Hello our friends and family! Another year is upon us! As you know there has been much political strife in Haiti lately. We have been keeping in touch with our sister Gladys on the matter. At one point she said it looked like a Civil War in Port-au-Prince. Most organizations would cancel their commitment. We on the other hand are more committed than ever! We are committed to the people of the small , rural farming town of Mussotte. There is no political protests there or on the way to there, so we feel safe. We are in the midst of recruiting 3rd year medical students for our trip in May 2020 and have one 2nd year medical student joining us again. However, if there is violence near the airport near the time of leaving, I will cancel the students’ trip, but Elaine and I will still be going. It’s important for us to let them know we are committed to them no matter political upheaval, because the reason Haiti is so troubled is BECAUSE of political upheaval. We continue to support Dr. FanFan in seeing patients throughout the year. This is more important than ever this year because all of our diabetes and hypertension medicine was taken from us at Haitian customs last May. (which we will remedy this trip!) So we could only give a 3 month supply of meds instead of our usual annual supply we give, requiring our patients to follow up with Dr. FanFan for more supply. Also, last year, we had several high grade pap results which we treated with cryotherapy (which we bought about 5 years ago through YOUR generosity). H.E.A.L. is literally saving lives and you are part of that! You can donate this year through our website at www.weareheal.org Also, on this cyber Monday, you can make H.E.A.L your charity to donate to through Amazon Smile. Go to our website and click on Amazon Smile. It will take you straight to our site (it’s listed as Heal) and you can easily make us part of your shopping frenzy (they will donate .5% of all proceeds to us!) We also have professional prints of our friends in Haiti on the website, so perhaps buy some prints for your holiday gift giving :)
We love you and couldn’t do what we do without you!
Elaine and Susan - Co-founders and C0 CEO’s of H.E.A.L.