2022 Impact Report

Abandoned by her husband with 5 kids and no job, Jayden’s mom was simply hopeless when she came to our office. Recovering from his first surgery for Hirschsprung disease, she came to the office seeking help for her 8-month little boy, Jayden Meus.    She explained to me that she has no money left as the first surgery took everything from me and she asked “Could you please help me Doctor?”,…

Djoulie Demare Is one of FYH’s hydrocephalus patients who had the opportunity to have surgery at Bernard Mevs Hospital in Port au Prince in April 2022.   It was already 3 pm when Carmy and I took the decision to go visit Djoulie in the countryside. Her Mom told us that she wasn’t feeling good with a fever and didn’t eat much for many days. As a post-op little patient, it wasn’t difficult t…

It’s certainly a gift from heaven that we have at For You Haiti to find the best souls here at La Gonave, Port-au-Prince, Australia, the States, or everywhere to serve a higher purpose.    At For You Haiti, we are not only colleagues but we are family, and one of our youngest Nurses and team members is Sophonie. Our lovely little nurse takes care of our patients and students in our special…

Fransot is one of the FYH drivers meaning that every week he visits patients of FYH in the town and in the different villages of Lagonave. He is always available for emergency visits, and he does his work always with a smile. Fransot was born at Palma, a village about 6 miles from Anse-a-Galets, the main city of  La Goanave Island. He went to high school at  Anse–Galets and has been part of th…

Lauvin Dawensky and Dawensley are twin brothers from Palma, a remote village on the mountain of Lagonave Island. On May 26, 2021 their mother Clonese Medes, 34 years old, a farmer with 4 children, was at about 37 weeks of gestation when she felt that she was not doing well and went to a clinic in the village. After evaluation, the doctor said that she was in labor and she was referred to Wesley…

André Lunie is a 19-month-old infant that was born healthy at the hospital after an uneventful pregnancy. When she was 4 months old, her mother realized that her head was abnormal and she quickly brought her to a clinic in her village where a nurse recommended she come to For You Haiti. When we evaluated her at the clinic, we found out that Lunie had a condition called Hydrocephalus. Just one m…

Written by Doctor Junior Etienne.   After her parents passed away, Erlande Esperance lived in Zabricot at La Gonave with her grandmother. Erlande Esperance’s only hope and only support was For You Haiti. Erlande had a terrible skin ailment.   One of our drivers, Carmy, saw her all alone seating in the dust, people avoiding getting too close to her saying her disease is probably contag…

Written by Doctor Junior Etienne. Jony Pierre – Staff Spotlight:  Behind the scenes, in the ‘kitchen’ (how I love calling it!), working so hard every single day to make everything happen here on the ground at La Gonave is Jony Pierre. We have many people that we could highlight, we have Samuel Michel the FYH President, Our wonderful clinic nurse Ganette Nicolas, Goergie our lovely administrati…

Written by Doctor Junior Etienne.    Sherline’s story begins with her infinite effort to take care of her first child, Podolsky, who was born with a very difficult heart congenital malformation and continues with the hope that she never stopped carrying for her second baby boy, who she was expecting, to be born healthy.   Life has not been easy for Sherline. Her first pregnancy was a …

When the gangs burned down Edeline Excellent’s home and little tailor shop at Martissant, she didn’t have any other option but to come back to La Gonave, with 4 children, pregnant (carrying twins), and her husband who had just lost everything. Edeline Excellent didn’t have hope for any future.   Arriving at La Gonave, they lived with her sister for a while, but it was so difficult for her …