Pastor Laguerre
Friday, February 5, 2010
An E-mail Message from the Field
The trip is very revealing. The needs are tremendous. We have been to many localities and distributed the donated medical supplies.Leogane is completely devastated. The people are hopeful. The living need tents and safe dwellings. Our next move must concentrate on tents-tents-tents and food- food- food and a system to transport the wounded to nearby medical centers. Our medical approach must be specialized otherwise we will waste a lot of energy. There is a lot to do. Tri- City is well represented. Instead of 3 tickets, I have bought 4. Our delegation is comprised of 4 volunteers: Jacky Laguerre RN, Marthe Francisque RN, Buteau Dormey, ,Nursing student and myself. I have purchased 4 one way tickets to Dominican Republic @ 209 dols each, then paid 900 dollars at Logan for all the supplies and wheelchairs, afterwards 650 US dols for transportation to Port au Prince. We are spending a lot for transport within the cities. This morning we are setting up clinic in Leogane. God bless you. My regards to all.
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Such a shame that everything including transport has to be purchased, that there is nothing being provided by the major organizations in that regard, but it is typical and its great that individuals and small groups are doing what must be done to save lives and help people. So much needs to be done. Lots of great information at www.haitiaccountability.org and www.oglhaiti.com
ReplyDeleteWe can do this despite the logjam and nonsense of the obstacles that drain money and do no good.