Thanks to the nearly 200 supporters who came to the 4th Annual Maine Walks with Haiti and 4-Mile Run on May 11. We had a rainy start in the registration tent but Voodoo Jazz musician Gifrants had a word with the powers that be and the sky cleared in time for the 9:30 runner’s gun. Participants returning from their 4-mile...
Join Konbit Sante and WGME’s Kim Block in the 4th Annual Maine Walks with Haiti and 4-Mile Run on May 11. Run or walk – you can make a difference! Proceeds from the event go to support our programs in Cap-Haitien, Portland’s Sister City in Haiti. Gather at Back Cove Park on Preble St....
The high cost of travel to Haiti for staff and volunteers is no longer a significant barrier to education, training and just regular communication necessary for program successes. Medical residents and doctors at Justinian Hospital (JUH) are now able to meet face to face with...
Join the effort to assemble safe birthing kits!
Konbit Sante staff members are distributing 300 birthing kits per month to pregnant women as part of mobile clinics in Cap-Haitien conducted in partnership with Haiti Hospital Appeal and the Haitian Ministry of Health. And we need...
About our name: In Haitian Creole, a konbit is a traditional Haitian method of working together to till your friends' fields as well as your own. Sante means health. So the name means "working together for health."