Earthquake hit Haiti where NOVA is located

On the morning of Saturday, August 14, 2021, a 7.2 earthquake struck Southwest Haiti where NOVA’s medical clinics are located.  Unlike the 2010 earthquake which was centered near Port au Prince and did not significantly affect our community, yesterday’s earthquake was a direct hit Thankfully, our staff and their families are safe, but several of…

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NOVA responds to Hurricane Matthew’s devastation

Cavaillon, Haiti, where our clinic is located suffered a direct hit from Hurricane Matthew and we are still getting information about the damage people have suffered. We have only had sporadic communication with Dr. Nixon, our head doctor and Ketlene, our head nurse, and Fr. Antoine Ingrid.  Thankfully communication is slowly improving and we will…

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Mission 20!

In November 2015 NOVA Hope for Haiti hit a great milestone: we sent to Haiti our 20th Medical Mission to Haiti!  This is a great gift to our friends in Haiti who rely on the medical care NOVA’s medical missions bring.  NOVA’s 20 medical missions have saved lives.  They have brought care, comfort and healing…

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NOVA’s 19th Medical Mission and Inauguration

In April, a team comprised of two adult doctors, three pediatricians, two nurses, one EMT, seven Creole translators, one team leader, one facility manager, one photographer, and two non-medical support volunteers went on NOVA’s 19th Medical Mission. It was a landmark mission.  We stayed at NOVA’s brand new volunteer residence for the first time. For…

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NOVA’s 17th Medical Mission was another great success!

NOVA’s 17th Medical Mission traveled to Haiti from April 26 to May 4th to provide medical care to the people of Cavaillon.  The team consisted of 24 people including 3 pediatricians, 3 doctors for adult patients, nurses, an EMT, translators and general volunteers.  NOVA has a 12 years history and lots of experience sending medical…

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NOVA’s 16th Mission a big success!

In November 2013, NOVA Hope for Haiti sent out 16th Medical Mission team to Haiti to provide medical care in Cavaillon, Haiti.  Since 2005 NOVA has been providing medical care to the population in and around Cavaillon.  Barring natural disasters like hurricanes which have prevented our mission one year, we have been a consistent presence…

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Mother-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…

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