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Will Conner is returning to Haiti. The Matthews doctors is traveling with 10 students and doctors to northern Haiti with more than 3,000 ...

Haitian nationals, including those who arrived illegally, residing in the United States prior to the 7.0 earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010 can rem...

School nurse Angel Bunce spent her holiday break treating cholera patients in Haiti. I included parts of her story in my article about Boone...

The Observer asked relief workers who traveled to Haiti in the aftermath of last year’s earthquake to share their reflections about the expe...

Charlotte doctor Marc Lewin, 45, spent a week in Haiti last February working at a 65-bed hospital that was converted into a 250-bed MASH un...

Karen Goins-Byrnes, 44, a Nascar sports marketing consultant, approached the Charlotte medical team at the Port-au-Prince airport. Byrnes re...

One of the most touching moments of this trip was when the Charlotte medical team, led by Dr. Will Conner, first visited the home of 4-year-...

"I can't believe it has been a year already. January 12, 2010 was one of the worst days of my life, but it made such a strong impac...

It took six weeks to get the ambulance out of customs, but a Charlotte ambulance was finally delivered to a Haitian hospital this week. Memb...

It’s been six months since the earthquake and relief efforts continue. Results have been mixed as millions remain homeless. Most are living ...

"I have been told not to care so much…But the day I ignore blatant child neglect and abuse I will know that I have failed as a human be...

A Charlotte team of relief workers returned to Haiti this weekend to deliver an ambulance and more than 41,000 pounds of supplies to the dev...

Gyslain Auguste was one of the most beloved members of the Charlotte team of relief workers. Members of the Haitian Heritage and Friends of ...

The young victims of this horrific natural disaster have been the most painful, yet inspiring part of this experience in Haiti. Kids, as you...

Charlotte doctor Marc Lewin says his children Max, 8, Kate, 7, and Charlie, 5, don’t quite get why their dad came to Haiti. The family phys...

Charlotte pre-med student Sabrina Joline said she was scared and unsure when she returned to her earthquake devastated nation. But she was ...

Matt Lord is one of only four physical therapist for 250 patients at Sacre Coeur Hospital. So many of the patients have lost a leg or arm. T...

The conditions these Charlotte medical professionals work under is tough, but it’s even harder on the injured Haitians who often must sleep ...

Dr. Sherma Morton says the post-traumatic stress many Haitians are suffering may be worse than their lost limbs. The OB/GYN from the Carolin...

A Charlotte relief worker writes in her journal about her first visit to a Haitian hospital treating earthquake evacuees and the children sh...