Posts by Jan Mansley
Good news and bad news
NOVA Hope for Haiti and the Church of the Presentation were scheduled to hold their 11th medical mission to Haiti this week. Our team was scheduled to fly to Port-au-Prince on Saturday, November 6th, but do to the flooding caused by hurricane Tomas and the torrential rain it brought we needed to cancel this trip.…
Read MoreMeet Jean Danson!
During NOVA’s April 2010 medical mission to Haiti, our volunteer medical team examined a little 4 year old boy, Jean-Danson Etienne. Danson’s mom said that he was becoming listless and often had little energy. A simple stethoscope revealed a significant heart murmur that our medical team became worried about. There was nothing more we could…
Read MoreNOVA Hope for Haiti’s 10th Medical Mission a great success!
On Saturday, April 17th 27 NOVA Hope for Haiti launched its 10th Medical mission to Cavaillon, Haiti. The 27 member team consisted of doctors, nurses, translators and other volunteers. Since 2002, these medical teams have been providing urgently needed medical care in a community that has none, and since the earthquake this past January the…
Read More2 New teams in Haiti and another on the way
Sorry for the delay, but the executive board of NOVA Hope for Haiti and NOVA volunteers have been meeting and working feverishly on getting back in the saddle while still helping with the earthquake relief. While Haiti is receding from view in the news, our efforts have been ramping up even more. Last Thursday NOVA…
Read MoreReport back from Haiti – Part Two: NOVA’s Response
NOVA Hope for Haiti’s Medical Response to the Disaster The NOVA executive board hastily convened on January 13th and decided to urgently move up a previously scheduled April medical mission to southwest Haiti. Organizations with infrastructure and willingness to dovetail were hastily sought out on the Internet. A Facebook connection led to Project Medishare…
Read MoreReport back from Haiti- part one
The following posts will be coming in segments. They are the eye-witness reports of Dr. Charles Kordula, President of NOVA Hope for Haiti, who led the first team of volunteers who traveled to Port au Prince in the early days of the relief effort. The posts reflect the situation as it unfolded as seen from…
Read MoreThe other part of the story: our team’s rescue efforts
I have been reporting the bits of information that we have from our medical team in Haiti, but there is another part of the story. Two EMT’s from Allendale, New Jersey, Matt Elling and Ryan Flaherty are with the team. They were trained in disaster relief and search and rescue. They have been working with…
Read MoreGetting tired but still working hard
I only heard briefly from Charles today in Haiti. He sounds tired. The 12 plus hour shifts, the unending work and help that is needed, and being witness to this massive human disaster is taking its toll. The team is committed to working at least through Thursday and we expect some of our volunteers to…
Read MoreA Silver Lining
I spoke today with Dr. Charles Kordula, our team leader on the ground in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Charles was very excited that the medical relief effort that our team is working with has gotten a lot more organized and efficient. Supplies are coming in and patients are treated more effectively. This is great news. Two days…
Read MoreMedical Team working in extreme conditions
We have been recieving text messages from our team in Haiti. Dr. Charles Kordula is reporting that the situation is worse than anyone can imagine. The supplies are not reaching the doctors and nurses as fast as they need them and early this morning it wasn’t possible to do surgery as no facility for that…
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