A Broken Country: Haiti

Haiti is a beautiful yet broken country. If someone asked how to describe Haiti this was commonly how others and myself would describe the country. This past October-November, I was given an incredible opportunity to witness and experience Haiti myself. Haiti is deeply enriched in their culture and religion that is truly special. Haiti unfortunately lacks in sanitary, resources, and finances that takes away from Haitians being able to take care of their health. This country has gone through a lot hardship and losses, yet they find strength through God and lean on each other through it. During my experience, it is very obvious how different the healthcare and religion is viewed in Haiti versus the United States.
One of the main purposes of this mission trip was to offer clinics to the community of Croix-des-Bouquets and also to the children of Haiti Lifeline Ministries Orphanage. Over the course of our four days of clinics, we saw approximately fifty people a day. The medical care is desperately wanted and needed. From the devastations from the
Due to the lack of medical schools, there are not many doctors in Haiti. There are three medical schools in Haiti. The number of doctors per 100,000 people in Haiti is twenty-five, while in American it is 230 (Health Statistics). There is a huge shortage of physicians. However, that is not the only problem. These physicians are only taught the minimum of what a general doctor needs to know. They are not given the kind of education and experience like American doctors go through. Even though they are educated well, they are still unable to do all procedures and testing that patients need due to lack of education opportunities and resources. Many of the older children in the orphanage even stated their dream is to go to America to receive high education to fulfill their dream job since the opportunity is unavailable in