YourStory InternationalJan 19, 20181 minCamille DieuvilCamille Dieuvil is a 30-year-old resident of Pont Morel. She has two children (ages 7 and 17), four brothers, and one sister. Camille...
Community DevelopmentMay 18, 20172 minThe Medicine ManMauric, sixty-six, is well-known around Léogâne and the surrounding areas for his medical prowess. Using techniques passed down from...
Community DevelopmentApr 6, 20171 minMarie Denise RompleurMarie Denise Rompleur is a sixty-year-old woman who has lived in Nolivos all her life. As we were interviewing Marie, she was surrounded...
Community DevelopmentMar 30, 20171 minMaggie's MangoesMaggie Gina is a sixty-six-year-old grandmother of eight. Before the earthquake in 2010, Maggie was a vendor and found great joy in her...
Community DevelopmentMar 20, 20171 minLouidane PaulEighteen-year-old Louidane Paul's interview led the community development team to momentarily forget about the scorching heat. Louidane's...
Community DevelopmentMar 6, 20171 minJean D'Ariot FilsWhen we entered the home of Jean D’Ariot Fils, we were greeted warmly by his wife and five children. At forty years old, Jean’s happiness...
Community DevelopmentFeb 27, 20171 minJacqueline GuerrierJacqueline Guerrier is thirty-four years old and has lived in Nolivos her entire life. Faced with difficulty throughout her life, her...
Community Development TeamFeb 16, 20171 minGérard Auguste and César Marie MaleneGérard Auguste and César Marie Malene are the loving parents of three children. Formerly a waitress and cultivator, respectively, Gérard...
Community Development TeamFeb 2, 20171 minGasmine HonoreeGasmine Honore is a thirty-six-year-old mother of two daughters. When interviewing Gasmine, our translator asked her for her name in...
Community DevelopmentJan 9, 20171 minBarbara AugusteBarbara Auguste is an eighteen-year-old resident of Nolivos. In order to be closer to a friend, she relocated from Port-au-Prince in...
Community DevelopmentDec 30, 20161 minAndrelie ThermitusDespite the hardship she faced as a result of the 2010 earthquake, Andrelie Thermitus stays strong. At seventy-six years old, she has not...
Community DevelopmentDec 22, 20161 minCarole MauriceThirty-six-year-old Carole Maurice has lived in Haiti her whole life. She has two children who are both currently attending school. She...
Community DevelopmentDec 15, 20161 minCarline Petit-FrereBorn and raised in Léogâne, Carline went to school for ten years but, unfortunately, had to stop because it was too expensive. While in...
Community DevelopmentNov 26, 20162 minBerson Jean JacquesThe first thing you notice about fifty-four-year-old Berson Jean Jacques is his warm, welcoming smile. After he agreed to answer some...
Community DevelopmentNov 10, 20161 minBenitha PaulA lifelong resident of Nolivos, forty-nine-year-old Benitha Paul appreciates life and everything in it. Tremendously thankful for the...
Community Development TeamOct 17, 20161 minFanes FabruineFanes Fabruine was born in 1938 in Tongato and moved to Nolivos as a child with his uncle. As an adult, Fanes owned a farm and cultivated...
Ashley GenzaSep 19, 20163 minDabbins and His Second ChanceOn my first trip to Haiti in January 2015, I returned from a field work day to see Marie with a bundled blue blanket in her arms and what...
Emily AdelsbergerSep 12, 20162 minMirlande Million“Delivering aid in a culturally meaningful manner” and “fostering personal, mutually beneficial cross-cultural relationships” are two of...
Frank Schulze, Emily Adelsberger, Gordy SmytheAug 25, 20163 minNadege(Gordy, Emily, Caroline, and Frank are pictured together below, with Craig, a fellow advocate who sat in on the second interview with...
Caroline MountainJul 7, 20162 minAlfred Jean Simon & Mikelda MarisetAlfred Jean Simon is a 70 year old lifelong resident of Nolivos. He is deaf in his right ear and was recently treated for extreme...