How to Support the Training Program

Lauren will focus this 4-week trip on teaching rehabilitation skills to Haitians. The Rehab Technician Training Program (RTTP) is sponsored by Health Volunteer Overseas (HVO) and housed at the Hopital Albert Schweitzer in Deschapalles. To support the RTTP visit the Friends of HAS website:







http://www.friendsofHAS.org/







Monday, May 3, 2010

Try this again

Third time must be the charm right? A little less straightforward to blog from a phone but we'll do our best. The team reorganized all our supplies sunday morning and decided into smaller teams. Agnes and Louise went to Jacmel; Katie, Erin and Rebecca went via nondirect route to St Bonaface in Fonds DES Blancs, Victoria and Lauren got on a puddlejumper to Cap Haitian and the rest of the team planned to split between the orphanages, teaching hydrocephalus school to families of potential surgical candidates, working at the Kay kapab clinic and the medishare tent hospital. All best laid plans which may or may not actually go according to plan. We have a great team of flexible, creative and enthusiastic people so I think there's nothing we can't handle.

Victoria and I feel very privalged to be part of the Justinian rehab project aimed at bringing therapy services to the largest public hospital in Cap. They've set up a nice space and hired 3 enthusiatic nurses who want to learn but have a lot to learn as well. Taught a lot of basics today- taking a history, basic muscle and rom assessment and then saw some patients with them to start the teaching. Tomorrow we will go to the orthopedic ward at the hospital. Met up with the Canadian team to compare notes tonight.

Continue to keep us all in your thoughts and prayers. Lauren