While not exactly an exercise in social media, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to mention Konbit Sante. Hinging on the conversation about Direct Relief International, Konbit Sante recently partnered with the latter nonprofit to offer hurricane relief in Cap-Hatien, Haiti.
I had the opportunity to work with this Maine-based organization as a project for a nonprofit public relations class, and it is too spectacular not to mention. Working within the Justinian Hospital system, Konbit Sante strives to sustainably improve health care in northern Haiti.
In a country where poverty, food shortages and poor health care spell fatality, Konbit Sante makes a difference. They are finding success in their development model, Konbit Sante-creole for “together for health.”
Check out the site, and find out more about the nonprofit’s efforts in one of the world’s poorest countries.
sarahkassel
Hey, Sarah! I just hopped over to Konbit Sante’s website and noticed they reference Dr. Paul Farmer — whenever I hear of healthcare triumphs in Haiti, I immediately think of his organization Partners In Health. I had the chance to hear him speak in Charlottesville about his efforts with Parthers and I’ve been meaning to read the biography of his work through 2003, _Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World_ by Tracy Kidder (have you read it?). Anyhow, thanks for bringing this org to my attention!
By: mandy on November 24, 2009
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