Life-changing opportunity: VHP meets Dr. Paul Farmer
VHP traveled to a conference at Harvard Medical School last Tuesday where they were finally able to meet in person and speak in depth with their long-time mentor and role…
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Tasty Tuesday’s cousin, Food Truck Friday to test run in May
For many, Tasty Tuesday is the pinnacle of the week for obvious reasons: it’s not Monday anymore and there is tasty food. With that in mind, Food Truck Friday may…
VHP, ProHealth expand knowledge bases at conference
The Shubert Theater at Yale University was filled with the biggest names in health and innovation last weekend. This year, Yale was the site of the twelfth-annual Global Health and…
The art of healing: VHP helps fund change
The pieces currently on display in the Palmer Gallery will be for sale and auctioned off. All of the proceeds from the sale will go towards funding the Vassar Haiti…
VHP to host Haitian boys’ choir for charity
Are you searching for something fun to bring your parents to as an appetizer for Freshman Families Weekend? Are you ready to listen to some fantastic music? Look no further—this…
VHP teach-in challenges idea of ‘developing’ nations
On Friday, April 19, the Vassar Haiti Project (VHP) and Amnesty International held a teach-in entitled “Making International Development Work?”. The event, attended by about forty people in the Rose…
Lessons for life from a single day in Haiti
I shone a flashlight into Peter’s mosquito tent to wake him up. It was nearly 6 a.m.; we needed to place an early phone call to finalize the details of…
VHP’s annual Haitian art sale supports redevelopment
While at the same time furthering its humanitarian efforts, the Vassar Haiti Project is celebrating Haitian Art through an exhibition and auction, which will kickstart in two weeks, running from…