HEALING ART MISSIONS

Volunteers Supporting the People of Haiti
Medical Mission, Aug 25-Sept 8

  Major Donation from CPP

 Events
 
Dr. Tracee Laing and Paul Hammond return to Haiti on Wednesday, August 25th for two weeks. This trip will include a visit Leogone, very near the epicenter of the January 12th earthquake, and to Port au Paix on the north coast where the Hope for the Children of Haiti school is located. Much work on the security wall at Dumay clinic has progressed since a HAM team was last in Haiti and during this trip work should begin on the foundation for the new volunteer sleeping porch at the clinic. 
 
The team will once again send frequent posts and pictures to this website during their time in Haiti. Read the teams posts by clicking here.
 
 
HAM's Haiti Earthquake Response Continues
The HAM team returned from their first earthquake response trip to Haiti on February 5th, but health care in Dumay continues five days a week. Over the two weeks the team was in Haiti, the new community health center HAM has envisioned truly became a reality.
 
 
 
Joining with the children of Dumay, we would like to thank the Children's Practicing Pediatricians (CPP) for their recent generous gift of $15,000 to HAM. This significant donation will help us continue our response to the earthquake and ongoing health needs in Haiti by allowing us to expand and improve providing primary care for families at the Centre de Santé Communautaire de Dumay. The CPP has been following our work in Haiti thanks to Dr. Leslie Mihalov, HAM board member and frequent member of our medical missions team. Dr. Leslie is Division Chief of Emergency Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
 
CPP (Children's Practicing Pediatricians) is an independent nonprofit medical association established in 1985 by pediatricians on the medical staff of Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. With more than 24 years of operating experience, CPP has become a preeminent "chamber of commerce" offering services and advocating on behalf of primary care physicians.
 


 
 
 
 
Granville, Ohio Art from the Heart event on August 21st a great success!
 
Opera House Park buzzed with people checking out the Haitian art and information about Healing Art Missions on Saturday, August 21st, as this year's annual Granville fundraiser moved outside for the first time. The January earthquake in Port au Prince impacted this year's event as HAM volunteers focused on disaster response much of the first half of the year, and the availability of Haitian art has been limited. Because of these impacts, the silent auction was moved from May to August and condensed to one day with fewer items available to bid on. The decision to move the event outside was aimed at providing greater visibility to the event and attract people visiting the Granville Farmers Market across the street. 
 
The strategy worked with many new faces and bidders checking out the art and information. In addition to raising much needed funds for HAM's work, the event provides a great opportunity to talk about the realities in Haiti and how HAM has been addressing the immediate and ongoing needs there.
 
Adding to the fun and excitement of the event, wood fired pizza by faire la cuisine and deserts from Mali's Specialties were available for purchase, with all proceeds donated directly to HAM. Tom Carrol provided live music adding to the festive atmosphere. The weather even cooperated, for the most part, with dark clouds threatening but holding off with rain until just after the final bids closed. 
 
Great thanks to all the volunteers, without whom this event would not have been possible. Thanks also go out to all those who bid on items, generating much needed funds for HAM to continue the important work in Haiti begun over a decade ago.