By Dr. James Gordon, M.D., Center for Mind Body Medicine
We did a workshop for our team while we were in Haiti last week– at a church retreat center, a little, open, green place at the bottom of a hill in the middle of Petionville, bird-filled flowering trees, some fresh, if very warm air—an oasis.
More than …
Not long after the earthquake in Haiti, GeneroCity hero and Founder of the Center for Mind Body Medicine, James Gordon M.D. was interviewed on Talk of the Nation on NPR. Here is that interview with very moving still photos.
Jimmy Jean-Louis and Richard Morse discuss how celebrities can be a mechanism for keeping Haiti in the news long after the mainstream media has moved on.
Haitian entrepreneur Kurt Jean-Charles talks to Powered by GeneroCity project, Haiti Onward about the quake, its aftermath and his hopes for Haiti’s future.
Haiti Onward is Powered by GeneroCity.
Haiti Onward recently had the honor of interviewing the former Prime Minister of Haiti, Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis, while covering the Haiti Conference in Miami (March 2010). This clip is just part of a longer interview with the former PM, and one of many exclusive interviews taking place during conference week—all …
By Phillip Schneider, Architect
These are not doctors, relief workers, construction workers, missionaries, or even seasoned travelers.
Some of them have never even left their hometowns.
They’re from over 10 countries, from all walks of life, and have just returned from a week of purposeful travel in Haiti.
I share this not to garner pats on backs (though I …
Good things are coming out of the Powered by GeneroCity organization, Haiti Onward. For instance, Nouvelle Vie, is empowering young people across Haiti to shape their country’s future. One of the striking things in the new video released by Nouvelle Vie is that the Haitian youth see the word “leader” as a bad thing. In …
This is a wonderful, Powered by GeneroCity video created through our partner organization, Haiti Onward. For more information check out Uma’s blog, “A Revolution out of Garbage” on Huffington Post. We continue to take great pride in the work that has come out our partnership with Haiti Onward and its affiliated organizations such as Nouvelle Vie.
By James Gordon, M.D., Center for Mind Body Medicine, GeneroCity Hero
On the night before his inauguration, Haitian president-elect Michel Martelly came to the Hotel Karibe, where our US team and our Haitian program director Linda Metayer were staying. He sat outdoors among us as the band …
By Katrina Markel, GeneroCity Staff Member
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a major public health problem following a humanitarian disaster. The psychological health of a population is profoundly important to its recovery, yet it is often undervalued or ignored. Relief agencies and donors tend to rush in with the immediate, tangible needs such as temporary …