Diaspora Partnership Accelerator, Haiti Outreach Pwoje Espwas (H.O.P.E.) Final Report

The USAID-funded H.O.P.E. project focused on expanding access to life-saving healthcare and disaster risk reduction education in the remote Commune of Borgne, Haiti. The project utilized the Sante’ nan Lakou healthcare model, emphasizing community involvement, health surveillance, distributed health workers, trained professionals, and appropriate infrastructure. Activities included expanding peer health support programs, conducting mobile screening programs, expanding the scope of the Community Outreach Team, conducting mobile clinics, and designing a “Sante’ nan Lakou” curriculum. The project successfully re-established regular mobile clinics and screenings, conducted public health education sessions reaching over 42,000 people, and responded to a cholera resurgence by treating 243 people and conducting education programs reaching over 40,000 people.