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See larger A young girl is given a dose of vitamin A by a Hope for Haiti community health worker at the St. Michel of Charpentier primary school in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. Barefoot children can have parasitic worms enter their body through their feet and as part of a Vitamin A program to combat malnutrition Hope for Haiti community health workers give the deworming medication. David Albers/Staff

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A young girl is given a dose of vitamin A by a Hope for Haiti community health worker at the St. Michel of Charpentier primary school in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. Barefoot children can have parasitic worms enter their body through their feet and as part of a Vitamin A program to combat malnutrition Hope for Haiti community health workers give the deworming medication. David Albers/Staff

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  • A young girl is given a dose of vitamin A by a Hope for Haiti community health worker at the St. Michel of Charpentier primary school in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. Barefoot children can have parasitic worms enter their body through their feet and as part of a Vitamin A program to combat malnutrition Hope for Haiti community health workers give the deworming medication. David Albers/Staff
  • An elderly woman waits to pay 15 Haitian gourdes to be seen by a health care worker at the Hope for Haiti Infirmary in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 11. Fifteen gourdes is equivalent to roughly 40 cents in U.S. dollars. David Albers/Staff
  • Hope for Haiti program director Patrick Eucalitto exits the organization's infirmary in Les Cayes, Haiti after a visit on Jan. 11. David Albers/Staff
  • Hope for Haiti Infirmary staff share a light moment together while working with patient records in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 11. David Albers/Staff
  • The Hope for Haiti Infirmary provides basic health care for community members in Les Cayes, Haiti. David Albers/Staff
  • Staff members load supplies into their truck at the Hope for Haiti headquarters in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. David Albers/Staff
  • Hope for Haiti community health worker Pierre Obelson Belzius sings a prayer with his fellow workers at the conclusion of a check-in meeting at the organization's headquarters in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. David Albers/Staff
  • Hope for Haiti community health worker Lormil Frantz administers doses of vitamin A to students at the St. Michel of Charpentier primary school in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. David Albers/Staff
  • Hope for Haiti community health workers take an exam over the first lessons they were required to teach their communities during a check-in meeting at the organization's headquarters in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. David Albers/Staff
  • Hope for Haiti community health worker Pierre Obelson Belzius sings a song about hand-washing with his fellow workers during a check-in meeting at the organization's headquarters in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. The song was created by the organization's staff to be a easy way for people to remember the proper steps to washing their hands. David Albers/Staff
  • Hope for Haiti community health worker Falios Plesimond shares his experiences from his community with the the staff and fellow workers during a check-in meeting at the organization's headquarters in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. David Albers/Staff
  • Hope for Haiti nurse Rachel St. German, center, demonstrates how to give a dose of vitamin A to schoolchildren while training the organization's community health workers at the St. Michel of Charpentier primary school in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. The vitamin A is coupled with deworming medication to combat malnutrition. David Albers/Staff
  • Hope for Haiti community health worker Samuel Terasma encourages a young girl to swallow after giving her a dose of vitamin A and deworming medication at the St. Michel of Charpentier primary school in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. Barefoot children can have parasitic worms enter their body through their feet and as part of a Vitamin A program to combat malnutrition Hope for Haiti community health workers give the deworming medication. David Albers/Staff
  • A young boy is given a dose of deworming medication by a Hope for Haiti community health worker at the St. Michel of Charpentier primary school in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. Barefoot children can have parasitic worms enter their body through their feet and as part of a Vitamin A program to combat malnutrition Hope for Haiti community health workers give the deworming medication. David Albers/Staff
  • Hope for Haiti country director Sarah Dutcher visits with students at the St. Michel of Charpentier primary school during a vitamin A workshop in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. David Albers/Staff
  • School children listen to Hope for Haiti's nurses explain a vitamin program they will conduct with their community health workers at the St. Michel of Charpentier primary school in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. David Albers/Staff
  • School children listen to Hope for Haiti's nurses explain a vitamin program they will conduct with their community health workers at the St. Michel of Charpentier primary school in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. David Albers/Staff
  • Hope for Haiti's community health workers, staff and nurses head to the St. Michel of Charpentier primary school neighboring the organization's headquarters to train the participants in a vitamin program on Jan. 10. David Albers/Staff
  • Hope for Haiti's community health workers, staff and nurses head to a classroom at the St. Michel of Charpentier primary school neighboring the organization's headquarters to train the participants in a vitamin program on Jan. 10. David Albers/Staff
  • Hope for Haiti community health worker Falios Plesimond prepares to take a vitamin A program to a school neighboring the organization's headquarters in Les Cayes, Haiti. The Naples-based Hope for Haiti recently started the program in Haiti to empower community leaders with knowledge in public health. The participants are responsible for holding workshops back to their own community. David Albers/Staff
  • Traffic flows through the main gate into Les Cayes, Haiti on the outskirts of town near the entrance to the Naples-based Hope for Haiti's headquarters. David Albers/Staff
  • Community health worker Michaelle Janvier, 26, receives credentials for her work in Hope for Haiti's public health program during a check-in meeting on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, at the organization's headquarters in Les Cayes, Haiti. The Naples-based Hope for Haiti recently started the program in Haiti to empower community leaders with knowledge in public health. The participants are responsible for holding workshops back to their own community. David Albers/Staff
  • Hope for Haiti community health workers, including Pierre Obelson Belzius, center, chuckle together as they call in unison for program director Patrick Eucalitto on the way out the door to conduct a vitamin supplement program on Jan. 10. David Albers/Staff
  • Hope for Haiti community health workers Falios Plesimond, Julienne Augustin and Lormil Frantz , left to right, fill out documentation for a vitamin A program at the St. Michel of Charpentier primary school in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. David Albers/Staff
  • Hope for Haiti community health worker Rose Sterline Dormeille, center, listens to the experiences of her fellow workers during a check-in meeting at the organization's headquarters in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 10. David Albers/Staff
  • Ten-year-old Herbie Meritus catches a ride with Hope for Haiti program director Patrick Eucalitto in Les Cayes, Haiti on Jan. 11. David Albers/Staff

Hope for Haiti has subsidized teachers in 40 schools and installed water purifiers in 12. The clinic expanded earlier this year, from a staff of one doctor and one nurse operating out of the nonprofit’s headquarters, to a stand-alone building that boasts four doctors, five nurses and a dentist. Brown University graduate student Will Perez added the final piece by creating a curriculum for staff to train the health workers.

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