In this issue: Growth On The Job – A report from our Global Health Fellows A Transformative Experience – A reflection by a recent visitor to St. Joseph
Clinic in Thomassique Seeking A Clinic Manager – Help us find the next administrator Trip Report: Facilities Maintenance Team – A report from those who keep the Clinic running Improving Health Conditions – What Medical Missionaries is doing to address some of the underlying causes of illness
in Haiti You can read these articles by clicking on the titles.
Important Notice:
Please
send us your e-mail address for future issues of the Newsletter. Email your name and email address to us at info@MedMissionaries.org.
Save The Date Our
next major fundraiser, our Gala, will be held on Saturday, April 21, 2012. We hope to greet many of you
in person at that event. |
President’s Message " Funny How Time Slips Away"
is the title of a song written by Willie Nelson and very appropriate for the busy year that Medical Missionaries is just
finishing. Despite the hard economic times, we have managed to accomplish a lot with your support. Listed
below are some of the projects that helped so many POOR throughout the world this year. All of these accomplishments
were possible because of support from our DONORS. We are happy to report to you that we continue to use
99.5 cents of every dollar given for direct services to the forgotten "Poorest of the Poor." Here is a list of what your donations have
supported since the beginning of 2011: - Twenty-five truckloads of household supplies, clothing, and health-related
equipment sent to West Virginia and Appalachia, and an Indian school in South Dakota, as well as tornado relief supplies
to Alabama.
- Support for many disabled people in the greater DC area with medical equipment and supplies.
- Shipment of eight
sea containers, each with approximately 20 tons of health-related equipment, wheel chairs, walkers, dressings, orthopedic
items, etc., to four west African countries, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.
- Distribution of over three million
dollars of donated medicines to medical teams across the USA that work in Haiti and reach one-third of the population there.
- Continued support
of the hospital in Thomassique, Haiti following the Jan. 2010 Earthquake and now the cholera epidemic. Hundreds of lives have
been saved from this serious infection, many malnourished babies restored to life, and clean water systems distributed
to over 6,000 households (more than 40,000 people). More to come next year with your continued support.
- Food programs in
Haiti and the Dominican Republic for school kids and remote mountain villages where malnutrition is very common.
All these projects were
possible due to generous donors! Medical Missionaries needs to have sustained support to provide CONTINUITY for all existing
objectives and provide a foundation for new needs as they appear. PLEASE consider once again a DONATION for the future to
help us continue this work. All the workers of our 100% volunteer organization and all of the VERY POOR we serve say THANK
YOU for CARING. God Bless you, and Happy Holidays! Gil Irwin, MD President, Medical Missionaries |
