Open Hands International Relief & Medical Partners
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- Mission
- from website:
Our Mission:
The mission of Open Hands is to glorify God by offering relief to those suffering due to crisis, poverty, or injustice.
Current Project: Open Hands has responded to the devastating earthquake in Haiti by sending an emergency disaster relief medical team, which is working in Port-au-Prince. The team is transporting severely injured victims to hospitals where they can receive life-saving treatments. They are also running mobile medical clinics in the outlying refugee camps where there has been very limited access to health care. - Service
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On Recon Mission E. of Kenscoff - HEAS Response Team 12/10/10: See CAT FACILITY RECORD AT:
https://ccc.haghy.com/shelters/7162
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On Fri, 11/26/10, Mark Batcheck wrote:
From: Mark Batcheck
Subject: Re: Update on Deployment - U.N Chopper/Supplies/Vol's
To: leslie @ citizenactionteam.org
Date: Friday, November 26, 2010, 8:00 AM
Our Open Hands team will land in PaP on Tuesday morning at 9:30am on the American Airlines # 377 flight. If it can be arranged, we can get on UN chopper and to the Borgne site that same morning or early afternoon.
Currently have myself (non-medical coordinator/supply runner/do anything or everything) and 3 EMTs (all of us have Haiti experience, 3 with Haiti cholera experience at St. Louis du Nord / NWHCM CTC).
Desperately trying to get some more medical personnel to bring along (unfortunately finding that stateside employers are making it extremely difficult for people to get time off for this. . .). We have another 3 - 5 person-team (all medical) coming into PaP on Dec 6th.
Mark Batchak
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VOLUNTEER -
The team is just the first of many that will be responding to this crisis. If you wish to join with us in responding to the tremendous need, please contact us at info @openhandsintl.org
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BLOG -
http://openhandsorg.wordpress.com/
April 10, 2010
For the first time, a physical therapist led a wheelchair-bound group class with some of the patients, leading them in stretching and muscle-building activities. Then, in the midst of the very tight and crowded rows of patients, she led them in a race around the tent in their wheelchairs! The jubilance in their spirits and immense joy on their faces beamed “HOPE!” and brought tears to my eyes.
Video -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rciNLg3GR28&sns=em