Category Archives: SBHF

Hitting the Reset Button

Posted on 19 June, 2010 by

This was something that we talked about among ourselves in the weeks after the earthquake and I have since not thought much about in the past couple of months as things have become more “normal” – the need to hit … Continue reading →

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New St. Boniface Haiti Foundation Documentary

Posted on 22 October, 2009 by

Filming for this documentary took place earlier this year.  It’s fantastic.  Thank you so much Pierre Valette and family.

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Pedicures at Lakay Granmoun – Queen of Peace Elderly Home

Posted on 17 November, 2008 by

Edit: I responded to a comment and then thought I should put it on the original post: Our elderly home has 10 residents. It is sponsored by a parish in Florida and it provides them with shelter, three meals a … Continue reading →

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Writing Menus

Posted on 14 November, 2008 by

One of the small projects I’m working on, and trying to get done and over with, is an assessment of the current menu of our small elderly home. I then need to design a new one that is nutritionally well-balanced … Continue reading →

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Tikan

Posted on 23 August, 2008 by

Tikan (TEE-kahn) has become an annual summer event in Fond des Blancs. It is a four-on-four football (soccer) tournament that is held for 7-10 nights in the market area of Santon, the central village. It gets its name from the … Continue reading →

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Water

Posted on 15 August, 2008 by

Water is a limited commodity here. Fond des Blancs is situated in a dry mountainous region of southern Haiti. People will walk for miles to fill jugs with water to carry home for use in cooking, bathing, and laundry. Though … Continue reading →

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Food Delivery

Posted on 9 August, 2008 by

It warms my little nutritionist’s heart to wake up to a scene like this (and I don’t mean the handsome shirtless man with abs of steel ).

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Brand Spankin’ New St. Boniface Haiti Foundation Website

Posted on 4 August, 2008 by

After a lot of work done by Kate and St. Boniface Haiti Foundation staff in Boston, we now have a new website. It’s beautiful. Please visit to see what’s going on with this wonderful organization. www.haitihealth.org There is a blog … Continue reading →

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Children’s Health Week

Posted on 20 July, 2008 by

A few weeks ago a children’s fun day was facilitated by St. Boniface and sponsored by COSEDERF, the children’s rights committee here. It was the end of a week of promotion of Vitamin A supplementation and other health messages, sponsored … Continue reading →

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Fet Sen Bonifas – Feast of St. Boniface

Posted on 11 June, 2008 by

June 5 is the Feast of St. Boniface. It was a holiday for the hospital, a mass was held, and in the afternoon there was a football (soccer) match between the hospital and the staff of a local school, St. … Continue reading →

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