Haitian Doctors On Mission team

We now have a team here in Haiti, still needing a clinic.  Currently this is a mobile clinic, going to the inlands and mountain villages.  Here are the following updates to keep you posted:

A first independent outreach has been done by our Haitian Indigenous team. Hundreds of sick and wounded people has been touched in body, soul and spirit! Pray for them and support them through our websites as plenty of work is waiting with 300.000 plus wounded and sick people only in the PaP region…

Sharing God’s Word

March 18th. This week, a lot of medicines arrived in Port au Prince for Doctors on Mission Haiti through Mission of Hope. We are thankful that our medical outreaches can continue this way. R&S

R Andes medical team came back from the Poroma region (Inca tribes) in Chuquisaca & is preparing an expedition 2 Sorochi, Tomoya & Ravelo, a vry poor rural area. In the meantime, R Southern Bolivian team came back from the Salinas region & is preparing an outreach 2 the Chaco region (Guaranies). Also R Haitian team went on a medical expedition on horse. We try 2 keep track of all of them & ask yr fervent prayers.

April 6th.

EMM Chuquisaca (is Bolivian Andes team) Médicos: Betzabé M. de Etcheverry, Patricia Monzón y Huáscar Veizaga. Odontólogo: Javier Revollo. Responsable de Farmacia y Enfermería: Javier Téllez y David Etcheverry. Pastores: Hortensia Vaca. Conductor de la ambulancia: Javier Téllez.MEDIO DE TRANSPORTE: Ambulancia antigua de F.T.C-M.C.MCOMUNIDADES A VISITAR: Chilchista, Chijmuri y Poroma. Outreach was successful!

April 10th.

PRAY FOR OUR SOUTHERN TEAM THAT’S ABOUT TO LEAVE…. A partir de mañana se realiza un viaje móvil y de apoyo al municipio el puente comunidades: CORRAL GRANDE,HORNOS Y CONDOR HUASI.Gracias a Dios tenemos el compromiso de apoyo del municipio con la gasolina asi los gastos son menores para el equipo.muchos saludos. DR. Ino.

April 14th.

R BOLIVIA medical team came back from the Poroma region (Inca tribes) in Chuquisaca & is preparing an expedition 2 Sorochi, Tomoya & Ravelo, a vry poor rural area. In the meantime, R Southern Bolivian team came back from the Salinas region & is preparing an outreach 2 the Chaco region (Guaranies). Also R Haitian team went on a medical expedition on horse. We try 2 keep track of all of them & ask yr fervent prayers.

We have great news but not the means to do all what need to be done in HAITI as Doctors on Mission wants to hire 12 Haitian nurses (remember 100′s have been found death in the PAP nursing school), several general local Doctors, Haitian surgeons, orthopedists, a gynecologue and 3 laborants. Who helps with monthly support? www.doctorsonmission.org, www.doctorsonmission.be

April 23th.

Yes! What’s so difficult and taking years in Bolivia just for a renewal of 20 year medical mission work happened overnight in Haiti. We received a note from the “Ministere des Affaires Sociales” stating that the Governmental Department of Social and Work Affairs have certified that Doctors on Mission Haiti (DMH) has been legally registered. Rik & Sabine

April 27th.

BOLIVIAN MEDICAL MISSION WORK:  Did you know that… 1/ Our team travel between 35.000 and 40.000km within Bolivia to reach the Bolivian inlands. 2/ We do all of this on foot, on horse back, by motorbike, in the Jeep, in the hospital van or by boat or canoo. 3/ We drive about 1000 hrs/yr (Bol. always express distances in hours) or at about 20 miles/hr 4/ We heal the wounded & Jesus renews soul and give new spirit.

April 30th.

BOLIVIAN MEDICAL MISSION WORK DO YOU KNOW 5-9 5/ This is an average of about 20 miles/hour on foot or on horse back. 6/ That for this reason we choose to go to those regions where humanitarian or Christian organisations do not go. 7/ That we reach about 50 isolated villages each year. 8/ That we are able to give 15.000 patients a year medical care. 9/ That Gods word has been preached this way to thousands of people.

BOLIVIAN MEDICAL MISSION WORK “DO YOU KNOW” 10-11 10/ That we have many ‘casos especiales’ every year. These ‘special cases’ are special because they need surgery or complicated (and expensive) treatments (f.ex. chemotherapy). 11/ That an ‘acute abdomen’ (cause of painful death without immediate intervention) is a lot more common in Bolivia. Many people have parasites in their abdomen for years or the Chagas disease.

May 3th.

Back to Haiti… Will continue with the “Do you knows” – Bolivia later.. Situation is still bad in the PaP-Carrefour-Leogane region here in Haiti. Less then 1% buildings have been cleaned up, no new structures. 80-90% of people live still in tents (despite a terrible T-storm yesterday). There are a lot more mobile restrooms.. Hungry faces still everywhere… Wondering what government plans are & where all aid is?

Yesterday – yes 2nd. of May, the earth started again to move…

I am proud of the team we set up. We are doing what we can with the means we have… We have confirmation from the mayor to recieve peace of land but not enough at all to start seting up a logistic and clinic center. For now all money we have go to support minimally our doctors & nurses and buy the needed medicines. Who backs us up? Dr. Rik www.DoctorsOnMission.org www.DoctorsOnMission.be

May 4th.

Dear friends, we need urgently a Landcruiser-ambulance to continue our outreaches to isolated affected regions here in Haiti. Who helps us? We will buy second hand and paint the car. If you want to be part of the blessing, please don’t hesitate to support. For Belgium and Holland –> www.doctorsonmission.be // for US —> www.doctorsonmission.org

May 12th.

We came back last Friday to P.au.P from a mayor outreach in the mountains… where we worked with an amazing team of Doctors on Mission Haiti. All doctors and nurses are Haitians. We got no electricity, no running water, no own vehicle which means 100F. and drinking hot water against thirst. All patients needed to be seen outside. Dr. Rik www.DoctorsOnMission.org www.DoctorsOnMission.be

Life is just horrible here as we see no advances whatsoever with still more then 1 million people living in what’s worse then a primitive restroom. Where are these millions given by the people??? Nevertheless, again people received healing in body, soul and spirit. Rik

People didn’t believe me but yes it’s true, we got two mayor after schocks a week ago in Carrefour (40 min. West of P.au.P. The second one was scary… After having been with Sabine in the 6.3 (January), and feeling still all the after schocks, it’s feels like you are never safe in Haiti.  Reason why people prefer to sleep still (after 4 months) outside.

May 15th.

Dear friends, we still need urgently some contributions to have a second hand ambulance for poorest regions in Haiti. Who helps us out? Donations can be given through www.DoctorsOnmission.Org (US) or through www.DoctorsOnMission.be (Belgium) with mentioning Haiti – ambulance!!!

May 17th.

We have been asking in Haiti where the millions are? Do you know? Certainly, not here…but we press on doing the good work. Medicines need to be bought again. We need a second hand ambulance-jeep to keep going. We count on you! Dr. Rik

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