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Haiti Medical Mission of Wisconsin, Inc.



Medical Mission Trips



Our medical mission trips are planned between 3 to 18 months prior to departure. The teams are composed of 8-12 medical professionals and sometimes a couple of lay people, who possess specific skills, expertise and qualifications to meet the goals of the trip. Most medical mission teams depart the US on a Friday and return to the US on the following Saturday or Sunday.  Our teams commonly fly together, from Miami into Port-au-Prince, to ensure safety of our team members and to promote team cohesion.  Teams often spend one night in Port-au-Prince, before traveling by road, for 3-4 hours to Thiotte.  In Thoitte, we are guests of the local parish, which provides our meals and lodging. We work, often along side our Haitian medical partners, and with the support of interpreters, tending to patients from Thiotte and the surrounding community.  We provide medical care about 8 hours a day, for 5-6 days, before leaving Thiotte and traveling back to Port-au-Prince, where we often spend the evening, before returning to the US.

Medical Mission Team Members pay a $550.00 participation fee, which covers only a portion of the total per member trip cost.  Trip participation fees and all donations to HMMW are tax deductible.  Team members also pay their own airfare and required travel insurance.  For information about immunizations, please consult with your health care provider's travel medicine department and http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/haiti.htm.  Team members are also required to register with the United States Department of State - Smart Traveler Enrollment Program, https://step.state.gov/step, or a similar program for those volunteers participating with an HMMW team who reside in a country other than the US.

 

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MEDICAL MISSION TRIP SCHEDULE

January through June 2013

Volunteers Being Recruited Now

For Positions Indicated *


Please contact Carole Wakefield

 

07-16 June 2013: Surgery and Medical Care Trip

* Nurse to Assist Practitioners



2013  MEDICAL MISSION TRIPS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED



11-20 January 2013: Surgery and Medical Care Trip - SUCCESSFUL MISSION TRIP COMPLETED - 450 patients treated; 28 surgeries.


01-09 February 2013: Dental Health Trip - SUCCESSFUL MISSION TRIP COMPLETED  - 60 patients treated; 139 extractions provided.  220 school children provided with dental hygiene instruction and supplies.

 


15-24 February 2013: Surgery and Medical Care Trip -  SUCCESSFUL MISSION TRIP COMPLETED - 525 patients treated; 25 surgeries.


 22 February - 03 March 2013: Surgery and Medical Care Trip - SUCCESSFUL MISSION TRIP COMPLETED - 275 patients treated; 13 surgeries.



12-21 April 2013: Vision Screening, Lens Distribution, Eye Surgery and Medical Care Trip - SUCCESSFUL MISSION TRIP COMPLETED - 503 patients provided with vision screening and glasses if needed; 48 patients received eye surgery; 500 medical patients treated.


 




 Volunteer Teams for Future Trips 

Will be Forming Soon.  Please Submit

Your Application Now for Consideration.

 
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