Plenty volunteer Elaine Langley, RN is in Haiti
Elaine Langely, RN is in Haiti working at a clinic in Cayes Jacmel, a town of 30,000 on Haiti’s south coast. She and another nurse from New Orleans and a Haitian EMT are seeing 80 patients a day. There’s a serious shortage of medicines and medical supplies in the area. They’re seeing a lot of […]
Kate Priest, RN, writes from Haiti
Last Saturday, Feb. 27) Kate and Carolyn flew to Haiti with Daniel Sussot of Airline Ambassadors. Carolyn Bell is representing Plenty. Kate writes: “Friday we will take a convoy of trucks with food water and medical supplies to villages around Jacmel and a clinic at Caye Jacmel, very intense but all coming together with brilliant […]
Haiti Numbers
NUMBERS AT A GLANCE Estimated Deaths 230,0001 People Displaced in Port-au-Prince Metropolitan Area 700,000 Estimated People Departing Port-au-Prince 597,801 Estimated Affected Population 3 million NGOs in Haiti before earthquake 4,000 NGOs in Haiti now 10,000
Barge loaded and headed for Haiti
Over the weekend of 19 to 22 a giant barge docked on the southwest coast of Louisiana was loaded with relief supplies and equipment by a coalition of Haiti earthquake relief organizations that included Plenty International. A total of 75,000 tons making up 150,000 cubic feet of food, medical equipment, medicines, shelters and other essential […]
HAITI AND HEALTH CARE
Poverty, Profit and Disease Haiti and Health Care By HELEN REDMOND Genyen tout yon sosyete ki pou change. (There is a whole society to be changed.) — Haitian Proverb It is no exaggeration to say the forty-five second, 7.0 earthquake that rocked the capital of Haiti on January 12th and reduced hospitals and clinics to […]
TENTS FOR HAITI
There is an urgent need for tents in Jacmel, Haiti where the Bumi Sehat clinic is located. Tents are being collected at the following locations in the US: West Coast: Penny Tyrrell c/o Bumi Sehat Haiti-Tent Drive 93 North Polk Eugene, OR 97402 East Coast: Andre Gillis c/o Bumi Sehat Haiti-Tent Drive 417 North Front […]
HAITI UPDATE
The Bumi Sehat women’s and child health clinic in Jacmel, Haiti is 25 miles from Port au Prince. Plenty has been communicating with the Bumi Sehat staff. The clinic is serving the hundreds of people camped out on the clinic grounds and more people are arriving daily from Port au Prince. Plenty is recruiting volunteers, […]
HAITI
The earthquake that has battered Haiti is the worst natural disaster in this part of the world since the earthquake in Guatemala in 1976. Plenty is recommending that people donate to the smaller, less well-funded organizations that have people on the ground and pledge that 100% of your donation will go directly to their relief […]
Plenty returns to Guatemala
Five Plenty staff and volunteers were in Guatemala from October 30 until November 7 visiting long-time Plenty projects and exploring potential new ones. Guatemala, of course, was the location of Plenty’s first major international engagement when we responded to a catastrophic earthquake that shattered the middle of the country on February 4, 1976, killing at […]
Plenty in Guatemala: Slideshow
Plenty began working in Guatemala after the massive earthquake on February 4, 1976. This slideshow contains photos of some of the work from post-earthquake construction to village water systems to medical care to soy agriculture and food processing. This week (Oct. 29 to Nov. 7) Plenty has five volunteers meeting with project partners in Guatemala […]