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NOVA’s New Clinic in Cavaillon is open year round!
NOVA Hope for Haiti is pleased to announce that our permanent clinic in Cavaillon, Haiti was opened in October 2014 and our staff is treating patients there year round! NOVA Hope for Haiti has been providing medical care in Haiti since 2002. In February of 2013, in partnership with the Haitian Pilgrims of Texas, we…
Read MoreOctober set up mission got our new building ready to open
In mid-October, days before the 18th medical mission team arrived, nine NOVA non-medical volunteers traveled to Haiti to furnish the new clinic in Cavaillon with over $30,000 worth of supplies, furniture, and medical equipment. During the summer, a 40′ sea container was shipped from New Jersey to Haiti with everything we needed to get the…
Read MoreRaise money for NOVA when you shop on Amazon this Holiday Season!
Shop through Amazon Smile and NOVA gets a donation! One of the easiest ways to support NOVA on an ongoing basis is to do your Amazon shopping through the Smile program. Click on http://smile.amazon.com/ch/20-1854025 and start shopping. All of your account history, addresses, orders, etc. carry over to Smile – it’s that easy! Shop through…
Read MoreNOVA Patient: Keysha
On every mission there is a patient or two who stand out to our volunteers. On this trip it was little Keysha. A few of NOVA’s volunteers met Keysha when they were on a walk in Cavaillon. Keysha, a toddler, walked out of her front door just as NOVA’s volunteers were talking to her neighbor.…
Read MoreMeet NOVA patient Carlo Amazon
The following article has been submitted by NOVA volunteer Dr. Dina Daswani, M.D. who was on NOVA’s 17th Medical Mission in May 2014: I first met Carlo Amazon and his grandmother in the NOVA Hope for Haiti Clinic in Cavaillon, Haiti on a hot and busy day in May 2014. As the translator began to…
Read MoreEat, Drink and Be Merry – For a Good Cause
Are you local to a Blue Moon Mexican Café? Come out October 14th and support NOVA! Hand in our flyer with your bill, and NOVA will get back 20%. This includes take out, delivery and catering orders that day. Even if you can only stop in for a moment, it is also good on gift card…
Read MoreUpdate on the building project
In the spring of this year, we raised enough money to add the pharmacy wing of the new clinic and complete phase I of construction. The pharmacy wing is much more than just a pharmacy. That wing almost doubles the size of the original building. This addition to the original renovation will house the pharmacy,…
Read MoreBig things happening at NOVA this fall: two missions and the opening of our new clinic!
Summer 2014 was an incredibly exciting and busy time for NOVA. During July and August we purchased $30,000 worth of medical equipment, supplies and residence furnishings for our new medical clinic in Cavaillon, which will be completed in early October. It was a lot of work to purchase all of the medical equipment and furnishings for…
Read MoreFinding Gratitude in Haiti
This past spring was my first mission. It is difficult to articulate this incredible experience. “Grateful” is the theme I am overwhelmed with…to witness this poverty and how these people live was heartbreaking. However, their simple lifestyle had so many familiar threads that we all know such as love for their families and a sense…
Read MoreUpdate on NOVA patient: Dave
Below is the story of Baby Dave, a child who came to the NOVA clinic in February 2013 suffering from severe malnutrition. Dave has been receiving check ups by Dr. Altenord, NOVA’s physician in Haiti, at our clinic in Boileau. His grandmother brought him to NOVA’s volunteer team at our May 2014 Medical mission to show…
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