Outreach workers who go into Cap Haitien’s poorest slums, work out of a health clinic at Fort Saint Michel funded by Portland-based Konbit Sante.
Karen Beaudoin
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Lack of information slows efforts to aid quake refugees
The head of a Maine-based nonprofit is trying to get Cap Haitien to prepare for a surge of victims.
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Maine-based efforts, donations help hospital run more smoothly
Without the years of support from Konbit Sante, Justinian Hospital’s situation would have been ‘catastrophic’ in the aftermath of the earthquake.
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Portlander reeling after chaotic weekend
Judy Carl, in Cap Haitien to teach English at a hospital, helps caregivers aid dozens of victims.
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Disaster draws attention to Mainers’ ties with Haiti
Four women who already had plans to visit northern Haiti are carrying supplies and helping in other ways.
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Maine group aims to match needs, relief
Justinian Hospital, where the injured who can be airlifted from Port-au-Prince are being cared for, is the Mainers’ destination.
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Maine spuds get Homer’s approval
The Maine potato industry got an unexpected prime–time plug Sunday night when Homer Simpson, America’s most famous cartoon glutton, endorsed the state’s spuds. In a subplot that had Homer’s bountiful body sporting tattoo advertisements for various products, “Eat Maine Potatoes” was stamped across one arm. Homer, who was in bed, told his blue–tower–haired wife, Marge, […]
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Assault brings civil-rights injunction
A woman who kicked and spat on a parking officer is banned from contact with the officer.
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Short life of trouble and hope
Ashley Ouellette seemed to be emerging from a tough adolescence. Her killing adds confusion to her parents’ grief.
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Saco home searched for clues in girl’s murder
Detectives say a mobile home on Mast Hill Road is the last place Ashley Ouellette was seen alive early Wednesday.