Westfield sees strong family ties in Haiti

Dr. Kenneth Westfield, owner of Westfield Eye Care, has been traveling to Haiti for 15 years as medical director for Friends of the Children of Lascahobas — a nonprofit organization that built and operates a hospital in one of the poorest regions of that impoverished nation. On a recent visit, his first since the devastating January earthquake, he witnessed black families that are growing closer in the face of adversity. “The family unit in Haiti is probably a little more intact than in black communities in the United States,” he said. “The fathers are participating in raising their children when the resources are available.”