Making Partners

In mid-June, long term St. Boniface volunteer, Conor Shapiro, made the trek to Haiti's Central Plateau to visit four Partners in Health/Zanmi Lasante sites under the medical direction of the much-praised, Dr. Paul Farmer. Hosted by friend and fellow MPH candidate at Boston University, Dr. Wesler Lambert, the two examined the medical centers' model of community health care and explored the possibilities of emulating the approach in Fond des Blancs. The visit also aimed to develop a working relationship between Partners in Health and the St. Boniface Haiti Foundation as both organizations continue to face similar obstacles to providing first-rate healthcare to the poorest of Haiti's poor. Pictured above is a meeting between Partners in Health's community health workers and its community health nurses.