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Today is Global Handwashing Day
Washing your hands regularly remains one of the most effective preventive measures to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. In the community we support in the Central Plateau in Haiti, we help the population to apply this hygiene measure through prevention campaigns, the distribution of hand washing stations, as well as soap and chlorine. Since the
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COVID-19: A New Waiting Area to Strengthen Preventive Measures
In Haiti, our clinic in Baille Tourible has a new triage area. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of visitors that can be admitted into the waiting room has been halved due to compliance with physical distancing rules. . Covering an area of 46 square meters, the new space increases the capacity to accommodate
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The Residents Participate in The Cleaning and Embellishment of Their Community
In Haiti, the residents of Baille Tourible care a lot about the cleanliness and beautification of their community. Since August, local women’s associations’ members have been cleaning the yard of our clinic and the road to get there on a regular basis. This work is in addition to other initiatives taken in the past, such
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COVID-19: our actions to strengthen food security
We have taken action to address the threat of food insecurity within the community we support in Haiti. As a result, the experimental farm resumed its activities following the strengthening of health security measures. With the help of our partner Mouvement Paysan Papaye, we were able to: Train more than 50 farmers, members of 6
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Back to school for the students in Baille Tourible
The children of Baille Tourible hit the road to school this week to complete the school year interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The joy could be seen on their faces! Since the schools closed this Spring, they have been able to stay in touch, remotely, with educational content through the “Read Haiti” Creole reading
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It’s World Mask Week!
Within the community we support in Haiti, face-covering is one of the means used to fight against COVID-19. More than 1,500 masks, sewn by local seamstresses, have been distributed to residents working in the experimental farm project and at the medical clinic, among others. Since the beginning of the pandemic, helping the community to apply
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Reaching the Most Remote Communities, a Big Challenge!
Reaching the most remote communities can be a big challenge due to the state of the roads in the Central Plateau in Haiti. As part of our COVID-19 prevention campaign, the transportation of sanitary kits containing soap and chlorine for distribution must be carried out by donkey in some very isolated communities. Since the beginning
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Apply Strict Security Protocols
Protecting the population we support against COVID-19 requires the application of strict security protocols within our team. Before they leave for the field, Myrlande Jean, our Project Manager in Haiti, takes the temperature of the awareness-raisers in addition to the hygiene and social distancing measures that are observed during their interventions. Since the beginning of
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More preventive measures against COVID-19
Prevention measures continue to be deployed in the community we support in the Central Plateau in Haiti. While COVID-19 cases continue to increase across the country, no cases have been detected yet at Baille Tourible. We are starting soon to implement new security protocols with the distribution of: Cleaning and disinfection equipment; Hygiene and personal
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The Experimental Farm Is Going Well
Green is taking up more and more space in our experimental farm, managed in collaboration with our partner Mouvement Paysan Papaye in the Central Plateau (Haiti). The first 8,000 seedlings are growing and are doing fine thanks to the rain that returned to the region. There are both fruit trees such as orange, papaya, coconut,
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