The journey begins
A team of doctors, nurses and volunteers is getting up bright and early Saturday morning to embark on a trip that will change their lives forever, but more importantly, change the lives of sick and injured Haitian people living in the rural mountain village of Marbial.
The team is kicking off their journey at 5 a.m. in the parking lot of Milford’s St. Mary Church, where the idea for the medical mission was born almost three years ago. It was long before a powerful earthquake struck in Haiti, bringing widespread death and devastation to a national already ravaged by extreme poverty and dismal living conditions. After the earthquake hit, the team members decided that it was more important than ever to stay on track with the mission. Often when major disasters happen, aid pours in at first but slowly trails off in the weeks and months to come. That’s when the Milford team is set to arrive and get to work.
The group will travel from Port-au-Prince to the southern port town of Jacmel and then down a bumpy dry riverbed to Marbial, where St. Mary's "twin" parish, St. Therese, patiently awaits their arrival. (At left is a picture of St. Therese and another of the "road" to Marbial. The photos were taken last year by Bridgeport Hospital surgeon Richard Garvey, one of the trip's organizers.)
This blog will follow the efforts of the St. Mary medical mission to bring medicine, health care and hope to some of the neediest people on the planet. The volunteers are taking time from their busy lives to travel to a country plagued by malnutrition, disease, unclean drinking water and crumbled infrastructure. Each volunteer has his or her own expertise to lend to the mission. Doctors, surgeons, nurses, a medical student and church volunteers, all with a common goal: leaving the Haitian people a little bit healthier and happier than they found them.
Labels: Abbe Smith, Haiti, Marbial, Richard Garvey, St. Mary Church
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