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The Medicine Man

Mauric, sixty-six, is well-known around Léogâne and the surrounding areas for his medical prowess. Using techniques passed down from...

Community Development

May 18, 20172 min read

Malica's Heart Surgery

We need your help to fund life-saving heart surgery for four-year-old Malica Benoit! Malica suffers from a congenital heart condition,...

Emily Adelsberger

Apr 24, 20174 min read

Education Research

A large part of what sets YSI apart from most other aid organizations is our dedication to honoring and integrating local perspectives...

Emily Adelsberger

Apr 3, 20172 min read

Take A Seat

Ask any advocate who has visited Haiti with YSI to think of the most humbling moment they had on the trip. Each advocate can describe one...

Mark Schmidt

Mar 23, 20172 min read

Jean D'Ariot Fils

When we entered the home of Jean D’Ariot Fils, we were greeted warmly by his wife and five children. At forty years old, Jean’s happiness...

Community Development

Mar 6, 20171 min read

Gérard Auguste and César Marie Malene

Gérard Auguste and César Marie Malene are the loving parents of three children. Formerly a waitress and cultivator, respectively, Gérard...

Community Development Team

Feb 16, 20171 min read

Gasmine Honoree

Gasmine Honore is a thirty-six-year-old mother of two daughters. When interviewing Gasmine, our translator asked her for her name in...

Community Development Team

Feb 2, 20171 min read

Karen Li

Name: Karen Li School: UMass Amherst Major(s): Operations Information Management Class Year: 2017 When and how did you get involved with...

Karen Li & Emily Adelsberger

Jan 26, 20172 min read

Session 3

Day 1: Session 3 advocates arrived at the compound right as the sun was setting. We played an icebreaker and immediately noticed an...

Emily Adelsberger

Jan 19, 20172 min read

Barbara Auguste

Barbara Auguste is an eighteen-year-old resident of Nolivos. In order to be closer to a friend, she relocated from Port-au-Prince in...

Community Development

Jan 9, 20171 min read

Andrelie Thermitus

Despite the hardship she faced as a result of the 2010 earthquake, Andrelie Thermitus stays strong. At seventy-six years old, she has not...

Community Development

Dec 30, 20161 min read

Carole Maurice

Thirty-six-year-old Carole Maurice has lived in Haiti her whole life. She has two children who are both currently attending school. She...

Community Development

Dec 22, 20161 min read

#GivingTuesday - The YSI Scholarship Fund

Scholarship recipients Joseana and Dabbins with advocate Ashley Genza. The YourStory International Scholarship Fund pays for tuition,...

YourStory International

Nov 28, 20162 min read

Berson Jean Jacques

The first thing you notice about fifty-four-year-old Berson Jean Jacques is his warm, welcoming smile. After he agreed to answer some...

Community Development

Nov 26, 20162 min read

Hurricane Matthew Update

Dear Friends, I want to thank the entire YourStory International community for your generosity over the past three weeks. Because of the...

Kevin Michael Lombardi

Oct 25, 20162 min read

Fanes Fabruine

Fanes Fabruine was born in 1938 in Tongato and moved to Nolivos as a child with his uncle. As an adult, Fanes owned a farm and cultivated...

Community Development Team

Oct 17, 20161 min read

Emily Adelsberger

Name: Emily Adelsberger School: University of Massachusetts, Amherst Major(s): Communication and Architectural Design Studies Class year:...

Emily Adelsberger

Oct 10, 20164 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