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tifanmkreyol: Fermathe, Haiti - photo © patrice dougé All...

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:46:09 -0400

tifanmkreyol:

Fermathe, Haiti - photo © patrice dougé All rights reserved

tisamy2k: Fanm Ayisyèn by @tisamy2k #Haiti #woman #respect...

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:45:48 -0400

tisamy2k:

Fanm Ayisyèn by @tisamy2k
#Haiti #woman #respect #hardwork •••

lunionsuite: May is Haitian Heritage Month A celebration of...

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:58:15 -0400

lunionsuite:

May is Haitian Heritage Month

A celebration of Haitian History, Culture, and Pride.

How are you showing your pride. Lunionsuite.com

experiencehaiti: Musée du Panthéon National Haitien,...

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:57:41 -0400

experiencehaiti:

Musée du Panthéon National Haitien, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

SIGNAL BOOST PLEASE!! This is the first time I’ve done something...

Sun, 12 May 2013 15:30:49 -0400

SIGNAL BOOST PLEASE!!

This is the first time I’ve done something like this on Tumblr, but your help would be so appreciated! I’m a rising senior at Yale University and I’ve started an educational non-profit for high school students in Haiti. As a Haitian American who immigrated here, I’m a true believer in the education —-> success pipeline, but I also understand that there’s a whole toolset correlated with success that is often under-addressed both in America and abroad: the ability itself to translate your education into success!

So I started Citoyen Haiti, which aims to take high achieving high school students from schools all over Port au Prince, and bring them into contact with university students interested in non-profit/educational work (with a specific focus on Haiti) for five weeks. Students are separated into six sectors (Justice and Public Security, Finance and Economy, Status of Women and Women’s Rights, Communication and Media Arts, National Education and Vocational Training, and Public Health and Population) and are challenged over the course of those five weeks to learn more about how Haiti functions in each sector compared to the rest of the world, and to conduct comprehensive evaluations of so-called solutions already in place (ie do those microfinance organizations really work? Is MINUSTAH a sight for sore eyes or the cause of all that soreness? And so on.)

At the end of those five weeks, students will present to a symposium consisting of Haitian and Haitian-American business professionals on their findings and initiatives they’ve developed on their own to solve them. That means students in the Finance and Economy sector may create a business model that places federal subsidies in the hands of independent artisans, or students in the Status of Women sector may end up starting a chain of domestic abuse hotlines. Whatever comes out of this will largely be up to the students, who will be asked to identify what they feel is most important in affecting real change in their country today.

I’m asking all of you to take a second to reblog this and spread the word - we need more students to apply to participate (and there is a college admissions component to this too, if your student is interested!) and we definitely would appreciate donations since our payments for facilities usage, covering the costs associated with the students, and the costs of security for the duration of the camp itself are coming up and we’re still riding the financial struggle bus. Even $10 would go a long way! Even if you’re just down to show your support,liking our facebook page would do us a world of help on its own!

Thank you so much for all of your help and support. It means so much, and this can’t happen without you!!

ruttybee: Gressier, #Haiti

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:05:39 -0400

ruttybee:

Gressier, #Haiti

experiencehaiti: Karibe Hotel, Petion-Ville, Haiti VIA Haiti...

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:05:32 -0400

experiencehaiti:

Karibe Hotel, Petion-Ville, Haiti

VIA Haiti Tourism Inc (Facebook)

ORCHESTRE SEPTENTRIONAL- TEMWAYAJ (by Herve Gilbert)

Sat, 11 May 2013 19:02:59 -0400

ORCHESTRE SEPTENTRIONAL- TEMWAYAJ (by Herve Gilbert)

experiencehaiti: Gingerbread, the most relevant...

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:54:38 -0400

experiencehaiti:

Gingerbread, the most relevant architectural style of Haiti @ Petion-Ville, Haiti

VIA Haiti Tourism Inc (Facebook)

tifanmkreyol: Une des rues principales de Jacmel. PHOTO IVANOH...

