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Letter: Haiti medical trip puts Asheville in new light
“For me, my experiences in Haiti have given me a true appreciation for the access we have to health care, clean water and sustainable nutrition, which are the fundamental goals of Consider Haiti.”
Letter: Consider Haiti nonprofit opened eyes to needs beyond Asheville
“In the mountain villages where we hold pediatric clinics, we are the only health care these children receive each year. There is no hospital or doctor’s office; there is no one who routinely comes up to check on these children. It is us.”
Local nonprofits playing key roles in devastated Haiti
“I am hoping the grassroots connection between Asheville and Haiti, and helping spread and share the love, will become Asheville’s best export,” says Ashleigh Stoia, Consider Haiti’s public relations representative. “We know our message will resonate with Ashevilleans who really want to make a long-term difference.”
New name, same mission
After years of mistaken association with MANNA FoodBank and Mission Health, Mission Manna has changed its name to Consider Haiti. However, the nonprofit’s desire to help the Haitian children remains the same. (photo courtesy of Consider Haiti)
Well done, Ashevilleans: Haitians team up for clean water
Former UNCA student Lorin Mallorie updates us on her work in Haiti with The Compassion Project.
Healthcare, goats and a sense of awe: Mission Manna wraps up its fall session in Haiti
Twice a year, a team from Asheville-based Mission Manna travels to Haiti to provide healthcare to children living in and around the town of Montrouis.
Gift of light: Local campaign aims to deliver solar bulbs to Haiti
America Green International is mounting a local campaign to deliver 1,000 solar light bulbs to Haitian refugees.
Container housing: Asheville group applies the power of tens to Haiti’s housing needs
An Asheville non-profit group has embarked on a bold housing solution for earthquake-ravaged Haiti: homes from shipping containers, readily available and unused in many developing countries.
One year after: Celebrating Asheville’s Haiti connection
Asheville’s connection to Haiti is built on the ongoing passions of locals. Here’s a look at what a few of those individuals are up to.
Haiti Resurrection Dance Theater stages two benefit shows this weekend
One Haitian orphanage has harnessed its passion and hit the road: With raging drum beats, colorful cultural costumes, theatrical choreography and leaping gymnastic feats, this weekend’s Orange Peel and YMI performances are sure to leave you energized, hopeful and even inspired, no matter what your connection with Haiti.
Ashevilleans in Haiti: Kurt Mann and AMURTEL members
A report from two sets of Ashevilleans helping in Haiti, one fighting the cholera epidemic, the other bringing appropriate technologies to an orphanage.
Mission MANNA: Local doctors share story of their work in Haiti
In our Dec. 8 issue, UNCA student Lorin Mallorie shared the story of local doctors and volunteers helping Haiti in its latest health crisis. Click through to view a video interview with some of those volunteers, including Asheville’s own Dr. Derek Dephouse.
Selfless acts
Skin covered with blistering scabs, the little girl stares at the “blanc” doctor examining her wounds. An older boy, another orphan, gently unbuttons the strap on her pink dress and lifts her arm, revealing a yellow, golf-ball-sized abscess protruding from black skin. She starts to cry. To learn more about Mission MANNA and how you […]
Lorin Mallorie in Haiti: Widespread fear, anger over election results
Protests broke out just hours into voting, with accusations of ballot tampering by the current government and their favored candidate, Jude Celestine and his party — and I found myself once again fleeing Petionville, just ahead of angry protestors …
Protests and turmoil erupt in Haiti — Twitter-based coverage from Lorin Mallorie
Asheville-based journalist Lorin Mallorie posted a few Twitter observations from Haiti regarding the breakdown of order on Nov. 18.
Lorin Mallorie in Haiti: Cholera riots in the north, panic in Commune Anse Rouge
Cholera has reached Commune Anse Rouge. “Five more people have died since I last wrote you,” Amber Munger e-mailed me on Monday, Nov. 15. … Few understand cholera, and so anyone who gets it has an automatic death sentence, even though it could be simply treated with hydration formula, she said.
Lorin Mallorie in Haiti: Hurricane Tomas, voodoo and cholera
All eyes gaze up at the sky, nervously, as the gray creeps across like a demon. Hurricane Tomas comes early. For those who can leave, it is a mass exodus up the mountain: Traffic, fear and uncertainty.
Love in the Time of Cholera: Amber Munger’s call for proactive help
“This cholera epidemic highlights the importance of sanitation,” Munger said. Residents in La Sous are asking for composting toilets, a sustainable solution to the situations that cause epidemics like cholera.
Diary of a journey: Asheville’s Mission Manna team in Haiti (with ongoing coverage via Twitter)
“Arrived Montrouis late last night after dark drive from Port au Prince. Good to be here!” was the word Saturday night from a group of Asheville doctors, nurses and volunteers from Mission Manna who fly regularly to Haiti to provide health services.
We see a lot of extremes in Haiti. Beautiful kids living in dire poverty, for example. Last night we saw a rainbow on one side of the mountain, and a breath-taking sunset on the other.
Lorin Mallorie in Haiti: There’s nothing more hopeful than the smile of a child
With the depravity and desperation of Port-au-Prince’s homeless increasing every day, there is nothing more hopeful than the smile of a happy Haitian child in a safe and loving environment.