Board members Sarah Grey, Carol Lyvers and Shannon Horak along with Dr. Katie McAleese, RN Sarah Casey Thompson, and Barbara Geibel Salee and Chris D Rhodes-Schwartz, partners from St. Bartholomew Friends of Haiti will be traveling to Limonade, Haiti on February 5th. "Like" our Facebook page for updates, photos, and ... Read More
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Oct2017
This summer, Konbit was informed of a special honor given by our partner Children's Place International. An excerpt from a letter from John Sweeney, Deputy Executive Director of Children's Place International, conveying the good new reads:
"Each year, Children’s Place International presents Hero Awards to individuals and organizations who have made ... Read More
October 2, 2017konbit
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Oct2017
Pictured below is one of 100 Haitian Nativity sets that we are selling for $40 each to help fund our initiative in Haiti. Email Beth Parkhurst, Konbit Board member, at bethparkhurst@sbcglobal.net to make arrangements to purchase your Haitian Nativity set.
October 2, 2017konbit
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Feb2017
The ajan santé we support in Limonad see hundreds of people each month, and endeavor to educate these people on ways to improve their health. We have asked the ajan santé to share with us some of their stories which illuminate the need for their work to continue.
Jean tells the ... Read More
February 9, 2017konbit
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Feb2017
This year Konbit Lasante pou Limonad has been celebrating our ten year anniversary, and I can’t let it pass without reflecting on what makes Konbit such a strong and enduring organization. We have accomplished this by building on four essential pillars.
The first pillar is the vision on which Konbit was ... Read More
February 9, 2017konbit
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Sep2016
Konbit launched its first post to the crowdfunding site Generosity.com in later May. A video described a need in the rural areas for community health workers (ajan sante) to be equipt with basic health kits to address preventable diseases in the area. Funding from the local State Clinic is not ... Read More
September 14, 2016konbit
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Jun2016
Once each year Konbit Board visits The Children’s Place Association (CPA), the umbrella nonprofit to Children’s Place International (CPI) in Chicago. On June 6, Sarah Grey, Joe Shaffran, James Vogel and Tina Vujovich, members of the Konbit board, toured two client facilities of CPA and received an update on Children’s ... Read More
June 17, 2016konbit
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Jun2016
We recently launched our newest fund raising effort for basic health kits for Limonade and we need your help. Visit http://www.generosity.com and click on the button to donate. Scroll down under the Medical category and look for Basic Health Kits for Limonade, Haiti.
Through our efforts here we will equip our local, committed ... Read More
June 2, 2016konbit
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May2016
This work illustrates how the Rotary guiding principle of "beneficial to all concerned" has no boundaries:
Early in 2015 Konbit was approached by Sunrise Rotary of Columbus, Indiana members Cindy Green and Henry Malm with the possibility to apply for a grant from the District of Rotary International for a project ... Read More
May 12, 2016konbit
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May2016
An excerpt from Sarah Grey’s trip report from a February 2016 visit shares the success of the work of the ajan santé:
Jean, our lead ajan santé, was anxious to share a part of his work which gives him great satisfaction, so we set off with him one morning to a section ... Read More
May 12, 2016konbit