Tag: Haiti

Miami Dade College is collecting supplies through Sept. 21 for the victims of a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti last month, killing more than 2,200 people and destroying nearly 53,000 homes. Items being collected include first...

MDC Nursing Professor Has Penchant For Helping Community: ‘I Was Born To Serve.’

When a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, Marie Etienne felt compelled to help the 300,000 people that were injured in her native...

Haitian Native Finds New Home On MDC Basketball Court

Dev Ostrowski can’t imagine his life had he not been adopted from an orphanage in Haiti.  He recalls his time in a crowded orphanage near...

Trump Administration Terminates Temporary Protected Status For Haitians

It was 4:30 p.m. on a Tuesday and Fedelene Camille wanted to climb onto the roof of her house. A common practice in Haiti, the...

North Campus Brings Relief To Hurricane Matthew Victims

The Single Stop program at North Campus collected more than 2,000 “Meals of Hope” packages to aid the victims of Hurricane Matthew, which devastated...