More Photos

This photo was taken in Corozo, one of the small outlying communities in the mountains surrounding Tilory. About once a month, representatives from the Clinic travel to Corozo with medicine, often on muleback.
Clemencia at the end of a day's work with a group of volunteers from the United States, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Houses like this one made of sticks and mud are still common in much of rural Haiti.

I've finally scanned some more photos (I took all the photos on this site myself unless otherwise noted.) The quality of some of these is not so great since I was using a disposable camera and the processing available on Hispaniola is not always the best. But these should at least give you an idea of what Tilory is like and where your donations are going. (Click any photo to enlarge it.)

The shot above is of the road that leads into town. Twice a week there's an open market in Tilory and people from miles around come to buy and sell produce, meat, old clothing, tools, soap, etc.


This man brought his little girl to us with a horrible skin infection over most of her body, a common problem in an area with no running water.


Nurse Clemencia Profeta, founder of the Tilory Clinic. She's an amazing woman who has devoted most of her life to helping the people in the border region.


This little boy was severely malnourished, as you can see just by looking at his arm. Malnutrition is another common problem and can lead to a compromised immune system and poor ability to heal, among other complications. When we have the funds, we are able to provide mothers like this one with formula for their children.

I've scanned a lot more photos, so I will be posting a few every day if I can. Thanks for looking, and please think about helping if you can.

Dave

Tilory is a community of about 2,000 residents, located on the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The village is extremely remote and difficult to access from the Haitian capital, and it is very difficult for Haitians to cross the border to access goods and services on the Dominican side, especially so in the past year due to political unrest and violence in Haiti. There is no electricity in Tilory, and the community has been in the process of building an aqueduct to bring clean water to its residents for several years.

The people of Tilory, as in most of rural Haiti, live in extreme poverty. The lack of adequate health care means many common, easily curable diseases are allowed to go untreated. Much of the illness in the area is related to the lack of clean drinking water.

The Public Clinic Of Tilory was opened in 2003 by Clemencia Profeta and myself. Clemencia is a Nurse who studied and earned her degree in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I was a Peace Corps volunteer when the clinic was created, and am now a student at the Charity School Of Nursing in New Orleans. Our goal is to bring medicines, treatment, and health education to the people of the border region.