Haiti - Let's help, easy way

[tomcamp]

Haiti needs beans, rice, powered milk, baby formula and money! Here is how you can help.
Many folks want to help but don't know how. This is a simple, easy and effective. Goes right to where it is needed.

Contact:
Rodney A. Beck
Laboratory Manager
Applied Genomics Inc.
601 Genome Way
Suite 2200
Huntsville, AL 35806
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]
[e-mail] and Troy Moore [e-mail]




Hello Tom,

It is with a heavy heart and a sense of urgency that I write you tonight. We are all aware of the massive devastation that has fallen upon our brothers and sisters in Haiti. I am writing you on behalf of their well being and offering the folks of AHMEN the opportunity to help in many different ways with the recovery efforts on the island country.

I have three friends that work with me at the Hudson Alpha Institute in Huntsville that have worked for years in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The group HERO: Haiti Emergency Relief Organization does exactly the kind of work in Haiti that you and I have done in Honduras. They have a very capable distribution network for aid. They have surgery capable clinics and several orphanages where they work with people on the ground there that organize their trips and work hand in hand with them to better the lives of the folks they serve.

Today, a scout group from their organization made it into the country to assess all the damage to their compounds and develop a plan to help as many people as they can. They discovered that there are 1800 people waiting for medical care, food and water at their main clinic and orphanage compound. They do not have the medicine or the food and water on hand to handle this crowd or the countless others they could reach if they had the resources. This is where we could come in. In November/December many of our team leaders were blessed by receiving a large portion of granted medicine. Right now the people of Haiti have a much greater need than our teams do for a summer trip to Honduras. I am asking for your blessing for those of us that would like to donate their meds to HERO.

HERO has partnered with Trinity UMC of Huntsville and now my home church of Good Shepherd UMC to begin a food collection drive. They are in great need of dried beans, rice, powdered milk and powdered baby formula. I urge the other churches represented in AHMEN to join us. We have been working with Brother Ray Crump and the others at the North Alabama Conference Disaster Response Warehouse. All food and medical items collected for this project will be shipped from this warehouse as soon as we can solidify the shipping. Obviously there is also a great need for monetary donations as well if people would prefer to do this there are two ways you can do it. Below is there website. It is a great resource for information about their works and offers the option of making a donation on-line. haiti411.com/haiti/ The second option would be to send a check by mail directly to:

Trinity UMC
607 Airport Road Southwest
Huntsville, AL 35802
Attention: Haiti Food Drive

Tom if you or anyone has any suggestions for or questions about the work that is being done here and in Haiti through HERO please contact me [e-mail] and Troy Moore [e-mail] .

Your brother in Christ,

Rod



Rodney A. Beck
Laboratory Manager
Applied Genomics Inc.
601 Genome Way
Suite 2200
Huntsville, AL 35806
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]

[tomcamp]

Dear Friends,

We will be gathering the following needed items at Christ Church this coming week:

Haiti needs beans, rice, powered milk, and baby formula!

I’ll take responsibility for carrying these items up to Huntsville for shipment to our United Methodist relief efforts. All you need to do is bring some of these things to the Christ Church office, and we’ll take them from there. I’m sure we will be able to find a box to place these things in . . .

Be sure to offer prayer for all the people of Haiti today.

Rev. Capron
Christ UMC, Jasper, Al 205-387-7603

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Rodney A. Beck
Laboratory Manager
Applied Genomics Inc.
601 Genome Way
Suite 2200
Huntsville, AL 35806
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]

[tomcamp]

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Thank you to all who have contributed or expressed an interest in contributing to our medical mission to Haiti in February. Your good hearts and generosity are overwhelming. We have had some requests to use PAYPAL, so we have set up an account for you to contribute this way should you desire.

You can access PAYPAL by going to our website limonaidhonduras.org and hitting the PAYPAL button.

Thanks again from the bottom of my heart.

Susan

[tomcamp]

Hello friends and family,

We would like to thank you so much for your support on our medical mission to Haiti from February 10-20.

Here is an update on our trip to Port au Prince Feb 10-20.


TEAM

Our team includes two doctors, two nurses, a PA, a paramedic, and two pharmacy workers - 8 great people, all experienced in health care and most have been with us in Honduras on other mission trips. We support all the international aid efforts being extended, but feel we will reach people who otherwise would not receive care.

WHERE WE ARE

We have arranged transportation, translation and security. We may be staying in tents. We will be taking some food and water for ourselves and for our patients, but mostly we are hoping to take several thousand pounds of medications, supplies, wound care and surgical supplies, and IV and oral rehydration salts.

Currently we have ordered appropriate medications from MAP International and Blessings. They obtain and package medications for teams such as ours that are donated or deeply discounted. So far we have purchased over $50,000 of antibiotics, antifungals, pain medications, vitamins, antiparasitics, etc., for less than $3,000 - thanks to your generous contributions. We are working with American Airlines to ship these for free when we travel down there. Any unused medications will be left with Haitian hospitals and doctors.

THE ONGOING NEED

Our contacts on the ground in Haiti say the Haitian doctors and nurses have no medications or supplies - the hospitals (the ones that are still standing) are trying to treat patients without anything. There are half a million people or more needing some type of medical care, and even with all the international aid most are not being seen. Even before the earthquake only 1 in 10,000 Haitians had access to medical care, so it is hard to imagine the need now. The people are desperate.

We will soon be seeing wound, bone, and blood infections that can lead to amputation or death if not treated. Dehydration and diarrheal diseases are already being seen, as well as malnutrition, parasitic diseases and general health issues.

