Haiti - SP's Cholera Hospital
Posted on February 3, 2011 with 1 comment
Feb 2,2011
I don't have Cholera.... but i did visit a Cholera hospital yesterday.
We first left yesterday morning and went to SP's (Samaritan's Purse) GO Base. They have leased the property from Global Outreach, thus the name "GO". This is where all of their supplies come in and where the staff live. Most of the staff live in tents. The same tents they have built for so many other Haitians.
They have set up several tent villages and we visited one yesterday. Essentially 12'X12' boxes built out of 2X4's with a tin roof and blue plastic tarp covering the outside. They won't allow a tent village to grow more than a couple hundred people. They make sure the next village is placed at a distance away so that they are not just creating slums. At the one we visited, the village has elected officials, created laws, rules and even raised enough money to build a school. All the kids were in school when we were there dressed in school uniforms. Imagine a barn divided into 6 rooms with gravel floors, a chalk board, plywood walls and makeshift desks.
We left there and went closer into Port Au Prince to visit the Cholera Hospital, They made us wash our hands about 6 times in our short visit. they've treated literally thousands of people. Too many stories to tell but there are tons of people who owe these nurses and doctors their lives. They built the hospital in 10 days. Pretty much working 24 hours days to be able to save all these people. It's not the hospital any of us were born in but it saves lives. It's all make shift and functional. They've trained hundreds of Haitians on how to treat one another and prevent the disease. If you want to know more check this most recent blog out from SP. http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/articles/cholera_epidemic_rapidly_grows/
I apologize for not blogging yesterday but we got back late and I was just to tired. This morning I led worship for our devotions and I thought it went great. They then announced that it wasn't safe for us to go out today so we just hung out around here for a few hours. I just came from a team meeting however that announced we are free to go out this afternoon and deliver the shoe boxes. So we're eating lunch at 1 and leaving at 1:30. Pray everything goes well and we see more movements of God through the day. I'll send more info tonight. Keep praying.
God Bless,
Kyle
I don't have Cholera.... but i did visit a Cholera hospital yesterday.
We first left yesterday morning and went to SP's (Samaritan's Purse) GO Base. They have leased the property from Global Outreach, thus the name "GO". This is where all of their supplies come in and where the staff live. Most of the staff live in tents. The same tents they have built for so many other Haitians.
They have set up several tent villages and we visited one yesterday. Essentially 12'X12' boxes built out of 2X4's with a tin roof and blue plastic tarp covering the outside. They won't allow a tent village to grow more than a couple hundred people. They make sure the next village is placed at a distance away so that they are not just creating slums. At the one we visited, the village has elected officials, created laws, rules and even raised enough money to build a school. All the kids were in school when we were there dressed in school uniforms. Imagine a barn divided into 6 rooms with gravel floors, a chalk board, plywood walls and makeshift desks.
We left there and went closer into Port Au Prince to visit the Cholera Hospital, They made us wash our hands about 6 times in our short visit. they've treated literally thousands of people. Too many stories to tell but there are tons of people who owe these nurses and doctors their lives. They built the hospital in 10 days. Pretty much working 24 hours days to be able to save all these people. It's not the hospital any of us were born in but it saves lives. It's all make shift and functional. They've trained hundreds of Haitians on how to treat one another and prevent the disease. If you want to know more check this most recent blog out from SP. http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/articles/cholera_epidemic_rapidly_grows/
I apologize for not blogging yesterday but we got back late and I was just to tired. This morning I led worship for our devotions and I thought it went great. They then announced that it wasn't safe for us to go out today so we just hung out around here for a few hours. I just came from a team meeting however that announced we are free to go out this afternoon and deliver the shoe boxes. So we're eating lunch at 1 and leaving at 1:30. Pray everything goes well and we see more movements of God through the day. I'll send more info tonight. Keep praying.
God Bless,
Kyle