Haiti

After a whirlwind 12 days in Port-au-Prince, Cherlie and I arrived back in Florida on Friday morning, having “hitch-hiked” on another helicopter from Port-au-Prince to Santo Domingo and then getting a plane flight to Miami.  We felt a mixture of sadness and relief as we left the country we now call home – a country…

Friends for Health in Haiti and Dr. Wolf are featured in an article in The Times of Trenton.  Read it here.

Our tent clinic is presently set up in the yard next to Cherlie’s house in Port-au-Prince and 12-15 Relief International team members are using the house as a base camp.   It’s been a challenge for us, to say the least, since it’s not a house we’ve ever lived in fulltime, and isn’t set up…

The white tents were set up quickly and supplies placed in each one.  Chairs and tables were strategically arranged for patient consultations. Local students were hired as translators and security guards were placed at the front gate.  By 11 a.m. Wednesday morning our clinic was up and running. Not one of us knew what to…

If ever I was  proud to be an American,  it was on Monday.  Cherlie and I joined the team of Relief International in the airport at Fort Lauderdale.  We flew a commercial flight to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic at 6am, then took a taxi to a nearby military base.  There we met up…

The past few days have been quite a whirlwind of activity for Cherlie Severe and myself, as we’ve tried to assess the situation in Haiti from our vantage point in south Florida.  We had planned to fly back to Haiti on Tuesday and resume our normal clinic activities.  But our plans, like those of the…

We appreciate your interest in our organization and your desire to help alleviate the tremendous suffering of the Haitian people.  At this time, we are not able to accept any volunteers to help us in Haiti. We do appreciate your financial support, however, because the ongoing expenses related to running our clinic in Gatineau will…