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Hannah Samuels participates in study abroad trip to Haiti

Hannah Samuels, an accelerated nursing student, is featured in a story on the VCU News Center for participating in a study abroad trip to Haiti funded through the VCU Global Education Office. The trip was organized through a partnership between the VCU Institute for Women’s Health and the Richmond-based Midwives for Haiti. The students shadowed […]

Trip to Haiti – Day 2

Dr. Rita Pickler is in Haiti this week. A quick note from her second working day: “There is a lot going on here. Team members put a roof on a house, gave out 80 pairs of eye glasses, and saw 4 classrooms of kids for physicals. Most kids are looking okay. Some concerns that we […]

Trip to Haiti

Dr. Rita Pickler is in Haiti this week. Here is a note from her first day of work on February 6, 2011: “Today was our organizing day. We started with church at 7:30 with about 2000. We scanned our work sites and sorted our supplies and equipment. We also took a drive downtown and witnessed […]