Four out of the team of six arrived today in Haiti. Two had a flight cancellation, they will come...

Four out of the team of six arrived today in Haiti. Two had a flight cancellation, they will come tomorrow. This team will be putting on a program for the children in Damien, the village by the pig farm.

Today, we began using the new medical record books sent by Kate and Jon. They will be given to each patient in hopes that they will return with them each time they visit this clinic and other clinics for better continuity of care. Each is sealed in a Ziploc bag for safe keeping.

We just converted one of our exam rooms into a triage room for better privacy. Today was the first day it was used as a triage room. It is now also staffed by a nurse.

A lot of good-byes. Yesterday the doctor left, and today five team members left. All will be missed...

A lot of good-byes. Yesterday the doctor left, and today five team members left. All will be missed here in Haiti!

The ladies finished setting up the irrigation system before they left today. It looks good! The next few days will be the test to see how well it works.

Last work day for team Guatemala

 This has been a week of hard work for this group of high school kids. They have done work they would never had done at home.When we went to leave the village today , many cried because they were going to miss the kids so much. Some cried because for the first time the reality of their lives and the lives of the people of the village confused them. Many will leave here ready to make a difference in the world.

A Great Day!

Team worked hard today! Made bags for all the kids in the program. So many happy people today. The team decided to spend the extra money they raised on an emergency house for a family with no home, two medical tests, and sponsor two kids!!

At the construction site in Haiti, a lot of progress has been made on the house. The floors are...

At the construction site in Haiti, a lot of progress has been made on the house. The floors are finshed being filled in with rocks and dirt. Today we sifted and mixed cement to use to build the blocks up for the walls.

Back at the clinic, we cleaned out the supply room. Rilbert and Mike finished digging and burying the trash.

Guatemala

Starting to add up the impact this team is making is truly amazing. They finished pouring the clinic floor today. They are tired but joyful. I think that they are learning that serving can hurt, especially in the muscles. Another birthday today with a beautiful cake fashioned by Laureen out of ring dings.

Today Carrie arrived safely in Haiti. She will be here for 2 weeks working in the clinic. We are...

Today Carrie arrived safely in Haiti. She will be here for 2 weeks working in the clinic. We are happy to welcome her.

Rilbert, the single father with the very sick baby who has been coming in for the past couple weeks, worked with Mike today. They cleaned out the incinerator and dug a hole to bury some of the trash. Ann cared for his sick baby while he worked. He was very grateful for this small job and worked very hard!

Today the medical group went up to Zunilto to do a clinic. The rest of the group spent the morning...

Today the medical group went up to Zunilto to do a clinic. The rest of the group spent the morning in the trenches. Because of all the hard work today the floor of the new clinic and the foundation of the new house will be ready to pour tomorrow.

It was a wonderful site to see all 100 kids skipping and smiling down the road coming to the VBS again. The team is doing a great job.

I really love the people of this village. It is a blessing that they are so open to sharing their lives and village with us. Pray for Luis an 8 year old who came to the clinic yesterday. He is paralyzed in his legs.

Zunilto

Today the medical group went up to Zunilto to do a clinic. The rest of the group spent the morning in the trenches. Because of all the hard work today the floor of the new clinic and the foundation of the new house will be ready to pour tomorrow.

It was a wonderful site to see all 100 kids skipping and smiling down the road coming to the VBS again. The team is doing a great job.

I really love the people of this village. It is a blessing that they are so open to sharing their lives and village with us. Pray for Luis an 8 year old who came to the clinic yesterday. He is paralyzed in his legs.

Today Kelly and Mike arrived safely in Haiti. Kelly will be working in the clinic. Mike is here for...

Today Kelly and Mike arrived safely in Haiti. Kelly will be working in the clinic. Mike is here for a month-long internship to establish a recycling program here in Blanchard. We are very happy to welcome them!

At the construction site, we are almost done filling in the floors with the rocks and dirt.

One exhausting day

We let the team sleep late but all the guys got up early and started to work on the unpacking of the bags. The team split up into 4 work teams. The clinic construction, the housing construction, the medical team and the children’s program. Everyone did a wonderful job but were tired when they got home. We worked on bags tonight and now everyone is asleep because no one is getting to sleep late tomorrow.

Today Dr. Neeli Nadella arrived safely in Haiti, and she began work in the clinic immediately. At...

Today Dr. Neeli Nadella arrived safely in Haiti, and she began work in the clinic immediately.

At the construction site, we received another large dump truck load of rocks and dirt to shovel. We were initially overwhelmed, but we made a lot of progress.

Team arrives in Guatemala

Twenty-six people arrived in Guatemala today. Tomorrow they will start construction on Keilly house, pour the floor in the clinic, paint and do a children’s program. They are tired and going to bed.

Our fourth team member arrived safely in Haiti today. We went on a walk to see the houses PID built...

Our fourth team member arrived safely in Haiti today. We went on a walk to see the houses PID built in Blanchard, and a tour of Port-au-Prince.

Today three team members arrived in Haiti safely. One of the team members had a flight cancellation,...

