When Given Opportunity
by Tim Scordato
After graduating from Louverture Cleary in 2000, Bélimaire Emmanuel competed with 3,000 applicants to gain a seat in the Faculté de Medecine et de Pharmacie, the national medical university of Haiti located in Port-au-Prince. Less than 4% of the applicants were admitted - he was one of the successful 100! Today, Doctor Emmanuel is the medical director at the Doctors Without Borders’ Center for Rehabilitation in Port-au-Prince. Fifteen years after entering the gates of LCS, he now treats infections, diabetes, lacerations, gunshot wounds and other medical afflictions. He is one of the five doctors LCS has produced—a number that is likely to grow rapidly over the coming years, as there are currently 15 LCS grads in medical school.
Click here for the full story