New Facebook Community Page for WoundCareHaiti.org
The new Community Page at Facebook for WoundCareHaiti.org will give this mission one more option to connect with people who share interest in Haiti online.
As a topic that appeals to Facebook users outside our field and circle, the community page was recommended as the format to use. As a community page, people who care about Haiti can read our updates and leave their own thoughts as well. They can become part of the mission in an active conversational manner and be creative about ways to accomplish more help for Haitians.
WoundCareHaiti.org was set up a few months before the tragic earthquake that has made the need even greater. When you are at your Account on Facebook, you’re invited to join the group by pressing the ‘like’ button. We’re eager to hear your ideas and interest in Haiti.
Haiti Pre-Earthquake | Was that the Good Old Days?
Along with many other generous people, we had a heart for the folks in Haiti before the tragic earthquake that caused so much damage a few months ago.
For Haiti, it wasn’t some little thing that happened “a few months ago”, their need was great before and it remains great. The people meet each day with the brave dignity of survivors.
Haiti is still very much on my heart and mind every day along as I treat patients at the Indiana clinics of Hoosier Foot and Ankle. I stay in touch with colleagues who are onsite in Haiti working to deliver wound care and meet other needs. While they work, we know the rest of the world has not forgotten, but each and every caring person is performing tasks at their location, perhaps to earn so they can give. Or perhaps to produce something that benefits more people than our friends in Haiti.
We were with Haiti at WoundCareHaiti.org before the earthquake and we will stay with Haiti. You can learn more at the link or ask me about the Haiti mission at your next appointment. Haiti is one of my favorite topics.
More news about the Haitian relief effort
Here are some more articles discussing the on-going relief work in Haiti.
Chinese Medical Teams on Ground
Haitians Face Rough Future as Amputees in Labor Intensive Nation
American Podiatric Medical Association Podiatrists Perform Life-Saving Amputations in Haiti
Wound Care Haiti Receives Pledge From Anodyne Therapy
The nonprofit Wound Care Haiti I have started, received a pledge from Anodyne Therapy on proceeds from future sales on their new product line. Wound Care Haiti is still waiting on 501 c(3) status. I will be in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti for World’s Diabetes Day. We will be lecturing to doctors, nurses and pedicurits for 18 hours of total lectures. We will be doing diabetic foot screenings and surgeries at the University Hospital. We are working in conjunction with FAHDIMAC on establishing a wound care center in Haiti. A study done by FAHDIMAC shows the diabetes rate to be higher in Haiti than the US. The need in Haiti is great, by saving a leg we can save a life. I will post about the conference over the next week, please check back.
By Patrick A. DeHeer, DPM