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Health for Haiti
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Project Summary Continued:
The future of Haiti depends on its children; without a healthy population, Haiti will remain under the dust. As members of humanity and the world; it is the duty of a human, especially one who has been blessed with a good life, to help another in need, showing compassion. In affiliation with the Build Haiti Foundation, which is building a school, a health clinic will also be built, allowing children to finally have the resource of good health. The construction of a health clinic will not only treat people, but keep them from spreading illnesses in the general population. I plan on supporting a medical facility where a physician and a psychiatrist will identify and treat children who are victims of mental trauma and physical illness. A health clinic will also provide adults with jobs as nurses and aids, allowing them to earn money through helping others. Even before the earthquake, Haiti was victim to HIV/AIDS, malaria, and typhoid; after the earthquake Haiti is plagued with innumerous cases of mental illnesses such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The creation of a health clinic will not only serve to cure Haitians of mental illness, but also to educate them about staying healthy by opening dialogues between students and teachers. Education cultivates people into mature individuals, individuals capable of planning for their future and taking conscientious decisions. Education is important because it is the backbone for the healthy growth of a society, something Haiti yearns for. A new health clinic will provide testament to Haiti’s national motto, “Unity Creates Strength”, reviving a stronger Haiti through well-being for all.
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Project Update: Rishabh started the Health for Haiti campaign and sold blue and red wristbands to raise $1100 in response to the January 2010 earthquake and resulting life-threatening health issues. Rishabh was able to sell the bands at 4 area schools with the assistance of other interested students. The money raised from the sale of the wristbands went to the building of a new health clinic in Camp Coq, Haiti and renovating a school. Rishabh and other students organized an “International Food Night and Glenelg’s Got Talent” event with donated cuisine and raised over $2,000.
Through the partnership with the Build Haiti Foundation and his school, the Camp Coq health clinic opened in May 2011. FFC will be recognized for its contribution to this project on the dedication plaque at the Build Haiti Foundation Mediatrice Health Clinic.
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