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Mirlande Million
“Delivering aid in a culturally meaningful manner” and “fostering personal, mutually beneficial cross-cultural relationships” are two of...
Emily Adelsberger
Sep 12, 20162 min read
Cole Martens
Name: Cole Martens School: UMass Amherst Major(s): Biology (pre-med) spanish minor Class year: 2017 When and how did you get involved...
Cole Martens & Emily Adelsberger
Sep 8, 20162 min read
Karaoke Night
Eight days of volunteering can be tiring, but we always make sure to work in some fun to help wind down after a long day of work. Through...
Emily Adelsberger
Sep 1, 20162 min read
Kara Eisenberg
Name: Kara Eisenberg School: University of Massachusetts Amherst Major(s): B.S. Kinesiology Class year: 2018 When and how did you get...
Kara Eisenberg & Emily Adelsberger
Aug 28, 20165 min read
Nadege
(Gordy, Emily, Caroline, and Frank are pictured together below, with Craig, a fellow advocate who sat in on the second interview with...
Frank Schulze, Emily Adelsberger, Gordy Smythe
Aug 25, 20163 min read
Annika Olson
Name: Annika Olson School: University of Massachusetts Amherst Major(s): Psychology and Economics Class year: 2016 (graduated in May)...
Annika Olson & Emily Adelsberger
Aug 23, 20162 min read
How Haiti Helped to Prepare Me for Study Abroad
Name: Niamh Mulrooney Major(s): Public Health Sciences and Pre-Medical Track School(s): University of Massachusetts Amherst Class Year:...
Niamh Mulrooney
Aug 15, 20162 min read
Session 5
Session five went by in a blur! As usual, this session was filled with a diverse group of college students, eager to make a difference in...
Caroline Mountain
Aug 11, 20162 min read
Summer Sessions
This summer has been a huge success for YourStory International. We hosted seventy-six advocates across seven eight-day sessions from May...
Emily Adelsberger
Aug 8, 20162 min read
Joshua Garties
Name: Joshua Garties Board position: Director of Development & Communications Occupation: Master’s of Public Administration Student,...
Joshua Garties & Emily Adelsberger
Aug 4, 20163 min read
The Community Development Interview Process
Though public health has quickly grown to be our largest sector here at YSI, the organization was originally founded upon the goal of...
Frank Schulze, Emily Adelsberger, Gordy Smythe
Aug 2, 20163 min read
Why Our Friends Were Left Out
Why is Haiti poor? This is a really, really complicated question. Once, on an assignment in downtown Leogane, I was sent with a team to...
Frank Schulze
Jul 28, 20163 min read
Theodore Choi
Name: Theodore Choi School: Brandeis University Major: Italian Studies Class year: Bachelor’s ‘13; Pre-medical Post-baccalaureate ‘16...
Theodore Choi & Emily Adelsberger
Jul 21, 20162 min read
Rebar and Recovery
You see them everywhere driving through Port-au-Prince—spindly stems of exposed rebar protruding from the tops of concrete walls. These...
Joshua Garties
Jul 18, 20162 min read
From Haiti and Back, to Around the World
I have always had a passion for traveling - whether it be an organized backpacking expedition to Ecuador or Costa Rica, a family vacation...
Rachel Anna Gaufberg
Jul 14, 20164 min read
Session 4, Days 1-4
Day 1: The first day of each of our sessions is very similar. The advocates go through orientation, presented by the officers and board...
Caroline Mountain & Emily Adelsberger
Jul 11, 20163 min read
Alfred Jean Simon & Mikelda Mariset
Alfred Jean Simon is a 70 year old lifelong resident of Nolivos. He is deaf in his right ear and was recently treated for extreme...
Caroline Mountain
Jul 7, 20162 min read
Nightly Reflections, Part 2
My favorite reflection activity took place on the last night of the expedition. Led by Niamh, UMass Chapter President, the advocates were...
Emily Adelsberger
Jul 6, 20163 min read
Upgrading Our Leogane Clinic
Doctors Without Borders left Leogane last year. The National Hospital in Port-au-Prince will close by the end of 2016. That means the...
YourStory International
Jul 2, 20162 min read
Hans Delly Rossini Civil
Hans Delly Rossini Civil has been working with YSI for a few years now. He was connected to us through one of his classmates. He says...
Emily Adelsberger & Hans Delly Rossini Civil
Jun 30, 20162 min read
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