Dear Friends, We are excited to announce that, thanks to our incredible Haitian staff, our July medical clinic is on schedule. We are disappointed that due to COVID-19, our Medical Volunteer Team is unable to make the trip. Thank you to all of our July volunteers who were ready to give their time and talent […]
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A Visit from Marie
Happy Mother’s Day to you all! We have a story from clinic manager Andre Boyer: Marie and her child are back to the clinic today [Saturday, May 9th] during the urgent care clinic as Doctor Frantz Registre asked her to for a well-baby check. Marie uses to be an interpreter at FOTCOH clinic in the […]
Hearing from our Volunteers
Our volunteers are incredibly important to our mission — and we know the FOTCOH is equally important to them. Today we hear from some of our volunteers about why they feel FOTCOH is such as special organization: “As the Pharmacy Director, I see first hand the impact FOTCOH has on a patient’s health. The medications […]
Thank You for Your Donations on Giving Tuesday!
Thanks to all our donors for their support yesterday during Giving Tuesday! We raised $6,280 — more than 3 times our goal! From the FOTCOH staff, our Community WASH Promoters, and the communities in Haiti that we will be working with to provide WASH resources and education, THANK YOU! *** Giving Tuesday Now is […]
Medical Team Volunteer Jeff Ripperda’s Band, Nine88, Donates $1000 to FOTCOH
This past week, longtime FOTCOH medical volunteer Jeff Ripperda’s Band, Nine88, performed a concert with proceeds from the show going to support FOTCOH. We are incredibly grateful for Jeff and all the members of Nine88 for their contribution. Here is a little bit more about Jeff’s band and his involvement with FOTCOH: -Nine88 (say “nine-eighty-eight”) […]
It’s a Good Thing We Are Here
Today was one of those crazy, busy clinic days that’s started very quickly and never stopped until clinic was through. First thing this am, I had a middle age man with a very large (grapefruit size in diameter) abscess in the middle of his back. It was definitely a team effort to open and drain, […]
Brief Life Lessons
It took me a while to post this – half digesting my time away, half extremely ill (still on meds), but man – to say this was a life-changing trip is an understatement. I left for Haiti very stressed, unsure of myself, and somewhat unsure of my future. Haiti is a funny place….it makes absolutely […]
Life-Changing Care
I first came to Haiti 5 years ago with no medical background, but I was excited to help in any way possible. A man came in with a large infected wound on his ankle, and a team member asked me to help clean it. It’s likely his foot would have been amputated in the US, […]
The Ways You Can Support FOTCOH
Dear Friends, I would like to share with you these words from FOTCOH volunteer, Katie: “We travel from different parts of the United States to Haiti. The common goal forms a bond with our fellow volunteers, our interpreters, and other workers at the clinic – to help as many Haitians in need as possible – […]