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FHM Gala Great Success!
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...
Saving the World’s Women from Cervical Cancer
On June 30, 2016 the New England Journal of Medicine published an excellent article regarding screening women in low resource countries for cervical disease. Many of the issues addressed in this journal article are consistent with what Family Health Ministries...
Duke SRT Students Engaged in Haitian Communities
As in previous years, FHM is partnering with the Duke Global Health Institute's Student Research Training (SRT) Program to conduct valuable research to inform FHM public health initiatives. Our students Caroline Keefe, Sarah Beaverson, Haley Talbot and...
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.
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
Rara: A Unique Haitian Tradition
I remember the first time I ever heard a Rara parade. It was around this time of year in 2012. I was sleeping at a friend's house in Croix Des Bouquets. To save money, they weren't running the generator at night. City power, which is given at sporadic, unpredictable...
Haiti Reflections, Part 2: The Stories We Tell
What words come to mind when you think of Haiti? What stories have you heard about this country and the Haitian people? It seems to me that the majority of people respond to the first question with words like poor, dirty, sad, polluted, hungry, and desperate. To...
Meet Yvette
We are so blessed to have this incredible lady working for us! Yvette is our cook here at the FHM guesthouse. My expanding waistline is proof of her delicious feasts! Yvette began working for FHM when the guesthouse first opened in the fall of 2012. She was the...