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vol 3 issue 4
Within weeks of Haiti’s January 2010 earthquake, HAS partnered with Hanger Prosthetics to assist the thousands of Haitians who became amputees as a result of the earthquake. The U.S. Prosthetic technicians who come to Hanger have trained local Haitians, and as a result, HAS...-
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This image shows the laboratory at Hôpital Albert Schweitzer. This shot was taken fairly late in the evening, after much of the daily activity had come to a close. The lab technician was finishing the last of the day's samples. The dry erase board on the wall details the r...-
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In contrast to the hospital’s courtyard, the garage area in the rear of the building is noisy with the sound of generators that provide all the electricity, running water and other essentials vital to a hospital and its campus. The background noise of the diesel generators ...-
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Gigapan image by Claubens, a young Deschapelles resident. See him and his friends with the Gigapan, and hear sounds from this market at: seehaiti.posterous.com/deschappelles-market
This market also depicted in a painting by Artibonite Artist Absolu Jean-Dodet: http...-
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This panorama of the Artibonite Valley and surrounding mountains illustrates the beauty of Haiti and also some of its extremes — a lush valley contrasted with denuded mountaintops, mountainsides peppered with HTRIP tree plots versus untouched hills, a dirt mountain road tha...-
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Every weekday morning at about 7:00am, all of the doctors, nurses, and staff meet in the Hospital's library for a meeting. Prominently hung in the library are portraits of hospital founders Gwen and Larry Mellon. The staff discusses current cases and treatment plans. Each day...-
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This image contains much of Haiti’s past, present and future. To the far right, one sees the Crete-a-Pierrot fort. It was on this site in 1802, that future Haitian president Jean-Jacques Dessalines led the Haitian army in a critical battle against the French. This bloody co...-
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The Tienne clinic is one of four mountain health centers, all of which are staffed by Haitian community health workers, volunteer health outreach workers and nurses. Located atop a mountain, about an hour from HAS, the dispensary is often the “first stop” for a sick or in...-
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This poor mountain community plays an active role in the Haiti Timber Reintroduction Program (HTRIP), one of the programs of Friends of Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti. The Gigapan shot was taken right in the middle of the village, with the tree plots off into the distance. ...-
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It's a long ride up the mountain from the Hospital to the village of Angers, and an even longer walk. The evidence of centuries of deforestation in Haiti is all-too visible on these mountains. Conservation in the developing world is a complex problem that requires innovative ...-
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