Today three team members arrived in Haiti safely. One of the team members had a flight cancellation, so he will be coming tomorrow. We are happy to welcome the three ladies: two will be doing construction, and one is a nurse practitioner.

Today we worked on the irrigation system for the garden. Despite the very limited instructions, it’s coming along nicely.

The clinic in Guatemala is really coming along nicely!! Plans are already being made for adult...

The clinic in Guatemala is really coming along nicely!! Plans are already being made for adult literacy classes to be held there. Can’t wait for it to
Be finished.

Construction in Haiti is moving along! Today we recieved two dump truck loads of rocks and dirt to...

Construction in Haiti is moving along! Today we recieved two dump truck loads of rocks and dirt to fill in the floors. We eagerly await the arrival of new volunteers on Saturday.

Yesterday the team left Haiti. They were a great team, they will be missed! One team member changed...

Yesterday the team left Haiti. They were a great team, they will be missed! One team member changed his flight to stay for another week. Two more children got sponsored.

Off to Guatemala!

Off to Guatemala!

Today was a very busy day with a lot of patients at the clinic in Haiti. The team also helped clean...

Today was a very busy day with a lot of patients at the clinic in Haiti. The team also helped clean out the storage room and the backyard. The sick boy who has been coming in every day with his joined our sponsorship program today, as did a 20-year-old handicapped man. The kids from Damien continue to enjoy the activities and crafts that some of our team members put on for them.

Home sweet home at least until Thursday. Can’t wait to see the new clinic in Guatemala.

Home sweet home at least until Thursday. Can’t wait to see the new clinic in Guatemala.

Today we did a mobile clinic at a church in Duvivier. We had a lot of impaitient patients and few...

Today we did a mobile clinic at a church in Duvivier. We had a lot of impaitient patients and few doctors and translators, but the medical team worked very hard and did a lot of multitasking to make sure everyone was seen. Our clinic staff work very well together and they do such a great job.

Today we met with the man from the mountain. Very nice man!! Found out their wells are salt water....

Today we met with the man from the mountain. Very nice man!! Found out their wells are salt water. Found out Haitian government deliver water daily,
Sadly the NGO clinic and school tent have been empty since they were put up last August. We will try to do a mobile clinic on in the next two weeks. .

Today we met with the man from the mountain. Very nice man!! Found out their wells are salt water....

Today we met with the man from the mountain. Very nice man!! Found out their wells are salt water. Found out Haitian government deliver water daily,
Sadly the NGO clinic and school tent have been empty since they were put up last August. We will try to do a mobile clinic on in the next two weeks. .

Some days are just so perfect. Today was one of those days. We saw 150 very sick people. We still...

Some days are just so perfect. Today was one of those days. We saw 150 very sick people. We still have 3 patients in emergency. Our very sick baby return a little better. A baby who was resuscitated two weeks ago returned in great shape. We had a visit from the Jordanian UN who wants to give us medicine!! Eye people visited and may do eye clinic. People changed their flights because they don’t want to leave. Started our recycling program. Had a program for people from the pig farm. Just wonderful . Looked over new house plans!! Just a wonderful day.

Today a very sick elderly woman and little boy came in to our clinic in Haiti. They are being...

Today a very sick elderly woman and little boy came in to our clinic in Haiti. They are being treated for typhoid and malaria. They are so sick we could not send them home, and they are spending the night sleeping soundly in beds in one of our exam rooms.

Today we began a program here at the clinic for some of the children in Damien. We had younger kids come in the morning, and older kids in the afternoon. Each group spent a fun-filled two hours playing games and doing crafts. They all came from the pig farm dressed in their nicest clothes. It was so nice for them to get out of that environment for a few hours. We will continue this program for the remainder of the time the team is here.

We are just beginning our recycling program here! The kids were very eager to go around collecting bottles and other recylables, and they did a great job. We hope to develop this program over the next few months so that it can provide some jobs and keep Blanchard’s streets cleaner!

Some days are just so perfect. Today was one of those days. We saw 150 very sick people. We still...

Some days are just so perfect. Today was one of those days. We saw 150 very sick people. We still have 3 patients in emergency. Our very sick baby return a little better. A baby who was resuscitated two weeks ago returned in great shape. We had a visit from the Jordanian UN who wants to give us medicine!! Eye people visited and may do eye clinic. People changed their flights because they don’t want to leave. Started our recycling program. Had a program for people from the pig farm. Just wonderful . Looked over new house plans!! Just a wonderful day.

Exciting news today!! We met with a Man who has rights to build at the bottom of the mountain . If...

Exciting news today!! We met with a
Man who has rights to build at the bottom of the mountain . If the association agrees we will have a place for the village people’s houses.Lizzy and Brooke are doing a great job.

Exciting news today!! We met with a Man who has rights to build at the bottom of the mountain . If...

Exciting news today!! We met with a
Man who has rights to build at the bottom of the mountain . If the association agrees we will have a place for the village people’s houses.Lizzy and Brooke are doing a great job.

