Still Helping Haiti Six Months Later
Today marks six months since the tragic earthquake that struck Haiti, claiming over 230,000 lives, injuring more than 300,000 and leaving 1.5 million people homeless.
Today marks six months since the tragic earthquake that struck Haiti, claiming over 230,000 lives, injuring more than 300,000 and leaving 1.5 million people homeless.
Today, Friday June 18, 2010, a 40-foot container of medical humanitarian aid for HAITI was loaded and shipped out of MedShare’s Western Regional Distribution Center. The container is carrying over 12,000 lbs of medical supply and equipment donations that will be used at ST.
This little boy in Haiti plays with surgical glove outside hospital grounds.
As part of the rebuilding of Haiti, the goal is sustainable health care improvements, so future patients aren’t doomed. International NGOs have raised over a billion dollars, but are the funds going to build a sustainable Haiti? Read More on Huffington Post
Haiti may not be dealing with quite the emergency trauma that they once were, but the people, specifically in the healthcare system, are still suffering as a result of the January 12th earthquake that basically destroyed their country. So far, MedShare has sent almost 100 tons of medical supplies...
Armed with 400 lbs of medical supplies from MedShare, an Atlanta medical team spent a week in Haiti performing close to 40 surgeries on earthquake victims. The team was led by plastic surgeon, Dr. Alan Larsen, and with him were an orthopedic surgeon and three nurses. At this stage in the relief...
MedShare was helping Haiti before the earthquake, and we will continue to help Haiti in the years following this devastating earthquake. Some of the news cameras may be packing up and moving on, but the people of Haiti still need us. MedShare is committed to continue sending “Help for Haiti”.
When the news broke that a 7.0 earthquake had rocked Haiti, there was no question that MedShare would respond. Traditionally, we are not an emergency response organization, but over the past 10 years, we’ve shipped 37 containers of medical supplies and equipment to Haiti, and had established...
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