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Monday, October 25, 2010

Visit with Help Bring Hope for Haiti

On Friday I met with Patricia Eddy who is the chairman of the board and founder of HBHH. They drill water wells for clean water in St-Suzanne. Agriculture is a huge effort that create jobs and food for the people and the community of St-Suzanne. HBHH provides medical assistance they through two clinics, one in St-Suzanne and one in Cottlete where HBHH has a doctor that comes in every Wednesdays to check up the people of the community. St-Suzanne's clinic runs 5 days a week Mondays-Fridays with a doctor that stays on site. HBHH has a student sponsorship where they sponsor a children in danger of losing their place in school because their parents can't afford school.They have 3 schools, the first one is in Cottlete, 2nd one is in St-Suzanne and the 3rd one is in Trou-du-Nord. HBHH have scholarships funds for the children that are done with high school. They teach them how to become teachers and medical doctors to help and bring their education back to the people in their village. They also have vocational training is for the women of St.Suzanne training them how to sew,cook and learn basic hygiene. HBHH goal is to produce high quality merchandise that can be sold both locally and also within the U.S. Patricia's goal is to help Haiti in becoming a better country. I enjoyed my time with Patricia and look forward to continuing to help her on her trips to Haiti.

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