RESPE Wins 2010 Davis 100 Projects for Peace Grant!

RESPE: Haiti will travel to Balan, Haiti during the summer of 2010 to implement a maternal health initiative with the $10,000 Davis Peace Project grant it was recently awarded. The Nesans Project, a collaboration between Tufts students and Balan community members, consists of constructing a sanitary birthing ward in Balan's clinic as well as facilitating maternal health trainings for the town's traditional birth attendants. The Haitian Coalition of Somerville, one of RESPE's Boston-based partners, is helping procure medical supplies and equipment for the maternal health ward. RESPE Boston and RESPE Balan are both very excited about collaborating in this next step of support for Balan's local development!