Blanchard Clinic (Supported by Family Health Ministries) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake
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- Public Health - Family Health Ministries in Blanchard, Haiti
Since 2002, Family Health Ministries has been working in Blanchard, Haiti. Also called Terre Noire by locals, the area is an urban community in Port-au-Prince located approximately 2 miles from the slum area of Cite Soleil. With the help of Duke Chapel, FHM built and operates the Blanchard Family Health Center that provides primary care and public health services. - Service
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SEE CAT FACILITY RECORD FOR Family Health Ministries in NC at:
https://ccc.haghy.com/shelters/5389
They are asking for Haiti donations and there is a donation collection site in Durham, NC
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We expect to send more medical relief teams to Haiti. Please contact us with your personal details if you wish to be emailed when a team is coming together.
In the meantime, Ashley Aakeson aaakesson @cnphaiti.org of the Children's Nutrition Program in Leogane, Haiti, has agreed to be the contact person for organizing teams to the Leogane community for people who want to travel to Haiti immediately. We encourage you to contact her.
You can also sign up via https://www.servnc.org/ and go with a Duke University or another team that is assembled for a particular purpose. Read more about Duke plans at Duke.edu/haiti
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Medical Relief Teams to the Blanchard Clinic
Five teams worked at the Blanchard Clinic beginning January 31st and continuing through April 2. Fifty-eight volunteers served over 3500 patients.
The teams included 21 doctors and 10 nurses from across the US. Twenty-one other volunteers from varied backgrounds provided support.
Each volunteer paid their own way and slept on the floor of Family Health Ministries’ Blanchard Clinic, near the Port-au-Prince airport. Fortunately, the two-story clinic was not damaged in the quake.
While many of the volunteers were seasoned providers, some of the teams had members who had never been to Haiti. In addition absorbing scenes of the devastation caused by the earthquake, the team members had to adjust to the heat and humidity and the challenging living conditions.