Health

The health sector of our organization previously consisted of a year-round dental program that served the needs of the youth within our parish. After facing increasing roadblocks from COVID-19 and the uprising unrest throughout Haiti, we made the difficult decision to shut down our dental clinic in 2024. With the situation in the country changing drastically, that means the health needs of our community are not the same now as they were before. Our dental clinic was becoming too expensive to operate and our staff was unable to find the equipment and materials they needed to properly serve the community. We decided that we could be using the funds set aside for our health program much more efficiently to reach more people and target more current health needs. In this time of transition, we are working to complete community health surveys to determine the greatest needs in the community and see how we can create public health programs to fill in the gaps. We are not saying goodbye to our clinic forever, we are pivoting for now to research how to better serve our community.