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It only takes one Act of Courage to build a movement. Led by Founder, President and CEO, Jean Pierre-Louis, MPH, capracare is a global health nonprofit organization focusing on improving the health and well being of the people of Haiti. This podcast showcases the courageous stories of the ever growing community of changemakers, leaders, partners, advocates, and those who have joined forces with capracare to create better lives and opportunities for the people of Haiti, and globally.
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Reining in Cervical Cancer — What's Next?
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Welcome to Episode 8—the final episode of the third season of An Act of Courage! Over the last seven weeks, Jean Pierre Louise and Jo Ann Heppermann have talked with lots of folks about how capracare’s and PG Rotary’s story began and how they got to where they are today. Now is the time to talk about what is next. While today is the final episode o…
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Reining In Cervical Cancer— The Hope of Screening: Three Haitian Women’s Story
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Welcome to Episode 7 of this 3rd season of an Act of Courage podcast. Today we are going to hear from three Haitian women who heard about the opportunity to be screened for cervical cancer by the folks from capracare—and said yes! Support the Show. ______________________ Help us fund critical healthcare, emergency relief, education and development …
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Reining in Cervical Cancer — Surviving and Conquering: capracare’s Story
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Welcome to Episode 6 of this 3rd season of an Act of Courage podcast. Today is about capracare’s Surviving and Conquering story! We’re going to hear from members of the capracare staff in Fonfrede, Haiti—who, by hook or crook, continue to screen women, working to rein in cervical cancer in Haiti! Support the Show. ______________________ Help us fun…
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Reining in Cervical Cancer —Bringing Cervical Cancer Screenings to Maison de Naissance
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Welcome to Episode 5 – Bringing Cervical Cancer Screenings to Maison de Naissance! Today, we are talking about Maison de Naissance, a birthing home in Torbeck, Haiti. In the midst of our hope, sometimes despair, and resourcefulness needed to get the capracare project off the ground, by fate, faith, or chance, we learned of another opportunity to br…
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Reining in Cervical Cancer —Hope, Despair, and Resourcefulness
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Welcome to Episode 4 – Hope, Despair & Resourcefulness! We’ve talked a bit about the adversity we encountered to get our cervical cancer screening off the ground—and we promised to tell you the rest of the story! Today, Jean and I are going to talk with Dr. Steve Papillon, the doctor with capracare at the beginning of this saga—and the project mana…
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Reining in Cervical Cancer —The Highs and Lows of Adversity
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Welcome to Episode 3—The Highs and Lows of Adversity! So, we’ve talked about our story began, screening methods, and the importance of screening women in Haiti for cervical cancer. Today, laugh and sigh with Jean and Jo Ann as they talk about the challenges they dealt with as capracare and Rotary worked to get this project off the ground. Joining t…
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Reining in Cervical Cancer — What We’re Trying to Do and the Science Behind It
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Welcome to Season 3 Episode 2 - What We’re Trying to Do and the Science Behind It In our first episode we talked about how the collaboration between capracare and the Prospect Goshen Rotary Club started. Today we are going to focus on the screening methods used to detect cervical cancer, the science behind it and why it is so important to the women…
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Welcome to Season 3 Episode 1—The Beginning of Our Story. Jean and I are thrilled you have joined us. And we have with us today Stacy Bailey-Ndyaie. Stacy is the founder and executive director of Bridge Kids International, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky but with groups of young folks who are doing good work all over the world. Stacy herself …
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13 | More Than Skill Sets and Specialties, a Willing Heart On Mission Trips | Rory Sweeny McGovern, RN, EdD, MEd, MA
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This is episode number 13, our season finale, and today we’re talking to a long-time capracare friend and former co-chair of the CapraCare Health Care Committee, Rory Sweeny McGovern. Rory served in health care for over 35 years. She has held Nursing Education Administrative positions in several tri-state major safety net medical centers. She has w…
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12 | From Healthcare To Parenting to Daily Life, If you Fail To Plan, You Plan to Fail | Dr. Helene Nau, DNP, APRN, FNP-C (Health360 Direct Primary Care)
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This is episode number twelve, and today we dive into an amazing conversation with our very own Board of Directors member, Dr. Helene Nau, a board-certified Family Practitioner and Founder of Health 360 Direct Primary Care in Hollywood, FL. A Practice with the mission of delivering affordable and accessible quality care to families. Dr. Aunty Helen…
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11 | Putting Non-Profit Involvement Outside the Box | Patricia Cornet (Women of Color in Pharma)
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This is episode number eleven, and today we speak with Patricia Cornet, a changemaker and healthcare committee member at capracare. Pat is passionate about delivering health-focused solutions to ensure access to innovative treatments for patients and advancing women's careers and the development of young girls. She has over fifteen years of experie…
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10 | The Stigma of Mental Health in Haiti | Dr. Junior Brice, MD MPH CGMH (Partners in Health)
