"One of the things that have become very evident to me is the importance of working side by side, shoulder to shoulder with surgeons in Haiti. We regard ourselves first as friends, second as colleagues, and thirdly as specialists interested in improving overall healthcare and infrastructure at the hospital. These three goals define who we are when we’re talking about a collaborative effort."
Samuel Broaddus, MD
Senior Partner, Portland Urologic Associates
Konbit Sante board member
Values
- Konbit Sante affirms that all people have the right to health care regardless of personal means.
- Konbit Sante believes in the value of improving the public health system in Haiti rather than developing a secondary or parallel system.
- Konbit Sante approaches its partnership with the people of Cap-Haitien with the understanding that each has much to learn from the other.
- While recognizing the many difficult realities in Haiti, Konbit Sante focuses on and capitalizes on our strengths and abilities as well as those of our Haitian and other partners.
- Konbit Sante believes in empowering people to meet their own needs.
- Konbit Sante understands that we are guests in Haiti and that decisions about the Haitian health system are the Haitians’ to make.
- Konbit Sante seeks to operate in accordance with the highest ethical standards in all relationships with its Haitian partners, donors, and the community.
- Konbit Sante values the contributions of its volunteers, donors, and funders and strives to be a good steward of these human and materials assets, seeking the most benefit for the people of Cap-Haitien with all resources entrusted to us.
- Finally, we believe in the dignity of all people and in human rights, and we are committed to advocating on behalf of people who suffer the indignity of misery.