NEWS BRIEFS
External Media Stories about FHM
Last updated at 5:15 pm, Monday, February 7, 2010

NEW MEDICAL RELIEF TEAMS FORMING
FHM expects to take 4 medical relief teams to Haiti in March. If you are interested in participating, please complete the special application form. Call Justin Davis at 919-382-5500 with questions.

NEW SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR MEDICAL RELIEF TEAMS
Many of you have asked, "What can we contribute?" and we have asked you to wait for Executive Director Kathy Walmer's report on supplies needed in Haiti.

Our list (at left) includes a number of over-the-counter medicines, as well as powdered baby formula and vitamins. Please bring or ship your donations to FHM's US office at 2344 Operations Drive, Suite 201, Durham, NC 27705. THANK YOU.

FHM MISSION TEAM BACK HOME (7 February 2010)
Eleven of FHM's 16-strong mission team arrived in good spirits at RDU this afternoon. Three team members still had to go onward to Lexington, KY. The four from Greensboro had a short drive before getting home.

Washington, DC, participant Hardy Vieux was stuck in Miami, waiting for the airport snow to be cleared. Two others headed to Boston, with the 15th member on her way to Madison, WI.

FHM's Executive Director, Kathy Walmer, remained in Haiti to meet with FHM partners in Fondwa and Leogane, to assess damage and begin to formulate next steps in the recovery.

FHM MISSION TEAM ARRIVED SAFELY IN SANTO DOMINGO (6 February 2010)
Emails from FHM's medical mission team indicate that the team has arrived safely in Santo Domingo. After sleeping on beds for the first time in a week, the team will leave for the US early Sunday morning.

BRIEF UPDATE FROM FHM EXEC DIRECTOR KATHY WALMER LATE THURSDAY
Read about the medical team's progress, Kathy's first attempt (successful!) at driving in Haiti, and Kathy's plans after the team goes back to the US.

HAITI REFLECTIONS - a video posted on FaceBook reflecting on past an FHM mission trip in February 2009 and the post-quake situation in Haiti with lots of shots of places that no longer exist (14 minutes)

BLOG UPDATE FROM THE MEDICAL TEAM AT FHM'S BLANCHARD CLINIC IN PAP, HAITI (4 February 2010)
Read about the team's tour of Haiti's capital city. Early yesterday, the team treated a 110 year old woman (center) who was accompanied by her daughter (left).

WEDNESDAY NIGHT EMAIL FROM FHM EXEC DIRECTOR KATHY WALMER ON MEDICAL TEAM ACTIVITIES (4 February 2010)
Read about the day's activities and the new perspectives gained by visiting Haiti during this time of dire need but ongoing positive spirit.

BLOGPOST FROM BLANCHARD MEDICAL TEAM MEMBER IN HAITI (3 February 2010)
Read stories of the experiences of FHM's emergency medical team at the Blanchard Clinic.

STAFF & BOARD ADDITIONS (3 February 2010)
Family Health Ministries is pleased to announce several additions and changes to the team.

• Hannah Meador has joined the FHM staff as Earthquake Relief and Volunteer Coordinator. She will serve until the end of May when the Duke Engage program recommences in Haiti.
• Susan Rogers, coordinator in the practice course at the Duke University Medical School has joined the FHM Board.
• McKennon Shea, Admissions Director of the Duke Divinity School has also joined the FHM Board.
• Alan Britt, owner of Sustainable Design-Build, Inc, has also joined the FHM Board.
• Justin Davis, FHM's Database Administrator, will become a full-time staff member on 8 February.

  
NEW CELLPHONE PICTURES FROM THE BLANCHARD CLINIC (3 February 2010)
See larger versions of these photos with their stories.

PICTURES FROM FHM'S MEDICAL MISSION TRIP AT THE BLANCHARD CLINIC (2 February 2010)

DAY TW0 - EMAIL FROM EXEC DIR KATHY WALMER (2 February 2010)
Read an email with a few more details from the Monday medical services offered at FHM's Blanchard Clinic in Port-au-Prince.


PICTURES OF PLANES LANDING ON BYPASS IN LEOGANE, NEXT TO FHM'S HOSPITAL PROPERTY ( 1 February 2010)

DAY TWO - MEDICAL RELIEF AT THE BLANCHARD CLINIC
(From a phone conversation with Kathy Walmer on Monday, 1 February, at 4:00 pm)
FHM's medical team is seeing record numbers of patients at the Blanchard Clinic as they continue to offer emergency medical care.

EMAIL FROM KATHY WALMER AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE
Read an email from FHM Executive Director Kathy Walmer about the US team's first day providing emergency medical care at the Blanchard Clinic (above).

TEAM LEAVES FOR BLANCHARD CLINIC (29 January 2010)
Team members are flying today from RDU (above), Boston, Washington, DC, and Madison, WI, to Santo Domingo.

From there they will travel across the Haitian border and on to FHM's Blanchard Clinic to begin an emergency medical mission. Read details here daily on their progress.

UPDATE FROM KATHY WALMER IN LEOGANE, HAITI; DUKE REMEDY SUPPLIES ARRIVE
Read an email from FHM Executive Director Kathy Walmer, written on Friday afternoon, 29 January, 2010

PICTURES OF DESTRUCTION IN FONDWA (29 January 2010)
See pictures of the guest house, the school and the orphanage after the earthquake

FHM EXEC DIRECTOR ARRIVES IN LEOGANE (29 January 2010)
Kathy Walmer, Family Health Ministries' executive director arrived safely in Leogane yesterday with Dr. Delson Merisier. Details.

NEWS FROM HOSPICE ST. JOSEPH, PAP (27 January 2010)
New pictures showing earthquake damage at the guest house where many FHM mission trips have stayed.

VOLUNTEERS PACK; TEAM READY FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRIP (27 January 2010)
Thanks to a large cadre of volunteers and many donations, FHM bags are packed for the January 28 emergency medical mission trip to the Blanchard Clinic. Read details.

ASSESSING THE NEEDS/PLANNING THE FUTURE FOR FHM IN HAITI
(27 January 2010)
While in Haiti for the next two weeks, Kathy Walmer, executive director of Family Health Ministries, will visit the leadership of the three communities (Blanchard in Port-au-Prince, Leogane, and Fondwa) FHM supports.

Kathy will deliver emergency relief funds and supplies as well as assess community needs and priorities. Together with FHM Haitian partners, Family Health Ministries will begin to develop plans for the future. This week's medical team will help Kathy assess firsthand the current medical needs of the Blanchard Clinic community and plan for long term support.

AT LAST - RELIEF COMING TO FONDWA
(27 January 2010)
Sister Judy has arranged for tents and a helicopter with supplies for Fondwa. Read more.

DELSON MERISIER ON NBC-17, DURHAM, NC, TUESDAY, 27 JANUARY (27 January 2010)
FHM's Ob/Gyn in Leogane, Dr. Delson Merisier, is in Durham today meeting with media contacts. He will be on NBC-17 in Durham, NC, this evening at 6, 7, and 11 pm. Dr. Merisier is also taping (again) with Dick Gordon's The Story on public radio.

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