APF USA: Friends of Fondwa, Haiti at Healthcare Volunteer

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Countries/States Served: HT People Utilized or Employed: Family Medicine, General Preventive Medicine, Nursing Types of Students Allowed: Medical Students, Dental Students, Nursing Students, Pharmacy Students, Veterinary Students, Optometry Students
Program Length: Short Term (Less than 1 month) and Long Term (Greater than 1 month) Language Skills: Haitian Creole, French, English Religious Affiliations: University Affiliations:
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Mission Statement: (See Web Site For Updated Information)
The mission of APF is to empower peasants in rural Haiti to use their own resources to help themselves, the community of Fondwa, and the nearly villages.

Our vision is:
•To support the peasants in identifying the problems in the community and establishing priorities.
•To assist the peasants form small working groups in effort to develop basic infrastructure such as roads, water, health care, education and technical assistance in agriculture and animal husbandry.
•To help the peasants increase agricultural production and income.
•To help the peasants share their resources, experiences, and successes with the other rural communities in Haiti.

APF strives to share successes and lessons learned with the other 564 rural communities of Haiti through the University of Fondwa (UNIF) and the Secretariat National Congress of the Haitian Peasants (SEKONAPA). This university provides higher education and training to young Haitians in hope that they will promote sustainable development and become community leaders in their home communities.

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