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 need classroom.
I will always remember Sophonie’s first day with us. It was impressive how well she did. It was like she has always done this job!
After finishing nursing school at the Wesleyan Nursing School of La Gonave, instead of returning to her family in Leogane, Sophonie made the very hard decision to stay on the Island and serve.
She is always prepared with an amazing smile, unlimited energy, a huge heart, and incredible flexibility (always available to help). If I had to describe Sophonie in a few words I would probably say she is a perfect “all-in-one”. You will never have the chance of asking Sophonie for help because before you even think about asking her she already asked you!
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PO HAS SAFELY ARRIVED IN BARCELONA!
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Elien jay Bermenslee
Elien visited the FYH clinic on LG in 2022 for bowed legs. He was advised by an orthopedist to wait for a further year before surgery.
This year, Elien moved to the mainland in Carrefour to live with his grandparents. The FYH team was unable to contact them however his father who lives on LG gave directions on how to reach the grandmother’s house. I trekked to the gr…
Chideley, the Future Soccer Star
Chideley is a five-year-old little boy. He was born in Cabaret, a city in the western department of Haiti.
He was one year old when he started to walk, run and explore the world around him, but one day he had an accident that changed his life. On April 2019, while he was running at his grandmother’s court, he fell down. What it seemed to be an ordinary fall for a toddler was going to have some …