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This is episode number ten, and today we have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Junior Brice, the Director of Mental Health at Partners in Health, a global non-profit organization focused on providing a preferential option for the poor in health care. In January 2022, in collaboration with capracare, Dr. Brice sent his staff to capracare Haiti to p…
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9 | Improving the Quality of Education One Tech-Savvy Educator at a time | David Mercaldo (New Heights Middle School)
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This is episode nine, and today I’m excited to present our special guest, David Mercaldo. David is a long-time capracare changemaker and former Youth Program Committee Member. Outside of capracare, He is a tech-savvy educator with over fifteen years of classroom experience who is most ardent about closing the opportunity gap for underserved childre…
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8 | Bringing Humility To Mission Trips | Dr. Jean Grassman, MS PHD CPH (City University of New York)
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This is episode number 8, and today I’m interviewing capracare’s Board member and Jean Pierre-Louis’s former undergraduate professor, Dr. Jean Grassman. She is an industrial hygienist and environmental health scientist with over 25 years of experience. Her specialty includes studying the sources, detection, and impact of chemical exposure in vulner…
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7 | From a Vision To a Mission To a Strategic Plan | Cordell Brown (Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors)
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This is episode number 7 and today I’m honored to host capracare’s Board of Directors Chairman, Cordell Brown. Cordell was the first board member recruited by our CEO Jean Pierre-Louis. Cordell spent most of his career with Metlife in the strategic planning field; he was responsible for driving and implementing strategic planning policies and proce…
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Welcome to Season 2 of An Act of Courage! Hosted by Marielis Figueroa, this season we are bringing in more global health topics and partnerships! So what are you waiting for? Subscribe to our podcast; we cannot wait for you to join us. This podcast is brought to you by capracare,a trusted community health resource in the Southern region of Haiti, p…
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6 | The Four H Group, HIV/AIDS, & Haitians | Dr. Cassandra Esperant, PharmD, AAHIVP
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Meet Dr. Cassandra Esperant. Dr. Esperant is a pharmacist that practices HIV prevention. She believes that educating the urban community will decrease the disparities in the HIV pandemic due to institutionalized racism. As a black woman she is passionate about decreasing the divide in the black communities by empowering them to take initiative to l…
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5 | The Real Narrative of Haiti and Haitians | Rosemonde Pierre-Louis (The Haitian Roundtable)
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Meet Rosemonde Pierre Louis. Rose is a highly recognized public sector leader known for driving social and economic change. Ms. Pierre-Louis is the Executive Director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University. She is also the host of season two of the podcast Black Boys and Men: Changing The Narrative. From 20…
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4 | From Riding Through Puddles to Leading with Hope for Haiti | Skyler Badenoch (Hope for Haiti)
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Meet Skyler Badenoch, CEO of the organization Hope for Haiti. During this conversation, we bring you back to Skyler’s early days. The days when he was a serial intern, eager to learn anything and everything about the world. His first experiences within the world of public health was in West Africa where he found himself serving for the Peace Corps.…
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3 | One Haitian Woman Changed My Life Forever | Jo Ann Heppermann (Prospect/Goshen Rotary Club)
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Meet Jo Ann Heppermann! She is the Chair of the International Service Committee of the Prospect/Goshen Rotary Club in Kentucky. During this conversation, Jo Ann gives us a glimpse of how her life changed after one trip to Haiti with capracare and her experience with meeting a Haitian woman. This is her “Rotary Moment.” After this trip, she became d…
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2 | There is No Health, Without Mental Health | Becky Endicott (We Are For Good)
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Meet the amazing and lovely Becky Endicott: Co-Founder and Chief Storyteller of the popular podcast and community, We Are For Good. During this conversation, I ask Becky to give us a glimpse of who little Becky was growing up. She tells us how she got to taste the nonprofit world early on in her career and immediately fell in love with service. We …
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1 | Creating capracare with a Pen, Paper, and Vision of Health for Haiti | Jean Pierre-Louis (capracare)
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Meet the one and only Jean Pierre-Louis (JPL): Founder, President, and CEO of capracare. During this conversation, we dive deep into JPL's early days in Haiti, how he spent his days, how far he had to walk just to get water, and who instilled courage and bravery into his soul. He is passionate about bringing better health and wellness to the people…
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Welcome to An Act of Courage S1! So Glad You're Here.
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Welcome! Our world continues to face incredible challenges. We are witnessing poverty, natural disasters, and public health crises happening every single day. It's so easy to feel helpless and overwhelmed. You want to improve your community and world... but how? We believe it all starts with one Act of Courage. Join Hetal Baman, as she dives deep i…
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