Arsene and Marrah
are the epitome of what nursing
must be in our health care system:
competence, ethics, discipline.

Great job, Dean Alcindor!
These RN student nurses join with others
invited to work and train with AHDH's
medical missions at St. Joseph Hospital.
The students receive their nursing education at
Faculte des Sciences Infirmieres a Leogane
(www.haitinursing.org)
The Presbyterian Church, USA, and the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti
have a covenant to work together on improving health care in Haiti.

This nursing school is one of the projects of that covenant.
The school's mission is to offer a professional program of
study in Nursing Science, incorporating public health
principles, to prepare the graduates for effective healthcare as
clinicians, leaders and agents of change.
Students  are admitted  from all  parts of  Haiti
on merit after meeting university requirements.

Admission is made without regard to age,
gender, marital status or religion.
Dean of FSIL. Dean Alcindor is Haitian. She fully
In the Fall of 2004, Hilda Alcindor was appointed
understands her roll to inspire and prepare nurses
to serve the people of Haiti.
"We are trying a new way of
training nurses in Haiti."
"The fact that the school is working is telling
us that  Haitians want positive things in their
lives and we need to keep the faith."
"We thought it was appropriate for us as a hospital to be
able to train nurses with very good attitudes. The presence
of the university will change the life of Leogane."
The Haiti Nursing Foundation, (501(c)3) was incorporated
in 2005 to provide funding to improve nursing in Haiti,
especially in support of the program and students of FSIL

"Hope For Nursing In Haiti: Building For Tomorrow"
is an informational DVD available through the
Haiti Nursing Foundation
www.haitinursing.org
AHDH  promptly welcomed such an extraordinary
initiative to improve Haitian health care and
educational opportunities. A close working
relationship continues to evolve.
"Hope For Nursing In Haiti: Building For Tomorrow"
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The school was dedicated on January 5, 2005
with over three hundred persons in attendance.

The first class of  students started January 10,
2005