately so I figured it's a topic worth discussing.  What is Chikungunya? Chikungunya is a virus spread by infected mosquitoes. It has occurred in Southeast Asia,...

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Travel tips for Haiti

Travel tips for Haiti

Are you planning a visit to our guesthouse in Haiti? We hope that answer is YES! And if you are, maybe you're asking yourself what you should expect, pack, and so on. Or maybe you're like the seasoned traveler above and you've got your toothbrush and passport and...

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