Haiti, West Indies
(population 7.5 million)
Since Spring Break of 1992, an annual health care mission trip has been taken to the impoverished island nation of Haiti, West Indies. The mission initially began as curative health clinics seeing hundreds of people during the stay. In recent years, the focus of the trip has changed to the promotion of health and prevention of disease using a community health education approach in the homes, schools and communities of the Haitian people. In addition, training classes in primary health care are taught to school teachers and preaching students with the hope that they will include health education information in their classes and ministries.