Haiti 2013
Second Class of Homéopathes Communautaires Graduates in Belle Anse
HWB educators Lauren Fox and PG Legerme with new graduate Felix St. Louis.
On June 6, 2013, twenty Homéopathes Communautaires graduated! The ceremony consisted of seven students giving speeches–acknowledging their new knowledge, their teachers and their responsibility to their communities. Representatives from HWB’s partnering organizations, Bucoseh and the Belle Anse Timoun Family School also spoke. PG shared his pride with his first class of graduates, HWB Executive Director Holly Manoogian spoke for HWB and I welcomed graduates into the international profession of homeopathy. Each graduate received a certificate for successfully meeting the requirements of HWB’s Fundamental Course of Homeopathy and a name badge stating her or his new status as a Homéopathe Communautaire.
We toasted afterward with champagne and enjoyed specially prepared meal together. A wonderful slide show was presented with photographs taken during out four wonderful weeks in Belle Anse. The new graduates loved it, especially the portraits of them individually! They roared with laughter.
It was a very rewarding experience for the HWB team. We all feel quite confident that this group of homeopaths, perhaps because of their isolation and motivation, will accomplish great things. They were already organizing as we were saying goodbye!
Lauren Fox FNP-BC CCH
We toasted afterward with champagne and enjoyed specially prepared meal together. A wonderful slide show was presented with photographs taken during out four wonderful weeks in Belle Anse. The new graduates loved it, especially the portraits of them individually! They roared with laughter.
It was a very rewarding experience for the HWB team. We all feel quite confident that this group of homeopaths, perhaps because of their isolation and motivation, will accomplish great things. They were already organizing as we were saying goodbye!
Lauren Fox FNP-BC CCH
Thrilled to be Back in Haiti
June 6, 2013
I return to Haiti, landing at the Port-au-Prince Airport. Some things are just the same as when I left two years ago: A small group of musicians are playing in the corridor welcoming visitors on their way to baggage claim and a mob of porters and drivers are standing at the exit sign fighting for the chance to take people to wherever they are going. Jobs are still scarce and everyone is searching for a way to make ends meet.
But many things are different. The airport has been rebuilt, and now there are clean floors and long corridors that lead to immigration and customs. The roads have been cleared, and there are no longer dead cars blocking the way or piles of rubbish burning ’round every corner. Emaciated dogs aren’t roaming about and, although dusty, the city seems cleaner. Read more.
I return to Haiti, landing at the Port-au-Prince Airport. Some things are just the same as when I left two years ago: A small group of musicians are playing in the corridor welcoming visitors on their way to baggage claim and a mob of porters and drivers are standing at the exit sign fighting for the chance to take people to wherever they are going. Jobs are still scarce and everyone is searching for a way to make ends meet.
But many things are different. The airport has been rebuilt, and now there are clean floors and long corridors that lead to immigration and customs. The roads have been cleared, and there are no longer dead cars blocking the way or piles of rubbish burning ’round every corner. Emaciated dogs aren’t roaming about and, although dusty, the city seems cleaner. Read more.
Homeopathes Communautaires form Professional Organization
March 8, 2013
Warm greetings from Haiti—I can’t believe it’s already been three weeks since the February team members returned to the wintry weather of the northeastern states. I am enthusiastically acclimatizing to the details of neighborhood life in Port-au-Prince: roosters crowing at 10 p.m. or 2:30 a.m., little dogs with large barks, delicious cooking aromas in the neighborhoods and plenty of activity. There’s calmness, thoughtfulness and resourcefulness to daily activities, with bountiful smiles. Having learned how best to conserve my laptop battery life and connect into the internet because the electricity is turned on generally only in the evenings, I feel ready to adapt to whatever may come my way.
It is official: the Association d’Homeopathes Communautaires have officially registered the first homeopathic organization in Haiti with the Ministère des Affaires Social et du Travail. Read more.
Warm greetings from Haiti—I can’t believe it’s already been three weeks since the February team members returned to the wintry weather of the northeastern states. I am enthusiastically acclimatizing to the details of neighborhood life in Port-au-Prince: roosters crowing at 10 p.m. or 2:30 a.m., little dogs with large barks, delicious cooking aromas in the neighborhoods and plenty of activity. There’s calmness, thoughtfulness and resourcefulness to daily activities, with bountiful smiles. Having learned how best to conserve my laptop battery life and connect into the internet because the electricity is turned on generally only in the evenings, I feel ready to adapt to whatever may come my way.
