Team 5 readies for Carrefour

Tomorrow night Team 5 stages out of St. John's in Stamford. On-Ground Coordinator, Dave Desmarais, will return to Carrefour to work at the clinic for the second time. His major task is to establish a really good water purification set-up. Bill Grace (Team 4) has recovered one of our two water purification systems and is trying to repair the other. Dave picked up a nice unit from Doulton and will install it in the coming week. Why is this important? 

Team 5 will bring down over 800 packets of pedialyte created by the Metropolitan Learning Center 9th grade students using Dawn Novelle-Vie's receipt. The need for hydrating children who come to the clinic is huge. With a reliable water purification system, we can mix pedialyte and put it into used water bottles for parents to take home.

Another big project for the coming week is creating a wireless computer hub. I'm bringing down a router, printer, cables, and more so the clinic location can be completely wired. Luc Louisgene has been such a rock keeping the communications working. These additions will be a good improvement in our ability to keep in touch.

Below are some pictures from St. John's staging. Which reminds me to thank the Rector, Jim Wheeler, Wardens Alison Chaltas and Sheelagh Murphy Jones from St. John's for their incredible commitment and faith. Thank you!


On Sunday, Joanne Kimball, Public Information Coordinator, Erika Dayton, a volunteer from Vermont and mom of 2 Haitian sons, Riene Boyer, United Haitian American Society make-it-happen-woman, and I travel to Port-au-Prince. We arrive at about 11 a.m. Our plane will bring nurse, Claire Harden, journalist, Tracy Simmons, and photojournalist, Rebecca Newman back to Westchester. The transport are gratis from Randy Green of Safe Flight in White Plains.