Sending Supplies to RHFH: Let’s Do This!

Diapers, medicine, clothing….Oh, my! It takes A LOT of supplies to keep things running here at RHFH. A mini snap shot: Tummies need formula and bottoms need diapers. Expectant moms need vitamins and sickly patients need medicine. Bleeding wounds need bandages and cholera victims need IV’s. And the list goes

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Students Learning Through Serving

Last week we were blessed to have a day-team come in for four days to offer their time, skills, and hearts to RHFH.  The team is from the University of Maine at Augusta and was lead by Susan Baker, Professor of Science.  The team members are all taking a course

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Pretty as a Picture

“The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.”  – Mulan, Disney princess “The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.”  – Hubert Humphrey, Vice President to Lyndon B. Johnson “Childhood is not preparation for anything.  Childhood just is.  It’s up to us to protect

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Spring Newsletter Time!

It’s newsletter time!  I am running a few days behind schedule with getting this posted, but here it is.  Just pretend for a moment that it’s still March, OK?  🙂 What you’ll find in the newsletter: Several ways that you could help RHFH are explained in the newsletter, from donating

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Moving Day!

The time finally came for us to move from the 3 bedroom home that has housed over 6800 patients since Nov 2010 into the NEW CHOLERA TREATMENT CENTER (CTC).  It was a big day for all of us, but it was especially important and memorable for me.  Dealing with the

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Help us buy a microhematocrit centrifuge!

**THANK YOU!!  This need has been met.** A micro…..what??  You might be wondering what in the world this might be.  Well, I’ll explain.  It is a small, portable machine that can quickly and easily measure the level of a person’s blood to see if they are anemic. Currently, we have

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