Team 5 preparations underway


Coulette Lioce, Volunteers' Coordinator, and Gia Card, Travel Coordinator, are putting the final preparation in place for Team 5's departure on Sunday night, February 28th. 


The make-up of the Team is still slightly in flux but we'll let you know when it has been finalized. Dave Desmarais, however, will be On-Ground Coordinator and Team 5 Leader. This will be Dave's second trip to the clinic in Carrefour. He was On-Ground Coordinator for the pioneering Team 1.


Dave and I will meet on Wednesday to map out specifics tasks and projecs for him to tackle. We'll also discuss the strategies for reopening the School on 31 March. One of my big goals is to see if Dave and his son Peter, who will also travel with Team 5, can figure out a way to recover and repair our two water purification systems. There's got to be a way. 


Meanwhile, Gus Schelegel, Supplies & Logistics, has asked for help in staging for Team 5 as he will be traveling to Haiti on Friday with me, Joanne Kimball, Sheelagh Murphy-Jones, Erika Dayton, Reine Boyer (from our friends at United Haitian American Society), and Stephanie Millien. This "Coordinators Team 1" will be assessing where we are and how to move forward from here. It's an important trip, important for us to get our eye-balls on the situation and conditions.