Haiti
Musings on February PHN student trip to Haiti
Eight public health nursing students, one grad student and I spent a busy week of work in Jérémie Haiti at the end of February. It was a wonderful week of learning for the students and a great opportunity … Read More »
Commemoration of the second anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti
After a lapse of almost a year, I am posting twice in one day. Being back in Haiti with the Public Health Nursing students has focused my mind on Haiti. Despair and hope seems to go hand in hand here. … Read More »
Mardi Gras in Jérémie, Haiti
I’m back in Haiti with a great group of PHN undergrad students and grad student Ayla. Today is Mardi Gras, which is a big holiday here in Haiti, and schools and businesses are all closed. But we have put in … Read More »
Hospital in Haiti
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Today, thanks to a connection with a fellow guest at Bette Gebrian’s house, we were able to tour the hospital in Jérémie (L’ospital St. Antoine). It was a sobering experience. Much of our work in the community here has been … Read More »
Planes, Terrains, and Ra-Ras
Day One- By Elizabeth Arnold
At 3am we got our first wake up call to get up and get ready to leave the hotel for DCA where we were going to board our first of three flights that day. When we … Read More »
Packing for Haiti
Yesterday was our packing day. After weeks of gathering donations and updating inventory lists, we collected all of our gear and supplies together in one room at the JHU Nursing School, labeling and itemizing it into bags. Each one of … Read More »
Planning a Public Health Intervention in Haiti
Bonjou! Our public health clinical group has been busy researching and planning for our trip to Jeremie, Haiti. And learning Creole. More of the former than the latter. But we’ll keep at it. Yon sel dwet pa manje kalolou…You cannot eat … Read More »
Nou Bouke [We're Tired]: Trip Planning and Remembering the Earthquake
It’s the first week of the semester and we’ve begun to truly prepare for our upcoming trip to Haiti in earnest. We had our first full day of trip planning as a group today, going over everything from mosquito netting … Read More »
Fundraising for Haiti
In the past, I have raised money for various foundations and causes. The fundraising I’m doing for my Public Health Clinical in Haiti, though, is different. I’m not raising money that someone else will be using or distributing. I’m raising money to … Read More »
‘Rah-rahs’, ‘Tap-Taps’, and Haitian Driving: the U.S. State Department’s Advice to Travelers
The U.S. State Department’s webpage on Haiti is a wealth of information, but it paints (as one would perhaps expect) a pretty grim picture. Living conditions in Haiti have been and continue to be wretched. The January 12, 2010 earthquake significantly damaged key … Read More »
Plant Tickets and Preparation: Haiti Trip Update
It’s official: I’ve bought my plane tickets to go to Haiti in February. The trip is part of my Johns Hopkins University Public Health Nursing clinical rotation. Haiti covers the western third of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Seven other students, Dr. Beth Sloand, and myself … Read More »
Public Health Clinical in Haiti
I just found out that I’m going to be doing my Public Health Nursing clinical next spring in Haiti! It’s a relatively short stay in the country–10 days including travel time–but I think that those ten days will be fairly … Read More »
