A few days ago I went to the Bayeux Clinic. This formerly self-sufficient clinic sustained damage in the January earthquake, as well as other damage from initially poor construction. They have received donations for reconstruction, including from my sending church, Epic Christian. Above you can see that they are already moving ahead. A contractor from a church in the neighboring Dominican Republic has made several trips to the site to advise them and work with the construction workers.
Here is a picture of what will be the new storage facility for the pharmacy, on top of the laboratory. The old storage facility was too damaged to be saved.I hope to go out here every week or two to assist the (very capable!) nurse auxiliaries. My medical knowledge is sure to come back rapidly with the wide variety of cases they have there. On our way back to Cap Haitien we took a woman with severe pre-eclampsia to the "big city" hospital.
Above is the Cap Haitien office of Medical Ambassadors Haiti in action: Evelyn, Anias, Enoch, and Lucson. I'm here when I'm not traveling -- it's on the same site as my lodgings, which is awfully handy!Next week I'll be at a Training of Trainers 1 we're facilitating for an organization on the island of La Gonave. If you look at this map you'll see both Cap Haitien and La Gonave -- it's the big island in between the two "arms" of Haiti. If you zoom in you can even see Bayeux, on the north coast (written "Bayeau, " it's on the coast west of Cap Haitien). This should be a great opportunity for more language learning!