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:54:30 -0400

tifanmkreyol:

Une des rues principales de Jacmel.

PHOTO IVANOH DEMERS, LA PRESSE

officialentertainment: Froire Agro-Culturel 2013

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:45:36 -0400

officialentertainment:

Froire Agro-Culturel 2013

artdream: J’aime mon pays, Haïti.

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:45:20 -0400

artdream:

J’aime mon pays, Haïti.

PIH’s Solar-Powered Mirebalais Hospital Opens in Haiti, Merging...

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:21:04 -0400

PIH’s Solar-Powered Mirebalais Hospital Opens in Haiti, Merging Innovative Design and Healthcare

Partners in Health’s 200,000-square-foot hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti is set to officially open its doors on April 28th, boasting state of the art facilities and incredible sustainable design features. With an anticipated 500 patients per day, Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM) will provide primary care services to over 185,000 people living in Mirebalais and its two neighboring communities. 80% of the country’s medical infrastructure was destroyed in the 2012 earthquake, so the hospital offers an opportunity to increase the standard of healthcare for thousands of Haitians while employing over 1,000 Haitian workers. Its primary care services include community health services, HIV/AIDS and TB care, care for noncommunicable diseases and prenatal care. HUM will also offer secondary and tertiary care to patients from Central Haiti and Port au Prince.

Not only is HUM Central Haiti’s first-ever teaching hospital, it is the largest hospital in the world to be powered primarily with solar energy. In an area where power outages last for an average of 3 hours each day, the sun is a more reliable and cost-effective energy source. The array of 1800 solar panels on the hospital’s roof produces up to 140 megawatt hours of electricity on a bright day. That is more than 100% of HUM’s daily energy requirements, allowing the excess amount to be fed into Haiti’s severely inadequate national power grid. This is a first for Haiti, says Director of Construction Jim Ansara: “The challenge was in the design and engineering, and getting the solar power produced to mesh with the often unstable grids and the backup generators. At each step of the way, we were attempting things that had never before been done…”

The spirit of sustainable innovation is evident in every aspect of the design: natural ventilation and lighting; sun angles and roof overhangs; motion sensor lights; healing gardens and courtyards; as well as water-efficient plumbing and highly effective wastewater treatment. Although cutting edge, the hospital remains remarkably Haitian – a wall of medallions crafted by local metalworkers frames the main entrance and the hospital is light and airy with open-air courtyards, gardens and waiting areas. Ceiling fans provide airflow and comfort while air conditioning is used only in rooms which require strict temperature control. Natural ventilation, coupled with the placement of ultraviolet lights in open areas, reduces the spread of hospital-acquired tuberculosis and other infectious diseases.

In addition to air movement, the hospital carefully considers the treatment of waste – an important response to the country’s recent cholera epidemic. The site includes its own wastewater treatment plant based on a system that utilizes simple mechanics and aerobic bacteria. Ann Polaneczky, the lead project engineer responsible for designing the plant, explains they had to come up with a simple but effective system: “Our biggest challenge was meeting the high US standard without the typical US treatment approach. At Mirebalais, we will not have an engineer on site… We didn’t have advance construction techniques or a lot of money to spend now or in the future.”

The method clearly works, as water coming from the wastewater plant is significantly cleaner than the tributary it is discharged into, with no fecal bacteria alive after the process. Polanceczky reiterates one of the most striking aspects of the HUM project, stating: “The hospital is proof of what is possible in Haiti and that includes responsible wastewater treatment. We must protect the safety of the environment if we want to truly improve public healt.

Other links:

Solar Powered Teaching Hospital Currently Under Construction In Haiti

Haiti’s Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais Will be the World’s Largest Solar-Powered Hospital

experiencehaiti: Camp-Perrin, Haiti VIA Bonjour les Amis...

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:07:29 -0400

experiencehaiti:

Camp-Perrin, Haiti

VIA Bonjour les Amis (Facebook)