In early 2021 the whole world felt like it had been turned upside down. Our minds were flooded with thoughts of viruses, quarantine, and vaccinations. Meanwhile, in rural Haiti Marie-Josue and her 4 children were facing an epidemic of a different type. Marie-Josue lives with her family in a rural village far in the mountains …
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In the early morning hours of May 6th, 2021 a tiny little girl set out from her home in the mountains above Port Au Prince, Haiti. The sun hadn’t even risen over the peeks behind her when she began her journey, first on foot, then a motorcycle taxi before finally reaching a road with a …
In Haiti nearly 6% of babies die before their first birthday. Six out of every 100 babies… Kris. He was almost one of them. Almost. I imagine he was closer to death than any of us who know him can comprehend. He was almost a statistic, but today Kris beat those odds. Today this healthy …
Surin is one of our faithful employees who has worked for Middle Ground for over a year, washing laundry for all of the kids. Surin found out she was expecting her third child right around the time we were developing our new maternal health program and was the first woman admitted once we launched the …
Mariline was referred to us when she was 4 months old. She was in the care of her elderly grandmother, who had been feeding her a thick cornmeal and water mixture through a bottle with the top of the nipple cut off. Mariline’s mother had died during childbirth and although there was a lack of …
Yesterday I was contacted by a good friend of mine who was working at a mobile clinic in a rural area of the mountains about 5 hours from us. During the clinic they had been brought a mother who had recently given birth, and her tiny newborn twins. Emily is a nurse and immediately knew …
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