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    The Medicine Man
    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...
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    Malica's Heart Surgery
    Emily Adelsberger
    • Apr 24, 2017
    • 4 min

    Malica's Heart Surgery

    We need your help to fund life-saving heart surgery for four-year-old Malica Benoit! Malica suffers from a congenital heart condition,...
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    Education Research
    Emily Adelsberger
    • Apr 3, 2017
    • 2 min

    Education Research

    A large part of what sets YSI apart from most other aid organizations is our dedication to honoring and integrating local perspectives...
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    Take A Seat
    Mark Schmidt
    • Mar 23, 2017
    • 2 min

    Take A Seat

    Ask any advocate who has visited Haiti with YSI to think of the most humbling moment they had on the trip. Each advocate can describe one...
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    Jean D'Ariot Fils
    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...
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    Gérard Auguste and César Marie Malene
    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...
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    Gasmine Honoree
    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...
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    Karen Li
    Karen Li & Emily Adelsberger
    • Jan 26, 2017
    • 2 min

    Karen Li

    Name: Karen Li School: UMass Amherst Major(s): Operations Information Management Class Year: 2017 When and how did you get involved with...
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    Session 3
    Emily Adelsberger
    • Jan 19, 2017
    • 2 min

    Session 3

    Day 1: Session 3 advocates arrived at the compound right as the sun was setting. We played an icebreaker and immediately noticed an...
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    Barbara Auguste
    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...
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    Andrelie Thermitus
    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...
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    Carole Maurice
    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...
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    #GivingTuesday - The YSI Scholarship Fund
    YourStory International
    • Nov 28, 2016
    • 2 min

    #GivingTuesday - The YSI Scholarship Fund

    Scholarship recipients Joseana and Dabbins with advocate Ashley Genza. The YourStory International Scholarship Fund pays for tuition,...
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    Berson Jean Jacques
    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...
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    Hurricane Matthew Update
    Kevin Michael Lombardi
    • Oct 25, 2016
    • 2 min

    Hurricane Matthew Update

    Dear Friends, I want to thank the entire YourStory International community for your generosity over the past three weeks. Because of the...
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    Fanes Fabruine
    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...
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    Emily Adelsberger
    Emily Adelsberger
    • Oct 10, 2016
    • 4 min

    Emily Adelsberger

    Name: Emily Adelsberger School: University of Massachusetts, Amherst Major(s): Communication and Architectural Design Studies Class year:...
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    Nadege
    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...
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