Here are the girls from the Ontario team dividing out liquid medication for the clinic.   They did a great job at helping Shana around the house and compound and filling in other behind the scene things too!  This is just a quick shot from the clinic one of the many little malnourished children we […]

     Here is an updated picture of Obenson.   After not coming for a few weeks he was here yesterday.  The lady that takes care of him had still come for his supplements, but wasn’t able to come with him the last time due to high water after Tropical Storm Isaac.  He is gaining weight

On Saturday the team went on a hike up to the waterfall (about 2 hours away). Steve went along as their guide, but pretty much everyone else stayed back to take it easy-  unfortunately that was not destined to be! Grandpa Harold was going up to Terre Rouge when he was flagged down by a

Hello from Haiti this beautiful sunny morning.  The title suggests something less than what the first sentence describes, I know.  Well, the absent clinic workers have been mostly the whites this time.  It started last week when dengue fever hit.  (Actually dengue fever hit a few weeks before, but didn’t get clinic workers down till last

This poor little boy was brought into the clinic today by his mother and grandpa- his head was covered infected sores, full of pus and yuck. Anita and Breanna carefully cleaned and dressed the sores and wrapping his head with bandages and anti-bacterial creme. He’ll be coming back for a checkup again soon. The sad

Anita had a burn patient come in yesterday and today. As she cleaned the wound, the woman convulsed with pain and jumped almost out of her chair! Anita used some lidocaine to ease the pain… “Otherwise,” she said, “She’s be in my lap!” And Breanna dealt with a man who had an accident with his

There was a somewhat nasty post we did a little while ago in which we showed a lady who’s ear had been almost completely cut off. She returned for some other ailment day before yesterday, so we snapped some pictures of her ear- it’s quite amazing, because if you didn’t look for it, you probably

Another update on our little malnourished friend, Obenson.  His original story is here, if you don’t remember him! Doesn’t he look so much healthier? The little guy can walk around now and, according to his caregiver, if he’s given nothing to do, he wanders around making “dezod” (naughty) around their compound! 🙂 🙂 Anita has

Since everyone got back from the States things have been moving along at a good pace in the clinic. In recent days, it’s been reported by our nurses that we’re running low on alcohol patches and gloves… seeing that those needs are present, we thought we’d take some random pictures of us using alternatives… Here’s

Saturday some little girls come to the clinic, asking for some bandages for a few little sores on their shins. Breanna took them into the clinic, dressed their sores and applied some ointment to them, putting a bandaid on top. I had to think about the many serious cases that come into the clinic, how