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Katie reports:Visiting PIH’s New Hospital & Working in Boule, Haiti
This is a portion of UT Student Kate Erpenbach’s experience on her most recent trip to Haiti. The team was comprised of a few medical workers who went to conduct clinics and others who went to photograph all of the students who attend a Haiti Outreach Program school. The New Partner’s In Health Teaching Hospital [...]
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Progress Report: Construction of College St. Michel Continues!
Here is an update from Parish Relations Coordinator John Stone regarding the construction of our new secondary school! Due to the inability of concrete trucks getting up the mountain to our village, so laying concrete is a manual effort. Deacon Ben Johnston, Chairman of HOP, indicated that it took about 100 local Haitians to mix [...]
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Round Two for School Number Two
This past month has been full of progress for the St. Michel secondary school in Boucan Carre. Members and partners went down for the ground-breaking mid-September and returned with a great report and exciting photos of the construction already underway. Since that ground-breaking, the foundation has been built, the first floor has been poured, and walls [...]
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Ground BREAKING News!
I am pleased to announce that the building of the new secondary school has begun! A team just went to Haiti from 9/12-9/15 for the ground breaking and came back with a full report and some wonderful pictures that I would like to pass along to you. Brief History: After the HOP primary school had [...]
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Everything Adds Up
Exactly one month ago I was packing my life into my car in preparation for the move to Knoxville. After interviewing in August, family, friends and HOP volunteers worked hard to help make the city-jump easier. My parents gave me use of their car. Cindy and Dr. Dean Mire(the HOP Medical Chair) offered me a [...]
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In 2012, let’s give Haiti HOPE.