Haiti After the Earthquake — Chapter Notes Source note: farmer haiti after earthquake

Haiti After the Earthquake — Chapter Notes Source note: farmer haiti after earthquake Front Matter Foreword: Tracy Kidder Kidder situates Farmer as the central figure of Mountains Beyond Mountains who has spent thirty years working to deliver quality medicine in rural Haiti. The foreword frames Farmer as both a clinician on the ground and a policy advocate operating in the corridors of the UN — a dual role that gives the book its distinctive tension. "Nèg Mawon" (Farmer's Foreword) The Nèg Mawon — the "Freedom Man," the famous bronze statue in Port-au-Prince of a slave blowing a conch shell to announce freedom — became the emblem of Haiti's post-earthquake potential.