On April 21, 2023, the Elmbrook Rotary Club was reunited with Dr. Catherine Wolf of Friends for Health in Haiti. The Elmbrook Rotary has partnered with Health for Haiti for several years, providing funds that continue to grow after the donation is spent. Thank you Phyllis Blodgett for the introduction to this organization. In our 2022 campaign, Elmbrook Rotary donated funds for beans, which once grown,
could be planted, with the harvest yielding beans to plant, eat, and sell. The cycle continues.
Health for Haiti has built a hospital for Haitians on the West side of the island, yet Dr. Wolf talked about physical health not being the only health program. Heath for Haiti attempts to improve water and organized sanitation systems. In addition, in a project considered completed, they built dozens and dozens of latrines to ward off illness. Livelihood training helps to improve employment, and ministries speak to spiritual health.
Dr. Wolf also chronicled the multiday trips people make to the hospital to receive diabetes care and heart help. Sometimes people will travel 8+ hours, sleep outside the hospital, and wake up to be seen before heading home. They are provided the best available care in that part of the country, and it's in part because of people in other areas of the world supporting the effort.
(common Haitian dwelling)
If you are interested in learning more or making a personal donation, please visit their website: https://www.friendsforhealthinhaiti.org/
If you think learning about great causes and getting involved with the ones that interest you sounds fun, please join us for a Rotary event!
