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Louidane Paul
Eighteen-year-old Louidane Paul's interview led the community development team to momentarily forget about the scorching heat. Louidane's...
Community Development
Mar 20, 20171 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
Zachary Lawrence
Name: Zachary Edward Lawrence Board position: President, Board of Directors Occupation: Implementation Specialist for Elite Medical...
Zachary Lawrence & Emily Adelsberger
Dec 12, 20162 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
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
Hurricane Matthew: Talking With Hans
As YSI learned about the impact Hurricane Matthew had on the island of Haiti, we found ourselves desperately trying to contact loved ones...
Emily Adelsberger & Hans Delly Rossini Civil
Oct 11, 20164 min read
Dabbins and His Second Chance
On my first trip to Haiti in January 2015, I returned from a field work day to see Marie with a bundled blue blanket in her arms and what...
Ashley Genza
Sep 19, 20163 min read
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
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
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
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
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