Our continuing partnership with the United Haitian American Society

Reine Boyer, Medical Volunteer Coordinator for UHAS, has worked with us for several weeks and she is a terrific partner. Below is an excerpt from an email she sent to her members last night. 

"UHAS is thankful to have partnered with Old St. Andrews's Ecole le Bon Samaritain because our medical volunteers have truly had meaningful and unforgettable experiences that have connected them not only to the people of Haiti but also to the gracious staff at Ecole and Old St. Andrew's. It is our sincere hope that on this journey to Haiti with the Coordinator's Team 1, that UHAS will provide meaningful input and tangible solutions to help our friends at Ecole le Bon Samaritain to sustain their good works through the clinic. 

"Also on this journey, we hope to survey and assess the city of Leogane. As you all are aware, UHAS, along with the City of Norwalk's citizens have proposed a resolution to partner and participate in the uplifting and rebuilding of Leogane, (a city approximately 20 miles outside of the capital, Port au Prince). We are pleased with this endeavor and hope to help build sustainable resources and models for years to come in Leogane.  

UHAS Engineer Volunteer, Eric Heininger on behalf of the Infrastructure, Engineering, Housing Subcommittee of our Haiti 2010 and Beyond project, will be traveling to Leogane with some UHAS representatives and local a Haitian Engineer to survey and assess the conditions in Leogane. Eric will also be volunteering at the clinic in Carrefour giving "hands on" and technical know how to our friends at Ecole le Bon Samaritain whose school was also badly devastated by the earthquake.  

UHAS 2nd Team of Medical Volunteers will be heading out on February 28th thanks to the tireless efforts of Volunteer Coordinators Pam Kaprowski, Gia Card and Coulette Lioce. Thank you ladies!  UHAS 2nd Team members include Nurses Geraldine Baptiste-Anderson, Gertrude Baptiste-Plaza, and Nursing students, Stephanie Tillman and Laura Maycock. These women will spend their days and evenings for one week providing medical aide to the patients at the clinic who come every day as early as 5 a.m. to wait in line for the clinic to open up seeking medical attention. It is this selfless dedication and dogged effort of our partners, volunteers and supporters like you that propel us to the next level in our medical relief efforts and long term reconstruction projects for Haiti.