News & Updates

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Health Clinic Opens in Bayonnais!

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After years of planning, the ICDM Health Clinic in Bayonnais became a reality. The clinic occupies a spacious room in the Center of Hope and is equipped with three examining tables, a sink with running water and cabinets stocked with medicines and supplies. ICDM Director, Yvan Pierre, conducted the grand opening and dedication on August 29, 2013.   The line for the clinic                                                           First student to be seen at the clinic Marc Dubois, an experienced public health nurse, will staff the clinic five days a week, monitoring the health of more than six hundred students and staff and treating patients from the community.  Nurse Marc speaks to a preschool student at the clinic     Registered nurses Djiunette Smith and Vonise Antoine were on hand to…

New school year begins today! 10/1/13

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Today is the first day of school for Haiti’s elementary school children.  Although high schools, vocational schools and colleges opened on schedule the first week of September, the Ministry of Education…

ICDM Update - Making A Difference

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I first met Phil and Verna Smith more than a dozen years ago, and we quickly became acquainted.  While I was visiting in their home one night, Phil told me that he had recently heard a message at his church…

Ping Pong Comes to Bayonnais!

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While still in Haiti on her team’s last visit in 2012, Verna Smith added "new ping pong table" to her project list for 2013.  A few weeks prior to coming to Haiti this year, she asked for a 4’ x 8’ sheet…