Konbit Sante Steps Up to Meet the Growing Need for Health Services

Dear Friends,

Konbit Sante is featured in this recent Maine Public story about the growing medical needs in northern Haiti and how our staff and partners are working under extreme conditions to keep care going.

This story, reported by Amy Bracken and Ari Snider, discusses Konbit Sante’s efforts to restore health care at Fort Saint-Michel following USAID cuts, and includes interviews on the ground in Haiti with Konbit Sante Nurse Clotilde St. Jean, community health worker Daniel Fabien, and Dr. Kalil Turenne, Director of Justinien University Hospital. Konbit Sante’s Executive Director, Perry Newman, was interviewed in the Maine studio. The article was first broadcast May 22, 2025.

Read or listen to the full story.