Well the new team has arrived safely. It looks to be an exciting week!! Our new plans for the...

Well the new team has arrived safely. It looks to be an exciting week!! Our new plans for the village at the pig farm have started. Isabel identified 10 of the neediest families. Today Lizzy, Isabel , Genois and Samuel went to photo. Each family will have a child in the program. They will begin small business classes in a week, within three months they will be ready for the houses.

Today the team of 10 arrived safely in Haiti. They will be doing a variety of different things,...

Today the team of 10 arrived safely in Haiti. They will be doing a variety of different things, including working in the clinic, construction, and running programs for the children in Damien. We are very happy to welcome them!

Today was an exciting day in Damien, the tent village by the pig farm. We selected 10 families there with the greatest need to be a part of PID’s programs. From each family, we put one child into our sponsorship program. We will soon get them involved with our small business program and work on getting them houses!

Well the new team has arrived safely. It looks to be an exciting week!! Our new plans for the...

Well the new team has arrived safely. It looks to be an exciting week!! Our new plans for the village at the pig farm have started. Isabel identified 10 of the neediest families. Today Lizzy, Isabel , Genois and Samuel went to photo. Each family will have a child in the program. They will begin small business classes in a week, within three months they will be ready for the houses.

Today was the California team and Mark’s last day. We went to Damien, the tent village by the...

Today was the California team and Mark’s last day.

We went to Damien, the tent village by the pig farm, to do a mobile clinic this afternoon. We decided to find out which families there are most in need, and get them into our small business program and eventually into our housing program. We are just beginning this process.

Good day. Team leaves tomorrow and new team arrives. So tired .

Good day. Team leaves tomorrow and new team arrives. So tired .

Finally made it to Haiti. Tomorrow we have a lot of work to do.

Finally made it to Haiti. Tomorrow we have a lot of work to do.

Gale and Kaelyn arrived safely in Haiti today.

Gale and Kaelyn arrived safely in Haiti today.

Stuck in Miami overnight:-( The third time I wrote to the driver in Haiti about the delay because of...

Stuck in Miami overnight:-( The third time I wrote to the driver in Haiti about the delay because of plane repairs , I received the reply,”don’t get on that plane.” 15 minutes later they canceled.

Leaving for Haiti in the morning.

Leaving for Haiti in the morning.

Today at the clinic in Haiti, we had a lot of patients. The dental assistant continued seeing dental...

Today at the clinic in Haiti, we had a lot of patients. The dental assistant continued seeing dental patients today in preparation for the dental team.

A woman who was treated yesterday for congestive heart failure returned today feeling worse. A couple of our volunteers and a translator took the patient to Doctors Without Borders by moto. They couldn’t get in originally because the Security Guard, taser in hand, said they did not have the proper ID. They called the director to let them in, and were introduced to the medical director. Once inside, they were impressed by the facilities. The patient was able to get her x-ray and a diagnosis. 

At the construction site, we continue to carry rocks and mix concrete.

Today was the team’s first full work day in Hait in the clinic and on the construction site. In the...

Today was the team’s first full work day in Hait in the clinic and on the construction site. In the clinic, we saw a 32 woman come in to see us with breast pain. We did an ultrasound and found out that she has a large cancerous mass. She left the clinic immediately, before we could even tell her. We hope that she returns so we can help her.

A 12-year-old boy was brought in by a Good Samaritan after we closed. The boy was hit by a moto. He was treated for multiple abrasions, and the Good Samaritan took him home.

On the construction site, we sifted sand and carried rocks! The foundation is progressing.

Well it is 2:30 in the morning and I am still trying to process all that has happened in the past...

Well it is 2:30 in the morning and I am still trying to process all that has happened in the past year since the earthquake. This year promises to be so much work as we catch up to the growth that happened last year. We are happy to welcome Michele as our new administrative assistant.

Today 7 volunteers arrived safely in Haiti! Four people from California, two from Massachusetts, and...

Today 7 volunteers arrived safely in Haiti! Four people from California, two from Massachusetts, and one from Nebraska. We are happy to have them here with us! Most will be working in the clinic and they will begin work tomorrow. A few of us went out to the construction site today to work on carrrying rocks and sifting.
Missy, our dental assistant, saw 64 dental paitients by 12:30. Once the word spread that we have a dental team coming, the people came rushing in.

The Jan team left . Mark has arrive.Missy, A dental assistant will be screening teeth for the dental...

The Jan team left . Mark has arrive.Missy, A dental assistant will be screening teeth for the dental team in March. Tomas was delayed overnight in Miami and should arrive this AM. 2 travelers for Mass left early to beat the storm. We are waiting to hear from the California team.

Today Melissa, a dental hygenist, arrived at the PID clinic in Haiti. She will be doing evaluations...

Today Melissa, a dental hygenist, arrived at the PID clinic in Haiti. She will be doing evaluations over the next few days and making appointments for a dental team coming in March.

The families in the child sponsorship began coming in today to collect this month’s money for school. They are all required to bring a photocopy of the child’s most recent report card as proof the child is attending school.