We will be working in a Haitian hospital ten minutes from downtown, as well as setting up some street clinics in some of the hardest hit poorer neighborhoods.

WHAT WE STILL NEED

We still need to purchase medical supplies, IV kits, wound and dressing supplies, surgical kits, sutures, formula for infants, powdered milk, dried food rations (for malnourished patients), etc.

We need tents (for ourselves), battery powered spotlights.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Cash contributions by Paypal are tax deductible. $250 buys $13,000 worth of medications. $20 buys formula and powdered milk. Donate directly by going to limonaidhonduras.org and clicking on Paypal. Or send checks directly to Limonaid @
2570 Koala Drive, East Lansing, Mi 48823.

We could use a few lightweight tents (we will try to bring them back intact), as well as battery powered spotlights as there is no electricity for use in the hospitals.

If you can help with any of this I know your contribution will go a long way towards providing care to many who would otherwise not receive it.

With great gratitude

Susan Caldwell

[tomcamp]

I wanted you to know what we are doing and I would like to know of your efforts. :-)
We are working on creating a network of the medical facilities like we did for Katrina. Any information you may have would be most appreciated.
We hear on the news that there are lots of doctors in Port au Prince right now, however there is a great need outside of Port au Prince AND many will be needed as time progresses. As we get word of groups asking for doctors and nurses we will post them on our website.
www.capisdowntown.com/haitireliefoverview.html
We are making individual first aid kits. A need for these was emphasized on a MAP International video as patients getting treated for wounds and released don't have what they need to continue their own care and often are not able to return to the clinics. If you have supplies you want to donate for these kits, please contact me at [e-mail].

We are also working on a way to get the supplies to where they are needed. I feel certain with our contacts that a way to get the supplies down there will present itself by the time we are ready to ship, but if you have good information on this, please contact me.
What we need for the kits:

Peroixde **
Alchohol
Tums or Rolaids (PLEASE ONLY GET THE INDIVIDUAL ROLLS) **
Antibiotic ointment (samples and tubes for the clinic boxes) **
Medical tape **
Hand sanitizers **
4 x 4 gauze pads **
** Needed most
Please bring or ship items to the CAP office: 1704 5th Ave. N., Birmingham, AL 35203
Thank you!
Laura
PS. To get on our email list go to www.capisdowntown.com under "contact us". This will be the last update I will send unless you sign up.

Laura K. Parenteau
Administrative Assistant
City Action Partnership
1704 5th Ave. N.
Birmingham, AL 35203
[e-mail]
www.capisdowntown.com


I don't know this organization, but it looks like a good way of dooing thinngs

[tomcamp]

Hello friends and family - and friends and family of friends and family!

We are totally overwhelmed with your generosity! Many of you have donated and encouraged your friends to donate also. I just wanted to you to know how incredibly grateful we are. I also want to let you know what we have done so far, what the situation in Haiti is like according to our Haitian contacts and how our plans are going.

Our Team

We currently have 9 team members who have purchased their tickets and are preparing to leave. This includes two doctors, three nurses, a physician's assistant, a paramedic, and two support people. There may still be a couple more joining our team.

What We Have Done With Your Contributions

We have purchased over $250,000 of medications and medical supplies appropriate to the country and disaster situation. We are packaging this in doses appropriate for one treatment, labeled in English and Creole with instructions. This makes it much quicker to dispense medications than if we have to count pills on the site.

We are purchasing lightweight/high caloric/non-perishable foods to take in bulk for those of our patients that are malnourished to help in the healing process.

In addition we are hoping to receive donations of surgical/wound supplies from local hospitals.

All these supplies will be packed in 30 gallon tubs - we expect to have 20 or so tubs with supplies of 1000 pounds of medications and supplies.

Our Travel and Work Plans

The airport in Port au Prince is still not open to commercial flights. We will be flying into Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) on February 11 and we have hired a bus to take us to Port au Prince (with our 20 tubs!)

We will be staying in a small mountain village outside of Port au Prince, where we will be pitching our tents. The people in this little village will cook us breakfast and dinner, we will take snacks for lunch.

We will be working in Hopital d'Esprit, 10 minutes from downtown Port au Prince. This small hospital has no medications or supplies and is eagerly awaiting our arrival.

In addition we will be taking mobile street clinics to some of the hardest hit areas.

Medications that we do not use during our 9 day stay will be donated to the Hopital d'Esprit.

The Situation in Haiti

Our contacts on the ground in Haiti say that in addition to the more than 200,000 dead there are an estimated 500,000 injured - in a city of one million people. There really was no effective medical infrastructure prior to the quake - thus the need is unimaginable. Our hope is to fill in a few tiny gaps when some of the other emergency response teams have left. We will have to be flexible and quick on our feet.

I know the news coverage has somewhat diminished - but the suffering of the Haitian people continues to grow.

Thank you once again for your incredible generosity. We are humbled by it and the task ahead. We are hopeful of establishing some connections in Haiti with whom we can work to provide longterm care for some of the survivors. Your contributions will go towards acute, chronic and preventive care.

Bless you all!

This is the team Bruce McFadden, AHMEN member, will be traveling on.
He request black box, antibiotics, and casting material. You can bring it to the container loading this Sat, (Feb. 6th in Arley) or drop it off at Christ UMC, Jasper, with a note: for Bruce McFadden, Haiti.


Susan and Team

(If you still desire to contribute, there is a paypal site at Limonaidhonduras.org. and your contributions will go 100% to Haiti)

[tomcamp]

immediately above is Bruce's team. See his note re. help needed and how to get it to him.