By Carwyn Hill | CEO and Co-founder
One of the biggest challenges for groups like the Haiti Hospital Appeal, is how to develop programmes in Haiti which can become self-sustainable to some extent. Our vision is to equip and empower a Haitian lead health system, which isn't forever reliant upon international support, and every year we make steady steps towards that goal!
In our last update we shared about some of our patients getting their hands dirty with agriculture projects. Well, in the last few months our rehabilitation team have been busy progressing the agriculture projects, and lot's has happened. The team have completed building the wheelchair accessible flower beds (highlighted in our last report), a chicken farm for 120 chickens, and a banana farm (with over 400 bananas)! The chicken project alone will help save the hospital critical funds, as we produce up to 600 eggs each week to support projects which help persons with disabilities. All the patients will have the opportunity to learn vital life skills as part of these projects, which can empower them to develop their own businesses when they return home.
Aside from agriculture, the rehabilitation unit has also been busy welcoming the Swiss Paraplegic Foundation to Haiti, who have been providing some excellent training for medical professionals across North Haiti, developing Neuro-Urology, which is an exciting new medical development for this region! We also had visitors from the International Tennis Federation, who spent several days introducing wheelchair tennis to our patients, which they absolutely loved!
Despite a busy few months, and some exciting progress towards a greater level of self-sustainability, this rehab unit is still very much reliant upon your support. Persons with disabilities in Haiti remain some of the most marginalised in the whole country, and with limited social support from a government level, assistance from individuals like you is critical. We hope you'll be encouraged by what your generous support has achieved in the last few months, and we look forward to updating you with more exciting news in our next update. Thanks for your continued support!
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