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Camille Dieuvil
Camille Dieuvil is a 30-year-old resident of Pont Morel. She has two children (ages 7 and 17), four brothers, and one sister. Camille...
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Community Development
- May 18, 2017
- 2 min
The Medicine Man
Mauric, sixty-six, is well-known around Léogâne and the surrounding areas for his medical prowess. Using techniques passed down from...
Community Development
- Apr 6, 2017
- 1 min
Marie Denise Rompleur
Marie 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 Development
- Mar 30, 2017
- 1 min
Maggie's Mangoes
Maggie 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 Development
- Mar 20, 2017
- 1 min
Louidane Paul
Eighteen-year-old Louidane Paul's interview led the community development team to momentarily forget about the scorching heat. Louidane's...
Community Development
- Mar 6, 2017
- 1 min
Jean D'Ariot Fils
When 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 Development
- Feb 27, 2017
- 1 min
Jacqueline Guerrier
Jacqueline Guerrier is thirty-four years old and has lived in Nolivos her entire life. Faced with difficulty throughout her life, her...
Community Development Team
- Feb 16, 2017
- 1 min
Gérard Auguste and César Marie Malene
Gérard Auguste and César Marie Malene are the loving parents of three children. Formerly a waitress and cultivator, respectively, Gérard...
Community Development Team
- Feb 2, 2017
- 1 min
Gasmine Honoree
Gasmine Honore is a thirty-six-year-old mother of two daughters. When interviewing Gasmine, our translator asked her for her name in...
Community Development
- Jan 9, 2017
- 1 min
Barbara Auguste
Barbara 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 Development
- Dec 30, 2016
- 1 min
Andrelie Thermitus
Despite the hardship she faced as a result of the 2010 earthquake, Andrelie Thermitus stays strong. At seventy-six years old, she has not...
Community Development
- Dec 22, 2016
- 1 min
Carole Maurice
Thirty-six-year-old Carole Maurice has lived in Haiti her whole life. She has two children who are both currently attending school. She...
Community Development
- Dec 15, 2016
- 1 min
Carline Petit-Frere
Born and raised in Léogâne, Carline went to school for ten years but, unfortunately, had to stop because it was too expensive. While in...
Community Development
- Nov 26, 2016
- 2 min
Berson Jean Jacques
The first thing you notice about fifty-four-year-old Berson Jean Jacques is his warm, welcoming smile. After he agreed to answer some...
Community Development
- Nov 10, 2016
- 1 min
Benitha Paul
A lifelong resident of Nolivos, forty-nine-year-old Benitha Paul appreciates life and everything in it. Tremendously thankful for the...
Community Development Team
- Oct 17, 2016
- 1 min
Fanes Fabruine
Fanes 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 Genza
- Sep 19, 2016
- 3 min
Dabbins and His Second Chance
On 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 Adelsberger
- Sep 12, 2016
- 2 min
Mirlande Million
“Delivering aid in a culturally meaningful manner” and “fostering personal, mutually beneficial cross-cultural relationships” are two of...
Frank Schulze, Emily Adelsberger, Gordy Smythe
- Aug 25, 2016
- 3 min
Nadege
(Gordy, Emily, Caroline, and Frank are pictured together below, with Craig, a fellow advocate who sat in on the second interview with...
Caroline Mountain
- Jul 7, 2016
- 2 min
Alfred Jean Simon & Mikelda Mariset
Alfred Jean Simon is a 70 year old lifelong resident of Nolivos. He is deaf in his right ear and was recently treated for extreme...