Guest Post by Joanne and Jenna Cottrill

My daughter, Jenna, and I have been volunteering at RHFH since 2011. It is difficult to put into words our feeling about what we have experienced at Real Hope for Haiti.  With each visit we are continuously learning more about Haitian culture, about ourselves, about loving others, bravery and sacrifice,

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Highlights from Haiti: 24 October 2014

While early childhood nutrition is important for development, there is evidence the side effects of malnutrition can be reversed. Technology is impacting the world in some wonderful ways. An app is in development to support maternal health in developing contexts. The United Nations is claiming legal immunity in regards to

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ERIMENE She is 6 years old and weighs 22 1/2 pounds. She was referred to us by Community Health Initiative.   She has 4 livings siblings and 1 that die from fever. The family lives in a 2 room home made of wood and tarps.  They do not have running

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Pictures from the Rescue Center

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go. –Martha Washington The world always looks brighter from behind a smile.~Author Unknownorld always looks

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Cholera Prevention and Care in the Community

Earlier in March, we presented an opportunity to construct 6 cholera First-Aid stations through out the 4th section (comparable to a township in the states) of Cabaret, where Cazale is located. “Sant Premye Swen Kolera” (means Cholera First-Aid Station in English) You donated generously and all six stations were built

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