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    In Haiti, a Mission of Religion and Medicine: Agents for Change
    In Haiti, a Mission of Religion and Medicine: Agents for Change
    In Haiti, a Mission of Religion and Medicine: Agents for Change
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    In Haiti, a Mission of Religion and Medicine: Agents for Change

    Written by PBS NewsHour

    Narrated by PBS NewsHour

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    About this audiobook

    Father Rick Frechette went to Haiti 25 years ago on a religious mission to shelter families "broken by tragedy." In his mid-40s, he decided to become a doctor, and then built a modern pediatric medicine facility Fred de Sam Lazaro reports as part of our Agents for Change series on the constant challenges Frechette has faced.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNewsHour Productions
    Release dateDec 24, 2012
    ISBN9781987106893
    In Haiti, a Mission of Religion and Medicine: Agents for Change

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