Health Care and Education for Disaster Survivors

We’re delighted to announce that our work here in the Philippines is growing rapidly. And it’s a good thing we’re growing so quickly because the rains are coming! The rainy season officially started on June 1st, and it’s raining every night now. We need to get ready now for the floods that are...

We’re absolutely delighted to announce that we’ve begun new sustainable health care and education initiatives in the Philippines! This work is going to be wide ranging, but it will all take place on the outskirts of Manila in the community of Banaba. Banaba is flanked by two rivers, so it is extremely vulnerable...

We can’t believe it’s February already. If you’re like us, February means one thing – Valentines Day! Whether your single or in a relationship, Valentines Day is all about love and appreciating the people in our lives who support and encourage us. This Valentines Day, there are dozens of individuals...

We're extremely excited to announce that EDV has been awarded $32,000 which we'll use to start operations in the Philippines in early 2013! This is fantastic news, and we can't wait to repeat the successes we had in Haiti. Your generosity made it possible for us to help disaster affected Haitians stay healthy in 2011 and...

EDV directors Andy and Emma are in Haiti right now, and they have completed visits to several of the sites where we executed the health education programme. We’re delighted to report that at each project site, staff have seen a marked decrease in the frequency and severity of waterborne and respiratory illness. This...

On Friday August 24th, Tropical Storm Isaac slammed into Haiti, bringing 60mph winds and torrential rain. Isaac flooded many parts of Port au Prince, flattened countless tents, affected 14,000 families, and killed at least four people. Happily, our partners are all operating out of well-constructed concrete buildings, so...

On Wednesday, June 13th, GlobalGiving will be matching all donations by 50%! This is a fantastic opportunity to make your donations go even further and help us bring health care and education to disaster survivors in 2012. By donating on Wednesday, you can give us the resources we'll need to respond when disaster strikes....

It’s been almost five months since we left Haiti and completed the fantastic health education programme you made possible. The lessons learned by children and care givers are being put to work daily in Port au Prince, helping orphans stay healthy and grow into tomorrow’s leaders. Since leaving Haiti we’ve...

What an extraordinary start to 2012 it’s been for EDV and our programme to provide health care and education to disaster survivors. After working with orphanage directors and children in Port au Prince they’re now putting their new knowledge to work. We’re delighted to report that using what they’ve...

As 2011 draws to a close, we can’t believe all that you’ve helped us achieve. With your support, we’ve been able to ensure that 100 children are receiving the health care they need, have learned about how to stay healthy, and what to do when they’re ill. Much remains to be done, but thanks to your...

As the Holiday season begins, we can’t believe that our volunteers have been in Haiti for nearly 18 months! Health has been a part of our work in Haiti for many months now, beginning with our efforts in displaced persons’ camps to contain Cholera and growing to a health education curriculum designed to help the...

It’s been an exciting several weeks for health education in Haiti! The eight-week course designed to help kids gain an understanding of how to grow into healthy adults is nearing its completion. We’ve had dozens of volunteers teaching these courses, and we’re excited to move from teaching the kids to...

First of all, we’d like to thank all of you for your generous donations to our Health Education programme in Haiti. Recently, we fused our health education programme and our cholera prevention programme, combining the two into a series of classes that address cholera as well as other important health concerns. In the...

Classes continue at three orphanages and for a local women’s group thanks to your support. In addition to classes about cholera prevention, we've also been about nutrition and, in a special class run jointing with EDV partner Global DIRT, women’s health. The skills both the children and adults in this programme...

Hello all, We hope this finds you well! The latest addition to our health education programme is a summer camp of fifty children. These kids come from all over the community, and once a week they spend a fun-filled hour learning about how to avoid cholera and stay healthy. In lessons tailored to their level, the kids...

Dear Donors, We hope this finds you well? Thanks to your support, after the cholera outbreak at the Foyer d’Orelph Orphanage, we’ve stepped up our work in health education not only in Foyer d’Orelph but two other orphanages where we work.  With the rainy season in full swing, and cholera cases...

As the world’s attention turns to new crisis, we were recently reminded that Cholera is still a very real threat by an outbreak at one of our partner orphanages. 11 children at the Foyer d’Orelph were sickened by the water-borne illness and required hospitalisation to recover.The outbreak was a frightening...

EDV volunteers recently returned from a cholera and disease prevention training in Fond de Negres. Attended by more than 100 community members, this series of trainings focused on preventing cholera as well as general water safety and how to prevent illness.These kinds of trainings do more than impart essential...

After many months, news about cholera is starting to slow, but that doesn’t mean that the need is slowing. We recently visited a community called Fonds De Negres. The area is home to more than 32,000 residents, and people are still dying of cholera.Or, more precisely, they are dying from a lack of education about...

As we mark the one year anniversary of the earthquake, you’re likely to hear many stories about how aid has been diverted, delayed, and how survivors are not getting what they need despite the big promises made. It can all seem very disheartening and, after reading these reports, some have asked us if their donation...