Haiti for a Year

In 2008, I moved to Les Cayes, Haiti to live out my dream of changing the health status of the poorest country this side of the planet, by practicing "political medicine." This blog begins by telling my story of when I first moved to Haiti until now, as a second year medical student. I partner with non-profits to train rural Haitian youth to become community health workers in their villages, empowering a people to take control over their own health and save their own lives.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

S.O.S. For Haiti

On August 15, 2009, Susan Midgett will be participating in the "Escape from Alcatraz Sharkfest" open-water swim in San Francisco Bay, CA, to raise $100,000 for an adequate medical and dental clinic at Vilaj Espwa (Hope Village) in Les Cayes, Haiti where I work. With architects already working on putting together blueprints from my design, and with the help of Susan raising funds, the new medical center, expected to serve a population of nearly 100,000 people will soon be made a reality.

This is a short video that Susan put together to share her experience of Haiti with others in her work to fundraise for a much needed cause. You can learn more about Susan and what she is doing by visiting her blog at sosforhaiti.blogspot.com

The medical center will focus its efforts on public health prevention and education. In supporting Susan, you are also supporting the work I've done and helping me to "cement" my efforts over these last eleven months to provide sustainable preventative measures in health care for a population that lacks even their basic needs.

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I am a second year medical student at Brown University with a degree in public health. I have been working in rural Haiti since 2008 developing public health education and training programs, bringing health care to areas of Haiti where there are no doctors. When I graduated from college, I deferred medical school and lived in Haiti for a year. This blog tells my story of how I created a public health program that changed the health status of a 600-child orphanage in southern Haiti.

I have recently partnered with the large non-profit organization, Hope For Haiti. Together, we are bringing my model training program to more than 40 schools and 37 clinics in southern Haiti. To learn more, please visit my official website at www.willinhaiti.org

My passion is for what I call "political medicine." I am striving to change the face of medicine, how it is practiced, to whom it is distributed, and how it is defined through policy change on an international level, securing health care as a human right.

I believe in a universal standard of health care for all people.

Wanna talk? Email me at willinhaiti@gmail.com

To Make A Donation

Please donate to Will in Haiti through Hope For Haiti. Click on the link below to be routed to their donation site. Please indicate Will’s Public Health Program in the Special Instructions to the Seller section if you are donating through Hope for Haiti’s paypal site.

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http://www.hopeforhaiti.com/donations.php

Via Check:
Make check payable to Hope For Haiti and mail to:

Hope for Haiti

1021 5th Avenue North

Naples, FL 34102

In the memo line, please write ‘Will’s Public Health Program.’ If you would like to donate towards my travel expenses, please write ‘Will's Transportation’ in the memo line.

In kind donations are also accepted, such as frequent flyer miles (through AA and Delta) goods and services, etc. Please contact me for more information and if you would like to donate and have your business recognized on willinhaiti.org

Hopeforhaiti.com is the official website of Hope For Haiti, which is a 501(c)3 registered non-profit. Donations are tax-deductible.

Thank you for your support!!! None of what we do is possible without you!