St. Boniface Haiti Foundation

Students for Haiti Blog

By Alysia on March 31 2011, 12:35pm

Students for Haiti, a group organized out of the University of Delaware, is raising money to rebuild the St. Boniface Hospital clinic in Villa, which was destroyed in 2010's earthquake. Through aggressive fundraising and the passionate leadership of Matt Watters, the group's president, Students for Haiti has so far raised $60,000 toward the clinic. On March 27 the group traveled to Haiti to see first hand the community they're raising money to help. Follow their blog below. Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 Brianna McMahon Today we got to go to Villa to see the site for the hospital. The ride …
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Spanish Surgeons Perform First Ever Spinal Surgeries at St. Boniface Hospital

By Priya Maloni St. Boniface Hospital has been extremely privileged to host an orthopedic surgery team from Seville, Spain. One week ago Dr. Pablo Garcia, Dr. David Sanchez and Dr. Jorge Lucas made the trip down to Fonds des Blancs, Haiti. Being the first orthopedics team to operate in the history of St. Boniface Hospital, the team came equipped with all the essential material and tools necessary to perform a wide range of orthopedic surgeries. The …
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Cholera Education Initiatives in the Community

Marie Nancy Seraphin, MPH The Haitian Ministry of health has reported that the Cholera epidemic is under control; nevertheless, here in Fond des Blancs we continue to prepare the hospital and the community to deal with eventual cases of the disease. One component of our prevention plan is the broadcasting of prevention messages over our local radio which has ensured that every household in our catchment area has now been informed of the epidemic. Today …
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Elderly Feeding - Mercy Action Grant

St. Boniface Haiti Foundation has received a generous donation from the Sisters of Mercy Northeast through their Mercy Action program. The Sisters felt a strong desire to help a program in Haiti and we are happy that our needs were a good match. The funds received will assist us in strengthening the malnutrition recuperation program by allowing us to develop appropriate education materials and activities for the mothers and children. It's important to not only provide …
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Annual Event at Boston’s TD Garden a Great Success

The excitement and the sparkle have dissipated, but the memories remain. A wonderful time was had by all in this dynamic setting overlooking Boston Harbor and the Zakim Bridge. Long-standing supporters were joined by the many newcomers as we honored: Eric Brennan - President of IC-Haiti (Immaculate Conception Parish in Newburyport, MA). In 2 years the group has raised $170,000 to support education, healthcare, our dental program, the cervical cancer screening initiative and to provide earthquake …
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Couple from the Boston Area Delivers Orthotics to Fond des Blancs

Normal 0 0 1 151 862 Fordham University 7 1 1058 11.773 0 0 0 By Priya Maloni, Rehabilation Cooridnator Frank Shirley teaching his skills in Fond des Blancs. St. Boniface was extremely privileged last weekend to host Frank Shirley, an Orthotist from Boston, and his wife Elizabeth Shirley, a retired nurse. The couple made the journey from Boston to Haiti specifically to deliver and fit orthodics for our spinal cord injury patients. The orthodics …
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