A Personal Account - Family Health Ministries Medical Mission Trip with Westminister Presbyterian Church of Greensboro, NC, October 2008
Read an account by Meredith Barkley, former journalist and missioner with FHM in Fondwa, Haiti, on what it's like to help out in a medical mission in the mountain community.
What it's REALLY like being in Haiti
Read an essay by Carrie Ackerman, pharmacist and inveterate traveler,who has traveled regularly to Haiti with FHM, most recently in June 2008. She offers 13 travel tips and a witty and personal description of the main locales visited by mission teams..
Chloroquine Diaries v 2.0
Nicole Larrier. M.D., has traveled a number of times to Haiti with her camera in tow. Visit her slideshow and don't miss the captions at the bottom of each photo as they tell her story. (Directions: After linking, choose "View Slideshow" and the scroll down slightly so you can see the captions.)
Nicole Larrier, MD, with UN soldier in PAP and Nicole, again, this time consulting with a patient
January 26 - February 3
Episcopal Churches from Lexington, KY, and Greensboro, NC.
Participants visited and worked in Port-au-Prince at a variety of different
ministries for four days before traveling out to the rural community of Fondwa.
In Fondwa, the team explored the Ste. Antoine School and Fatima House
orphanage. The team also took a day trip to Jacmel prior to returning to
Port-au-Prince.
March 8 - 16
Student Trip for participants in the Duke University course, "Issues of
Healing in the Developing World and Care of the Underserved: Medical &
Theological Perspectives." During the University's spring break, the
student team and their instructors from Duke Medical and Duke Divinity visiteda number of health-related initiatives where Family Health Ministries is
involved.
Duke students completed the annual nutritional assessment at the Fondwa school. Pictured here is a child getting his anti-parasitic meds.
June 15 - 22
Medical Trip to the Blanchard community near Port-au-Prince. The
team provided a four-day clinic in collaboration with the staff of Centre de
Sante Familale. They also traveled to the community of Fondwa to visit
both the Ste. Antoine School and Fatima House Orphanage.
July 19 - 27
Vacation Bible School Trip provided a four-day program to children at
the Christian Community Church of Blanchard, near Port-au-Prince.
Following the team's time in the city, they also traveled to the mountain
community of Fondwa where they led a one-day VBS program.
October 4 - 12
Medical Trip for Westminster Presbyterian Church of Greensboro in the
Fondwa community, a rural mountain community. The team provided a four day
clinic at the Fondwa Medical Clinic in collaboration with the Association of
Peasants of Fondwa. They had many more patients than expected, overflowing the small clinic, and reflecting the extreme need in the Fondwa Community. More babies than ever are malnourished because of the spike in food prices, particularly for rice. Read Meredith Barkley's account of the trip.
October 11 - 19
Trip for Duke Chapel congregation from Durham, NC
Participants painted the walls and ceilings of the Blanchard clinic for three days in Port-au-Prince before traveling out to the rural community of Fondwa.
In Fondwa, the team visited the Ste. Antoine School and Fatima House
orphanage, also taking a day trip to Jacmel prior to returning to the U.S. They had the opportunity to worship twice in the Christian Community Churches, first in Blanchard and then in Cite Soleil.
