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This initiative is designed by and for Haitians—practical, scalable, and rooted in community leadership.

This initiative combines social entrepreneurship and lifesaving healthcare, mobilizing skilled underemployed Haitian nurses and empowering local women as trusted community health advocates. Working together, healthcare meets the needs of rural communities within the communities themselves.


Using locally adapted, WHO-approved clinical protocols, our teams focus on:

  • Primary healthcare and preventive services
  • Malnutrition screening and treatment
  • Hypertension screening
  • Health education and disease prevention

Through preventative care and health screenings, we help families prevent avoidable illness before it becomes life-threatening.

9,231

children screened for malnutrition

268

malnourished children received care

11,211

people screened for hypertension

A Community-Driven Model That Creates Opportunity

This program does more than deliver healthcare. It creates dignified employment for nurses and local women, strengthening local economies while improving health outcomes. By partnering with trusted community members to spread awareness and encourage participation, we expand access to care in places where formal health infrastructure is limited.

Photo: © Kiefel Photography

The result is a sustainable, community-rooted solution that tackles two urgent challenges at once:

  • Limited access to quality healthcare in rural Haiti
  • High underemployment among skilled healthcare workers

Why This Matters

When mothers can access primary care, when children are screened for malnutrition, and when hypertension is identified early, entire communities become stronger.

Investing in community healthcare means prevention:

  • Fewer preventable deaths and disabilities
  • Stronger local health systems
  • More stable family livelihoods
  • Greater long-term economic security
  • Lower costs: preventing disease is far less expensive than treating it later

This is healthcare designed by and for Haitians—practical, scalable, and rooted in community leadership.

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