FYI
COME JOIN ISL IN SERVING
THE SMALLEST EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS OF HAITI
ISL has been asked to send teams of staff and students to provide “hands to help” Haitian children, most of whom are
orphans, displaced by the devastating effects of the recent earthquake.
We will be providing basic health services in the make-shift
centers of Santo Domingo (capital city of the Dominican Republic) that are
presently being used to house the young refugees. Students will be
assigned tasks based on their levels of expertise as approved by local health
officials.
Areas of need include wound care, monitoring of vital signs,
feeding those unable to do so themselves, general aid and comfort, and
entertainment and recreational activities.
These children are in need of some sense of safety, love and
something akin to normal life.
Participants will be housed with ISL staff and in other home stays
so as not to take much needed housing from other medical and relief personnel
presently situated in the Dominican Republic.
Opportunities to serve the children of Haiti
March 6-14
March 13-21
March 20-28
March 27-April 4
and again beginning in May.
Spaces are
limited and will be filled on a first come, first served basis. The cost
of the trip is $1685 not including airfare.
Please share this information about our Haiti
Orphan Project at www.ISLonline.org/haiti
with
your students.
Please
consider sending this information to your students.
Thanks to our students helping us staff these teams we estimate we’ll
be serving approximately 35,000 of the underserved with varying levels of
health care—thanks for the partnership!
More
info at www.ISLonline.org.
ISL sends medical/dent/opt/public health/PT/vet/pharmaceutical teams to
countries in Latin America, Central America, and Africa. We include
pre-health students on our teams as a way of preparing the next generation of
international medical caregivers. Students receive supervised hands-on
experience, health related seminars, and financial sponsorship.
Listings of university, professional, and student references available
upon request. Over a 14 year period we’ve fielded over three hundred
teams and annually provide health care for 15,000 of the underserved.
Please consider placing the attached information on your list serve for
pre-health students and forwarding to any appropriate pre-health student
organizations. For professional/program references and information,
please contact Pepper Tucker at [log in to unmask]
or call 816-767-0481 or see our website at www.ISLonline.org.
Sincerely,
Michael Birnbaum, Executive Director
International Service Learning
Members Texas Association of Advisors for the Health Professions and
GHEC.