By Rita on April 19 2010, 9:24am
There is a great article in the Concord Monitor by Staff Reporter Ben Leubsdorf on Donna Lannan's visit to our hospital in Fond des Blancs. "Donna Lannan had wanted to go abroad on a medical mission for years, but none of the places felt right until the ground began to shake in Haiti." After the Jan. 12 earthquake that left more than 200,000 dead and once the survivors were pulled from the rubble and their wounds …
Read more» [0 comments] By Ellen on April 16 2010, 6:33pm
The rainy season is starting and we've been seeing a lot of threatening, dark clouds that occasionally will deliver a heavy, brief downpour. We have not received any long days of rain yet, but what we have received is helping the newly planted crops grow. Today the administrative staff at l'Hopital St. Boniface made a visit to our recently-planted community garden project to view the progress that is being made. The project is funded by a …
Read more» [1 comments] By Ellen on April 01 2010, 12:22pm
Many of our visitors to Fond des Blancs have had the pleasure of tasting and buying the honey produced by our local beekeeping cooperative, KAF. The cooperative has had some struggles with production in the past when hives were damaged by parasites. After recovering from that, more than half the hives were damaged by the hurricanes in 2008. Andalucia por Un Mundo Nuevo ONGD is sponsoring a few local projects, and today arrived to meet with …
Read more» [1 comments] By Rita on March 17 2010, 2:51pm
In the wake of the earthquake that devastated Haiti and wreaked havoc on travel into the country, American Airlines cancelled all flights, including the February 9th flight that was to carry Jacksonville's surgical team to Fond des Blancs. E-mails from Conor Shapiro, Medical Director at St. Boniface Hospital, expressed the need for assistance to help deal with the impact of the influx of patients being transferred from USNS Comfort. Drs. Ron Carzoli and Ken Hagan …
Read more» [0 comments] By Ellen on March 14 2010, 8:29am
Despite how quiet this blog has been, the level of activity here has not abated. Our team has been working long days and weeks covering current needs, like our regular programs, and planning future programs to deal with the long-term effects of the earthquake in our region. On Friday and Saturday, Conor, Dr. Miliane and I made a grueling roadtrip to Jacmel and Port au Prince to meet with several organizations. We met with ACDI/VOCA, Unicef, …
Read more» [0 comments] By Rita on March 10 2010, 12:35pm
Dear Nannette, I just wanted to tell you a brief summary of our wonderful trip to St. Boniface (March 2-7). Our team which consisted of an OT, PT, two computer whizzes, 2 nurses (not including Sandy) and a nurse practitioner accomplished so much in such a short amount of time. Our OT/PT team was phenomenal. They went to work right away doing their magic with the paraplegics and spinal cord injured patients from the USS Comfort. …
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