Chapter 7 & 8

Chapter 7

Blan is a name the haitans call a new thing they see around most especially people-white people.
Farmer liked being called a blan. He was enthusiastic about it, and he would wave back at the people. At first, Ophelia was annoyed and almost jealous that there was another blan in the community. But, after she introduced herself, she didn't mind it as much.

Farmer believed that the main cause to the poverty in Haiti was the Americans constantly supporting, with aid and money, the dictators that harshly ruled Haiti. Often times those dictators used all that aid and money to keep themselves and a few others rich instead of using that money to help the Haitian poor.

Chapter 8

The first key element was seeing Haiti first hand and seeing the way people lived. The second element was seeing the lack of money and resources in hospitals that the poor needed to get better. The third key element was seeing how, when given money and resources, the hospitals still didn't provide the free healthcare that the Haitian poor needed.

Before establishing a clinic in Cange, he raised money for a bloodbank in one of the hospitals he volunteered at. It was important because he saw how the hospitals didn't provide the healthcare the poor needed even after they got the blood bank. He saw a woman die because she didn't get enough blood because they couldn't find enough money and the hospital didn't have a bloodbank. Farmer saw her die, and that really inspired him to raise the money for the blood bank and to help the Haitian poor.

Being an anthropologist as well as a doctor enabled him to understand the Haitian culture and use the culture to help facilitate his health programs.

Farmer was fully formed at the age of 23. We think that seeing how the people of Cange lived formed his world view and philosophy and inspired him to fight the current health systems. His nickname was Paul Foreigner at Cambridge.

By Quadri and Angie