March 11th I will be traveling to Port au Prince Haiti to
volunteer my time as an EMT and phlebotomist at Mercy Village Home and Clinic. The home is an orphanage that provides
a safe and loving environment for Haitian children. The clinic was formed after the earthquake but continues
helping Haitians today through the volunteer efforts of a team of doctors,
nurses and other healthcare workers. The mission statement of the organization
is "To provide quality medical care and preventive health services to the
underserved in Haiti" they achieve this through providing primary care and
social support. The clinic is open around 2 weeks every month and sees approximately 1,000 patients per week. As I'm sure you can imagine they go through supplies very quickly and do not always have the funding they need to purchase everything. This is where you can help!
I have been sent a list of needs that include many over the
counter medicines and first aid supplies.
With these donations I will purchase some of these supplies to take over
to the clinic with me, the remaining I will donate directly to the
organization. Please consider donating with the "donate" button to the right of this post.
I am posting a link to the Mercy Village website, please feel free to read through their information.
http://www.mercy-village.com/
I appreciate any level of help! Thank you for supporting the
Haitian people, Mercy Village and me as I try to do my part in helping those in need!
-Shannon
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