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		<description><![CDATA[While not exactly an exercise in social media, I couldn&#8217;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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahkassel.com&amp;blog=9815086&amp;post=84&amp;subd=sarahkassel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://sarahkassel.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/konbit-sante.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-85" title="Konbit Sante" src="http://sarahkassel.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/konbit-sante.jpg?w=150&#038;h=97" alt="" width="150" height="97" /></a>While not exactly an exercise in social media, I couldn&#8217;t pass up the opportunity to mention <a title="Konbit Sante" href="http:/www.konbitsante.org/" target="_blank">Konbit Sante</a>.  Hinging on the <a title="Direct Relief International post" href="http://sarahkassel.com/2009/11/14/direct-relief-international-and-the-power-of-video/" target="_blank">conversation </a>about <a title="Direct Relief International" href="http://www.directrelief.org/" target="_blank">Direct Relief International</a>,  Konbit Sante recently partnered with the latter nonprofit to offer <a title="partnership" href="http://www.konbitsante.org/News/07-01-09.php" target="_blank">hurricane relief in Cap-Hatien, Haiti.</a></p>
<p>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 <a title="About Konbit Sante" href="http://www.konbitsante.org/About_Us/index.php" target="_blank">sustainably improve health care </a>in northern Haiti.</p>
<p>In a country where poverty, <a title="World Food Program" href="http://tedfellows.posterous.com/world-food-program-one-billion-at-risk-of-sta" target="_blank">food shortages </a>and poor health care spell fatality, Konbit Sante makes a difference.  They are finding success in their development model, Konbit Sante-creole for <strong><em>&#8220;together for health.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<p>Check out the site, and find out more about the <a title="donate" href="http://www.konbitsante.org/Donate_Now/index.php" target="_blank">nonprofit&#8217;s efforts</a> in one of the world&#8217;s poorest countries.</p>
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