some tips for short-term medical missions
From Nicholas Cunningham MD Dr P.H. ~~~ Short term medical missions can contribute towards sustainable primary health care. How? 1. Focus on those most at risk: women and children under five. 2. Insist that your funders allow you to put 15 (or more) % of your efforts and $ into
The planting has started! Happy May 1st!
The rainy season had started here in our area and the so the mountains are open for planting! We have been growing vetiver in the clinic yard for a year now. About every 3 months we can plant what has grown and replant new starts. Vetiver grass is amazing. The
Gathering Seeds
On Saturday, the community group went searching for seeds and we found lots! These will be planted in sacks in our nursery and the seedlings replanted on the barren mountain sides surrounding Cazale. During the drought/dry season, the tree sheds all it’s leaves. When the rains come again, the leaves
Thanks for the Donations!
It was perfect timing that everything came to me by the day before I left for Haiti. Many people sent and donated things for Claudette. She got a doll from Doctor Summer Black and her family, who is burnt just like her, and mini strips of gauze and tape. Yesterday