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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Late night update from Haiti

Hey families,
Here's the plan for tomorrow.

All team assignments for tomorrow are complete. Most of the team will be going to the Pétionville Community Hospital and a children's hospital. I think the name of it is Little Girls and Little Boys Hospital if you want to google it.
We are settled into the Global Outreach Hospital which is about 7 miles from Port-au-Prince. We can see the water and some ships near Port-au Prince from our compound. We were lucky enough to have access to a house instead of the volunteer quarters. We have wireless access (thanks to the team members that brought their computers), hot water, and a pool....yes, a gorgeous pool. I didn't have time to use the pool, however, it was nice seeing the sparkling water.
We sorted out our collection of medical supplies and packed some of them for tomorrow's assignments. We anticipate a full days work tomorrow, but not a overnight shift yet because we plan on meeting tomorrow night to assess the needs of the two hospitals. Our primary objective is to maintain continuity with the Pétionville Community Hospital and assist in other locations, depending on the needs of the day.
I think everyone else is already alseep, so I better join them as we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow.

Darrin Adams
NCBM Team 3

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