Category Archives: People and Places

Volunteer Spotlight: Jarett Beaudoin

By Caitlin Stevens | Published: January 31, 2012

This spotlight focuses on University of Tennessee student and Give Haiti Hope club member: Jarett Beaudoin. I met Jarett while studying abroad, and through him, I heard about the Haiti Outreach Program and its internships. Beaudoin, a Georgia native whose home is now Maryville, TN, is in his final year at the University of Tennessee, [...]

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Cholera 101

By Caitlin Stevens | Published: January 27, 2012

Cholera in Haiti…here’s what you need to know: Cholera: waterborne illness spread by drinking water containing the organism Vibrio cholera. In the absence of latrines or public sewage systems, the world’s poor often drink from the same river or stream used for defecation – infecting water supplies. While boiling water kills these bacteria, many people cannot afford [...]

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Building Walls, Breaking Barriers

By Caitlin Stevens | Published: January 19, 2012

Secondary School Update: Almost finished! -Classrooms are now complete with final painting underway. -Landscaping work is still to be done which will include a fence! This school will house our 300 secondary students with room for 300 more. All proceeds from the Fierce and Fancy Formals event will go to support the student tuition and [...]

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Meeting Dr. Paul Farmer

By Caitlin Stevens | Published: December 18, 2011

On December 3rd, Jarett Beaudoin and I attended a discussion with Dr. Paul Farmer at his alma mater- Duke University. He spoke about his new book: “Haiti: After the Eartquake,” showed plans and pictures of Partners In Health’s beautiful new teaching hospital in Haiti, and candidly answered questions from the audience. We talked to him [...]

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Students Breaking Ground at South Bound

By Caitlin Stevens | Published: November 29, 2011

November 10th, Give Haiti Hope at UT had their Breaking Ground at South Bound benefit concert in the Old City of downtown Knoxville. Club members worked hard to put on a great show. Students chose the opening local band: The Mountain Kings, whose loud and upbeat music was followed by the softer tones of The Sweetest Sleep. This one-man-band, [...]

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The Story of a Young Professor at the College St. Michel

By Caitlin Stevens | Published: November 1, 2011

Deacon Ben Johnston and our architect David Hutchins visited the construction of the secondary school in October and saw the second floor being poured(see the newsletter for more). A lot of my recent updates have concentrated on the building and its construction but this update focuses on the students and the teachers that the [...]