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Beating childhood death in Haiti

76 of 1000 children in Haiti die before the age of 5 years old.

380 out of 100,000 women die delivering their children.

Only 37% of births have a skilled health professional available during delivery.


Healthcare in Haiti is limited. The few hospitals that exist are heavily burdened. Supplies are limited and expensive. The majority of Haitians cannot afford healthcare and are often dependent upon non-governmental organizations.  

The average American earns $123.00 per day.  75% of Haitians live on $1.00 per day. Imagine…

·         The lowest paid government worker would need to spend 2.5 days wages to buy generic medicines for treatment of an adult respiratory infection. 

·         The price to treat common conditions would cost a Haitian between 1.4 days wages (bacterial infection) to 13.7 days wages(high cholesterol).

·         Treatment of pediatric bacterial infections with ceftriaxone (antibiotic) would cost 24.6 days wages.

After visiting Haiti several times over the last 3 years, our family decided to arrange our lifestyle in line with what we felt we were meant to do, work with the Haitian people. We are “doing life” with our friends in Haiti and helping to organize medical accessibility and care.  It amazes us that we were blessed to be born in a country where luxuries like electricity at the flick of a switch, clean water running into our home and a medical system that is second to none are available to us.  It only seems right that those who struggle and fight for simple things in life are deserving of our love and care. We are all the human race and because I was born in the most amazing country in the world, I would like to pass on my blessings to others.


I will spend the month of July in Haiti working with Respire Haiti (RespireHaiti.org ). During this month we will focus on maternal child health. We will set protocols, examine and treat patients, love and be loved
on.


It is with a trusting heart that I ask for your help. All donations will be used to support me while I am in Haiti and the patients we will treat. My expenses in Haiti are mere pennies, but I need help buying supplies, medicine and equipment, as well as gaining access to testing on patients that will be purchased from the Haitian hospitals and labs.

Please check out Respire Haiti (RespireHaiti.org )and help us care for Haitian moms and their babies. Thank you!

Michele

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Michele Griffin
Organizzatore
Pella, IA

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