It is official: the Association d’Homeopathes Communautaires have officially registered the first homeopathic organization in Haiti with the Ministère des Affaires Social et du Travail. Read more.
Carnival (Mardi Gras) and Homeopathy in Belle Anse
February 7, 2013
Here I am, on my second trip to Haiti with Homeopaths “Sans Frontières”—I spiffed up my French to be able to communicate with the Haitian people better. My Creole is basically nonexistent but if you know the words “meci” (thank you) and “enpils” (a lot), you can get pretty far. More on that, later.
We all arrived on the same flight, allowing us to bond early in our adventure. We stayed at a new bed and breakfast in Port-au-Prince, which was far superior to our last experience at Matthew 25. Especially because it is run by Elena, who was one of the main people at Matthew 25. Very welcoming, good food and good beds! Read more.
Here I am, on my second trip to Haiti with Homeopaths “Sans Frontières”—I spiffed up my French to be able to communicate with the Haitian people better. My Creole is basically nonexistent but if you know the words “meci” (thank you) and “enpils” (a lot), you can get pretty far. More on that, later.
We all arrived on the same flight, allowing us to bond early in our adventure. We stayed at a new bed and breakfast in Port-au-Prince, which was far superior to our last experience at Matthew 25. Especially because it is run by Elena, who was one of the main people at Matthew 25. Very welcoming, good food and good beds! Read more.
Continuing Ed with HCs in Port au Prince
February 11, 2013
HWB’s first Continuing Education Program took place at the Port-au-Prince nursing school directed by Loveline, one of the Homéopathes Communautaires. She was very pleased to house this event and has welcomed HWB to use the space at any time. When asked if her school needed anything, she has produced a large “wish list”: sterilizer, centrifuge, scales (for adults and babies), teaching mannequins, a teaching skeleton, a hospital bed and a microscope.
It was quite wonderful to reconnect with the Homéopathes Communitaires: Phadael, Loveline, Linda, Wilby, Eugenie, and of course PG. They also seemed to enjoy re-uniting and had lively conversations. Read more.
HWB’s first Continuing Education Program took place at the Port-au-Prince nursing school directed by Loveline, one of the Homéopathes Communautaires. She was very pleased to house this event and has welcomed HWB to use the space at any time. When asked if her school needed anything, she has produced a large “wish list”: sterilizer, centrifuge, scales (for adults and babies), teaching mannequins, a teaching skeleton, a hospital bed and a microscope.
It was quite wonderful to reconnect with the Homéopathes Communitaires: Phadael, Loveline, Linda, Wilby, Eugenie, and of course PG. They also seemed to enjoy re-uniting and had lively conversations. Read more.
Eager Students Travel Miles to Study Homeopathy
February 6, 2013
Homeopaths Without Borders has an inspiring program of education and treatment underway in the large but remote coastal town of Belle Anse, in southeastern Haiti. It’s a stunning location, nestled between 5000-foot peaks and the Caribbean. HWB Executive Director Holly Manoogian has spearheaded this major undertaking, first in Port-au-Prince, and now in Belle Anse.
The journey to reach Belle Anse is itself worth mentioning, to demonstrate the dedication of the intrepid people that work, live or volunteer here. After arriving in Port-au-Prince’s newly remodeled airport, there is a three-hour car ride winding up switchbacks with views of the steep, heavily-eroded barren hillsides over a mountain pass and then descending through several coastal towns to get to the town of Jacmel, then Margot. There, gear, water, food and people are unloaded and reloaded to a open cockpit motor launch for the last 1.5 hours along the turquoise shoreline, southeast to Belle Anse. Read more.
Homeopaths Without Borders has an inspiring program of education and treatment underway in the large but remote coastal town of Belle Anse, in southeastern Haiti. It’s a stunning location, nestled between 5000-foot peaks and the Caribbean. HWB Executive Director Holly Manoogian has spearheaded this major undertaking, first in Port-au-Prince, and now in Belle Anse.
The journey to reach Belle Anse is itself worth mentioning, to demonstrate the dedication of the intrepid people that work, live or volunteer here. After arriving in Port-au-Prince’s newly remodeled airport, there is a three-hour car ride winding up switchbacks with views of the steep, heavily-eroded barren hillsides over a mountain pass and then descending through several coastal towns to get to the town of Jacmel, then Margot. There, gear, water, food and people are unloaded and reloaded to a open cockpit motor launch for the last 1.5 hours along the turquoise shoreline, southeast to Belle Anse. Read more.