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Returning to Life

Haiti Foundation of Hope board member Linda Markee, who is in Port-au-Prince with her husband, Dr. Joe Markee, sent this update on the earthquake recovery:

Port-au-Prince is returning to life. The banks are open, there are lots of fresh fruits and vegetables in the local outdoor markets, fuel is once again available, although the price is high. Along with the availability of fuel there are many traffic jams. People are beginning to clean up rubble.

I did go to the University of Miami Hospital, which has been set up by the airport. It is an amazing operation. One of the tents probably had over 100 patients on cots. Lots of people recovering from surgery. I did hear, however, that it is now almost too late to set fractures as the wounds are now old, so after a while people will need to have a different type of surgery.

Lots of people are talking about building a “New Haiti.” Once again I see hope in the eyes of Haitians, which to me, personally, is amazing. Joe and I also experienced this sense of hope as we worshipped with the Haitians last Sunday.

Joe and Linda plan early next week to go to Terre Blanche, a village north of Port-au-Prince, where Haiti Foundation of Hope has ongoing programs including a medical clinic. Another foundation board member, Dr. Steve Sethi, is also in Haiti.

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Thank You, Again

Thank you for all your donations, gifts, thoughts and prayers for the people of Haiti. Your help is making a difference in the lives of people struggling in the aftermath of the earthquake. Donations made to Haiti Foundation of Hope are being used to purchase live-saving supplies such as food, clean water and medicine as well as the fuel needed to transport supplies to where they are needed the most. We know there is much work to be done and are grateful for your support as we move forward.

Reminder: 100 percent of donations made to Haiti Foundation of Hope and marked for disaster relief will go to helping the people in Haiti.

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A Million Stories

Every person living in Port-au-Prince has a story to tell about how the earthquake has impacted them.

One of those people is Claudine, a Haitian pharmacist working in the capital city alongside disaster relief volunteers. In a city now covered in dust and debris, Claudine arrives at work looking clean and lovely, with a well-pressed lab coat. But beneath the exterior is a life filled with difficulties. Like so many people, Claudine’s house collapsed in the earthquake and she now sleeps on the streets, where they is a lot of fear of robbery and assault, and where no one gets much rest.

Claudine is just one of millions of people in Haiti whose lives have been changed by this recent disaster. It’s with your support that we are working to help the people in Haiti. Thank you.

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Smiling with Hope

Some of the latest news we’re hearing from Haiti:

• We’ve received a report that the clinics, hospitals and labs in the area of Gonaives, a city north of Port-au-Prince, have been “bursting at the seams.” This is the same area where the Clinic of Hope is located. The Clinic of Hope is supported by Haiti Foundation of Hope and is staffed by Haitian medical personnel. It is also able to house visiting medical teams.
• Pastor Delamy, an in-country partner with Haiti Foundation of Hope, has been working in Port-au-Prince, buying and distributing supplies such as beans and rice. He plans to purchase more supplies in Gonaives and bring them back to the people in Port-au-Prince.
• Linda Markee, a board member for the foundation, who is volunteering in the capital city, sent this photo of a patient along with these words: “How great to see people leave the hospital after surgery, smiling with hope.”

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Thank You

Thank you to everyone who has shown support for the people of Haiti this past week. The generosity being offered around the globe and in our own communities is overwhelming. People are giving money, gifts, time, thoughts and prayers, all of which are translated into love and concern for the victims of the earthquake.

One of our in-country partners, Pastor Delamy, has been working in Port-au-Prince, buying things to help people. He has been purchasing supplies such as rice and beans, and even candy for kids. These purchases of life-saving food are only possible because of contributions from people like you.T

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Waking to an Aftershock

Aftershocks continue to rock Haiti. An aftershock with about 6.0 magnitude woke people in the city of Port-au-Prince this morning and created more fear among the injured and homeless.

Linda Markee, a board member for Haiti Foundation of Hope and a volunteer working in Port-au-Prince, writes: “We woke up to cries of ‘earthquake’… The women in my room saw the ceiling shaking as well as the top of the bunks… We all ran outside.”

Linda and the other volunteers went to the hospital where they have been working and were surprised to find all the patients, including those with amputations, outside. Everyone was afraid to be indoors. After some thought, the volunteers called everyone together to watch as they placed hands on the building and prayed for it. The medical volunteers are now back at work inside the hospital, continuing to care for the many patients they are treating.

Linda concludes: “Please pray for all of us.”

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First Patient

Dr. Joe’s first patient was a pregnant woman with a broken leg, which had already been treated. The woman was nine months pregnant with her second child. She was beautiful and had a bright smile. Dr. Joe determined she and baby were fine, and the baby is expected to be born in about two weeks.

Dr. Joe’s wife Linda went into the hall and found the baby’s father standing there. Linda asked the man if he wanted to see the baby on the ultrasound. Linda soon realized that all the man wanted to do was show her a photo of his other child, a boy who looked to be about 3 or 4 years old. The man then told her that his son had died in the earthquake.

Linda writes: “There are so many who have lost loved ones. In fact I imagine this has touched every family in Haiti… Once again I’ve heard Haitians just thank us for coming. Today someone shared that before there was no hope, but now there is hope!”

Joe and Linda Markee are board member for Haiti Foundation of Hope. They are currently volunteering in Haiti with our partner agency, Medical Teams International.

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Smell of Death

Haiti Foundation of Hope board members, Dr. Joe and Linda Markee, are in Port-au-Prince working at a hospital not far from the airport. They are working with our partner agency, Medical Teams International. They have no running water or electricity and fuel is in short supply. Linda writes that “homes look like pancakes, electric wiring hanging in streets, rocks, nose coverings… When we opened our car windows the smell of death was evident… No one in Port-au-Prince is sleeping inside due to fear.”

As part of an assessment team, Linda traveled on Sunday to Leogane, a city outside Port-au-Prince. Leogane was at one time home to Joe and Linda. She writes, “Leogane looks like maybe she has 10 percent standing, while everything else is collapsed.”

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News from Terre Blanche

Haiti Foundation of Hope has gotten word that all the buildings in Terre Blanche, where many of our ongoing programs are centered, are intact and people there are ok. Among the programs supported by Haiti Foundation of Hope are a school for more than 800 children, a medical clinic, a water filter construction site and a women’s trade school.

Thank you again for all the support you have shown for Haiti in the recent days. None of the work we do in Haiti would be possible without you.

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At Work in Port-au-Prince

The disaster relief team sent by Medical Teams International and which includes two board members from Haiti Foundation of Hope has made its way to Port-au-Prince to help in the aftermath of Tuesday’s earthquake. The team flew into Cap-Haitien at the north end of Haiti and took part of two days to drive to the capital, where they began work at Kings Hospital, located about 20 minutes from the airport.