Medical Mission Volunteer Meeting Sunday February 23rd

There is a meeting for NOVA volunteers interested in coming on the April 26 – May 4th Medical Mission to Cavaillon, Haiti on Sunday, February 23 at 11 AM In the St. Francis House at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi 135 W. 31st Street New York, NY 10001 Please note: the spots for…

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Become a CASINO NIGHT Sponsor

*** Sponsorship levels for NOVA Hope for Haiti Casino Night:   Platinum Texas Hold’Em Tournament Sponsor – $2,000 There will be a Texas Hold ‘Em tournament with a valuable grand prize. The table dealer will wear a large sponsor button with your company’s name. In addition, this sponsorship includes a full screen slide in our sponsorship…

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NOVA’s 16th Mission a big success!

In November 2013, NOVA Hope for Haiti sent out 16th Medical Mission team to Haiti to provide medical care in Cavaillon, Haiti.  Since 2005 NOVA has been providing medical care to the population in and around Cavaillon.  Barring natural disasters like hurricanes which have prevented our mission one year, we have been a consistent presence…

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NOVA Prepares for 16th Mission

Several NOVA volunteers met to pack supplies for our next mission.  On Saturday November 9th a team including physicians, nurses and translators, will leave for Haiti to provide medical care to many in need.  While there, they will be working with the staff of the clinic that NOVA has been running since early this year.

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An American Teenager in Haiti

During his senior year of high school, Christopher Wren joined the team on a mission trip.  Here he reflects on experiencing the Haitian culture and volunteering for NOVA Hope for Haiti.   My recent trip to Haiti has opened my eyes to the rest of the world. Between the happy and sociable children and the…

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Here and There

By Irene Gutmann I went to Haiti with NOVA for the first time this year but had been to the country 30 years ago.  I have the weirdest feeling when I am there.  I can’t quite wrap my mind around Haiti.  I can’t put it into the boxes or categories that work in the rest…

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NOVA readies for Missions number 16 and 17!

NOVA Hope for Haiti has decided to return to a tradition that was part of our early history: we are sending 2 mission trips in the next 6 months.  For years NOVA sent two missions per year to Haiti until cost and volunteer burn-out made it better for us to send one mission per year.…

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The Suffering of the Anonymous Poor

By Barbara Preziosi We have all seen it in pictures; the blank or pleading stares, the hands reaching out for pity, the mothers holding the starving baby.  I think I, like many of us, had become almost a “Doubting Thomas”.  Unless we can see these  Children of God in person and nurse their wounds, they…

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Thank You to our friends at DOMUS

I would like to thank our friends Luisa and Nicki at DOMUS for choosing NOVA Hope for Haiti to be the recipient for their annual Garage Sale Fundraiser for the third year in a row.  Because of their hard work, the hard work of our volunteers who worked in the heat on June 1st to…

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