VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 65 shelters and 8  shelters for people with special needs. Over 4,000 people in shelters now and thousands more expected from nursing homes.   Shelters require 2 health care professionals per shelter. Shelters for people with special needs require 10 health care professionals per shelter. 12 hour [...]

Tete fel mal. Vant fel mal. Fievre pour trois jours. These were the main complaints of the 172 people who came through the clinic we had set up at a local school. Headaches, fevers and rhinorrhea. This is the 4th day after the flood and it’s effects are telling. Rhinitis, bronchitis and dehydration.  The teachers [...]

Rushing into the mission early this morning was a group of men carrying a seven month pregnant woman.  She was lethargic, weak and her feet were swollen with pitting edema with a sytolic blood pressure 170. The reports from her family were that she had a seizure at 3am and became unconscious afterward, something that never occured before.  While we were examining her she had [...]

We served meals again today, but instead of remaining at the mission we took the meals to the people in the nearby tent cities.  We remained on the truck to distritute the food to help maintain the order.  While there one team member asked me to see a lady who came up to us limping and asking [...]

Our team is comprised of  OnCall and i61.  From the beginning of team training and preparation we wondered what God`s purpose was for this mixed team.  A heavy persistant downpour of rain last night answered our prayer.  The heavy rains caused ravines nearby to overflow.  The result was further devastation in an already depressed area.  The nearby [...]