Hands of Light in Action

Great site for purchasing gifts and supporting less fortunate across the world! Thanks, Betsy, for finding this site!
The Hunger Site – www.thehungersite.com
The Hunger Site funds food for some of the world’s neediest people. Click today and every day to help eradicate hunger by giving food and hope to people in need!

Josh and Betsy are leaving for Camp Hope to follow up and update patients and Juniors treatment plans on Dec 8th. Have a safe, productive and fun trip!

UPDATE: Due to election riots in PAP with burning tires and wall blockades on roads, AA cancelled all flights for 2 days, cancelling Josh & Betsy’s trip. Expecting huge “riot” in Camp Hope due to Josh and Betsy not showing up today! Kirstin will be performing the follow up needed on the patients. Thank you, Kirstin!!!

CAUTION–Graphic and Horrifyingly True Pictures and Article about the current situation in PAP… Brought me to tears, feeling helpless and so much frustration. So difficult to understand how this can happen to the people we so dearly love. I so wish that Haiti would get a strong, honest, dedicated leader, the US and others would release the funds to Haiti, clean water and infrastructure would be achieved, medical services would become available…
Cholera Reaches Port-au-Prince as Victims Are Left In Mass Graves – tidocchandler’s posterous

Heard from Kirstin today. Several patients that Junior has been treating are going to be discharged to goals! Some are scheduled for surgery in the near future. Notes coming back from the doctors are showing that Junior is making great progress with the others!!! GREAT JOB, JUNIOR! No cholera at Camp Hope at present!
Election frustration updates:

Medical Missions of Miami are looking for PTs and OTs especially from December to February. They also provide transportation from airport, lodging and meals. No air fare.

Visitation Hospital Foundation are asking for Medical Professionals especially large groups and nurses! Their contact info is visitationhf@aol.com. They provide food, lodging and ground transportation but no air fare…. and they are happy to take anyone for a week or two for the months of December and January.

As reported from a volunteer in the St Marcs region:
Notes From The EpiCenter: We Are Out Of… Everything – Haiti: Operational Biosurveillance – biosurveillance.typepad.com

OK everyone–let us come together and do something to help our Camp Hope and Love A Child! I am including a list of items needed that can be sent to LACs Florida office. Also we need to gather soap, charcoal for cooking and I am taking donations to raise money to purchase and install a water purifier system plus any extra will go to the purchase of bleach. Our camp can not follow the rules set up to prevent Cholera if they can not thoroughly cook their food, if they have no soap to clean themselves nor if they have no bleach to disinfect the latrines/showers/tents. I know many of you HOLIA volunteers and your potential for raising money and supplies is great. Thanksgiving is coming and many of you will see friends and family. Let us do something we can be thankful for by helping our Camp Hope! Please let us come together and DO something to help! Think about it!

Bill Farrar reports:
“We had a fantastic day getting the concrete stands ready and completing the assembly of the four purifier systems going to four tent cites near Leogane. With just a few more parts, we will be able to remove the purifier and take it from tank to tank to tank. By next week, we will have six tanks providing water in six tent cites using two purifier systems. My new quick disconnect design is working beautifully!”
Haiti – Water Project – November 2010 By:CoAid – 15 photos

Awesome day! Installed purifier #2 in Druen, Haiti which is located on the river where the cholera outbreak started. Stayed with Pastor Luc and his family last night. Pastor Luc lost his father and mother-in-law last week due to the cholera outbreak! The water is very muddy but that is all that these peasants have to drink!! The FoH system provides filtration and chlorination which kills all the deadly bacteria!

Detroit Catholic Central boys TOTALLY ROCK!!! Several brought in more than the couple of dollars required for “Jeans” day and they raised approx. $1500!!!!! That is absolutely incredible! What a great start for the scholarship fund!!! THANK YOU, DETROIT CATHOLIC CENTRAL, SO VERY MUCH!!!!
Ms Diana Lamsis–without your gift of the video featuring Jon and so many of our volunteers–this would not have happened! I am so grateful!
HANDS OF LIGHT IN ACTION

“Christmas on the Bayou” Project: Now collecting toy donations for the children of our Native American friends along the LA bayou who have been severely affected by Katrina and now the oil spill. If interested in donating, please send wrapped gift with card indicating boy/girl and age range of gift to Elaine Langley, 336 Bermuda

Cholera outbreak has decreased greatly to date—Report from an NGO actively involved in treatment–”-Our team handed over medical responsibilities to more newly arrived groups. The epidemic has died down significantly. Some are concerned about resurgency after hurricane this weekend, but we will take it one step at a time.”
US Centers for Disease Control traces Haiti cholera – Times LIVE – www.timeslive.co.za