In Haiti Rising, you'll get to go behind the scenes and in to the stories of people like you who are living, growing, surviving, and thriving in a place you might not get to visit very often.
It’s a podcast for people who like learning and adventure.
This podcast is produced by Second Mile Haiti, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization working to improve outcomes for mothers and children through innovative, research-driven malnutrition and maternity centers.
Since 2011, Second Mile Haiti has been partnering with Haitian communities to tackle systemic barriers to health and wellbeing.
In this episode, Amy welcomes listeners to Haiti Rising, a Second Mile Haiti podcast, and introduces this year’s focus on family planning—whether and when someone wants to become pregnant and whether they can access their chosen contraceptive. She follows Rose, a lifelong neighbor of Second Mile’s first campus near Cap-Haïtien, whose work as a preschool teacher and side jobs support her three children and an unfinished house. Rose explains how an unexpected pregnancy would halt her progress, ...
25 Sept 2025
Episode 3: I Will Finish: Junise’s Story
Haiti Rising — “I Will Finish: Junise’s Story” At 18, Junise is just beginning 11th grade in northern Haiti — a journey that only 1 in 12 students ever complete. Each morning she walks past Second Mile Haiti’s Malnutrition and Maternity Centers, and the glow of solar lamps lighting her path. Alongside her father, a cane worker who never attended school, she is rewriting what’s possible for her family. In this episode, host and co-founder Amy Syres steps into Junise’s world to explore w...
18 Sept 2024
In Her Shoes 2024: Francesca's Story
Every day, more and more Haitians are being displaced from their homes in the capital of Port-au-Prince. Families are being forced to move further North, if not out of the country completely, to escape violence incited by gangs that still have control of Haiti's capital.Those who haven't been displaced are still highly affected by the ongoing conflict in the South. Many healthcare workers have left the country, leaving those left behind with even fewer resources to care for themselves and the...
26 Oct 2023
Episode 1: In Her Shoes; Paulette's Story
A young Haitian family takes charge of their future... or as much as one can during the current socio-political climate in Haiti. Gangs control the capital, the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic remains closed due to disputes between the two countries, and every day residents of Haiti are applying for visas to leave Haiti, hoping to leave the danger and chaos behind. Meanwhile, there are young women like Paulette who have no one to send for them and are taking their chances...
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