Content about Haiti

01.26.10

I have sort of a superstition. When I find myself thinking things can't get worse, I stop myself immediately. "Don't tempt the Fates!", I remind myself. Because almost always, things really can get worse.

03.19.10

Long distance learning

Students in Avonworth’s anatomy and physiology and advanced placement biology classes spent a morning on a mercy ship floating down the Amazon and stopping at ports where they provided health care via live video conferencing with the Challenger Learning Center in Wheeling, WV.

The experience was a simulation of what actually happens on medical ships such as the 1,100-bed facility now serving victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

01.22.10

Penny Wars benefit Haiti

Northgate students who are conducting Penny Wars to raise funds for relief efforts in Haiti are, from left: top row, Savannah Paladin, Alison Gusew, Shannon Burns; middle, Chloe Quinn, Megan Coleman, Sarah Dunn, Kim Senko, Amanda Silay; front, Emily Sybo, Jimmy Silay, Alex Werley, Aaron Makatura.

01.22.10

Students lead Haitian relief fund-raising

Avonworth and Northgate students joined millions of Americans in holding fund-raisers for Haitian earthquake relief, with some activities beginning last week and others extending throughout the rest of the month.

01.15.10

Ben Avon sisters face earthquake with orphans

Two Ben Avon natives who have spent years helping orphans in Haiti aren’t about to let a little thing like a massive earthquake get in their way.

Jamie (30) and Ali (21) McMutrie have been living in Haiti, with Jamie spending about half the year there, caring for the children who come to live at Brebis de Saint-Michel de L’Attalaye, or BRESMA, orphanage in Port-au-Prince.

The orphanage is sponsored by the Answered Prayers organization in Washington State.

In addition to providing for children in one of the world’s most impoverished countries, BRESMA also arranges for adoptions.