The Nancy Ferree-Clark Guesthouse, the first building on the Leogane Family Health Center campus, is named in honor of the Reverend Nancy Ferree-Clark, Former Associate Duke Chapel Dean. She served for 18 years as the pastor of the Congregation at Duke Chapel. The Congregation at Duke Chapel, along with Duke Chapel, helped raise the funds to build the guesthouse, which will provide lodging for visiting health care providers as well as student and faculty researchers and FHM mission teams in Leogane.

Finishing Touches, 16 May 2012

Watch the video of the finishing touches are applied, and get a sense of the facility.

Stucco, 11 May 2012

Roof, doors, plumbing, electrical, 19 April 2012

Huge progress has been made in the last week at the Nancy Ferree-Clark Guesthouse in Leogane. The roof is on.  The doors are hung.  Electric and plumbing have been installed.

Interior walls, 12 April 2012

Interior walls reveal the shape of the guesthouse rooms.  Heavy rains (see puddles in upper right photo) have delayed construction somewhat, but the progress continues.

Steel walls and roof, 8 April 2012

FHM's In-country Manager, Missy Owen, poses with Dave Olive, MD, who was in Leogane late last week to view

Steel being erected, 3 April 2012

Fence and Foundation Completed, 2 April 2012

Jean Marc de Matteis of de Matteis Construction group now expects the guesthouse to be completed two weeks ahead of schedule, in mid-May.

Guesthouse Manager Job Posting, 28 March 2012

Family Health Ministry is now hiring a Guesthouse Manager to live in Leogane. View the job description.

Fence and Foundation Progress, 26 March 2012

The fence and foundation are both underway.

Containers Arrive, 9 March 2012

Multiple containers containing seismic-resistance materials were shipped from California, going through the Panama Canal.  They arrived in Port-au-Prince, were transported by truck to the Leogane site, and then unloaded.

Digging the Footings, 2 February 2012

Footings (above) are prepared as the construction workers wait for the seismic-resistant building materials en route from California.  The containers have been pre-inspected to speed their trip through the Panama Canal and onward to Haiti.

The Leogane Family Health Center will one day become a 100,000 square foot teaching and research hospital.  The plans for the multiphase facility have been donated by Hite Asoociates of Greenville, NC.

Groundbreaking, 24 September 2011

US Ambassador to Haiti, Kenneth H. Merten, was one of the guests at the groundbreaking. Jean Marc De Matteis, FHM's contractor for the project, also attended.

Representing the Family Health Ministries Board of Directors was Nancy Holton FHM staff members Jesse Holton, Finance Manager and Missy Owen, In-Country Manager, were also present, along with guests from Triangle Presbyterian Church in Durham. Below, left, Jean Marc explains to the Ambassador and guests how the project will proceed. Missy Owen, In-Country Manager  enjoys the moment, and the Triangle Presbyterian Church from Durham, NC, pose in front of the sign painted during the summer by Duke Engage students.

Guesthouse Plans
The Guesthouse is the first structure on the 10-acre site of the Leogane Family Health Center. The Center will bring advanced cervical cancer care and emergency surgeries to the women and children of Leogane.

Designed by Hite Associates of Greenville, NC, the new structure will be completed by April 2012. Located in the right corner of FHM's property, the facility has four bedrooms, each sleeping six. In addition to dining/seating space and a kitchen, the new facility also features a screened porch

Leogane Family Health Center Plans

The Leogane Family Health Center will one day become a $12 million, 00,000 square foot teaching and research hospital complex, serving the people of southern Haiti.

The next phase of the Leogane Family Health Center is a Surgical Facility (left). The new Facility will address the surgical needs of women, particularly for the treatment of advanced cervical cancer. The Surgical Facility will also provide emergency surgeries that assist mothers with difficult infant deliveries. The Facility will also allow visiting volunteer health care teams to work and train with Haitian health care workers.

Learn more.