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Life and Death in Haïti . . . why NOVA’s mission matters
This four-year old little girl was carried on her frail mother’s shoulders some five miles through the countryside from the pounded earth floor of their thatched mountainside hut to NOVA’s 11th medical mission this past April 2011. Word spreads fast in Haïti and this child had been ill with recurring respiratory distress. Shortness of breath…
Read MoreA nurse reflects on her first medical mission in Haiti
My name is Kristin Preziosi, and in May of 2012 I went on my first Medical Mission with NOVA to Haiti. My mother is a nurse and had gone on the mission in 2011. I had heard her stories and saw that she was obviously moved by the experience. My father is also involved with…
Read MoreVideo of the May 2012 Medical Mission
There will be more information coming about our May 2012 Medical Mission to Haiti. It was a great success and it was NOVA’s 12th Mission in 10 years. Here is a video overview of what our week long mission looked like. Please enjoy this video and thank you for your support!
Read MoreMay 2012 Medical Mission ready to go
Some volunteers are still packing frantically at 10:30 PM on the night before NOVA sends it’s 12th Medical Mission to Haiti. Some of our volunteers, are already packed but have to work a night shift the night before our 7:00 AM appointment at Kennedy Airport, making a huge sacrifice for the people of Haiti. Still…
Read MoreFULL-SIZE SCHOOL BUS DONATED TO NOVA
The Order of Malta has donated to NOVA Hope for Haiti a reconditioned full-size school bus that was recently decommissioned from active service. This gift was made possible by G. Robert Reers, a Knight of the Order of Malta and coordinator of the Order of Malta School Bus Program that provides transportation vehicles to non-profit…
Read MoreMay 2012 Medical Mission
NOVA Hope for Haiti is sending our 12th medical mission to Haiti May 5-13, 2012. In partnership with the Church of the Presentation in Upper Saddle River, NJ, we are sending a team of 24 doctors, nurses, translators and support volunteers to open an emergency care clinic for 7 days in Cavaillon, Haiti. The core…
Read MoreMother-Child Program
NOVA Hope for Haiti has been providing medical care in southern Haiti for almost a decade through our volunteer medical missions. It has long been our goal to establish permanent care in the community we serve. As is unfortunately the case in Haiti we have hit many bumps and snags in trying to realize this…
Read MoreTypical days in a NOVA clinic
Images by Tony Savino, 2010
Read MoreClinic set up
Images by Tony Savino, 2010
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