I find myself spending a fair amount of time Googling my
soon-to-be home, so I figured that I would share some facts about my soon-to-be
home town with y'all!
- Léogâne was the epicenter of the earthquake of
2010. 80-90% of buildings were damaged, including the former centers of the
town, the Catholic Church and the school.
-If you have ever read Mountains Beyond Mountains, Léogâne is where Paul Farmer first
became fed up with the medical system in Haiti enough to start a revolution in
the way we think about international health care. If you haven’t read Mountains Beyond Mountains, I would
strongly recommend it.
-In Léogâne, the Episcopal Church runs a Nursing
school and the Hôpital Sainte-Croix, the local hospital. They are also in the process
of opening a school of Occupational Therapy!
-Notre Dame researchers are hosted at
Sainte-Croix, where they are doing incredible research on lymphatic filariasis, a disease derived
from mosquitoes that causes massive lifelong swelling of the limbs. Learn more
about it here in this Washington post article!
-Léogâne boasts a
handful of restaurants, a music hall, frequent concerts, a bank, and a brand
new drainage system! There is also an active bartering market selling many
goods, which I am excited to explore! Moreover, Léogâne is a tourist
destination as a sight of bull running!
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