By Miriam Tuchman | President, SHH
Now, more than ever, we believe that as global neighbors, the best way for our world to be healthy is to work with our neighbors-in-need in their own homes, in their own communities, locally.
September 2018 marks both an end and a beginning for Sustainable Healthcare for Haiti because we are finally going to achieve our goal of building a home for the children of Titanyen where they can find health, education and wellness. It is also the beginning of new partnerships and programs.
The Sho-Ping Chin Clinic for Healthcare and Education will be officially dedicated on September 28th. The team has been preparing for the special event by working through existing partnerships to furnish, equip and program the building, but as news of a new home for healthcare has spread in Haiti, we are finding new partners who will create new programs together in our new home.
On a recent trip we were fortunate enough to be at Fondation Montesinos when another group of volunteers from an organization in Indiana was running a basketball competition for the children. St.Tom's Parish at Purdue University funded and built the new basketball court and supports the wellness program through school-year sports and a basketball summer camp program open to all children in the area. They also arranged through an organization called Chalice to have the children individually sponsored for their school and nutrition needs. They have 45 of the 90 children already sponsored. We had been ships passing in the night for many years and when we were finally all there, our joint group efforts led to planning for an extended irrigation system, a new nutrition through farming program, continued care for Crista, security measures for the livestock, additional school supplies and expanded internet service to the entire campus.
We are including one picture of the progress on the clinic building. Our next report will feature the completed structure. To any of our friends who are in Haiti or can come on September 28th, please join us as we dedicate our new home.
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