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NOVA Volunteer profile: Nick Glimenakis, Photographer
NOVA: Can you tell us a little about yourself? Nick: I grew up in the woods of southwest New Hampshire before setting up camp in New York in 2011. Before photography, I studied outdoor education in Colorado with hopes of becoming a park ranger. My course load looked like something out of a Jon Krakauer…
Read MoreCasino Night 2018
Despite a crazy Nor ‘easter, NOVA’s Eighth Annual Casino night was a huge success! Snow, wind and rain did not keep our generous guests from having a fun-filled night of gaming, great food, valuable prizes and lots of laughter and friendship. We raised over $55,000 which is approximately one-third of our annual budget. We are very thankful for…
Read MoreJanuary 2018 Mission
At least once a year NOVA sends a non-medical team down to the clinic for a week to conduct staff-development, non-medical building maintenance and spend time with community leaders to discuss the work that NOVA does and new ways we can help the community. Five NOVA Board members traveled to the clinic during this week,…
Read MoreCocktails for a Cause a huge success!
Thank you to everyone who came out to make our Cocktails for a Cause a huge success! Since Hurricane Matthew NOVA Hope for Haiti has raised over $115,000 to help our community of Cavaillon, Haiti recover after the devastation of the storm. We are rebuilding homes, helping the town replant its destroyed crops and repairing…
Read MoreCelebrating our Mothers
In Haiti, Mothers’ Day will be celebrated on Sunday May 29th, the last Sunday of May. Any woman involved in the raising of a child is considered the mother – birth mother, grandmother, sister, Aunt, friend of the family or people at the orphanage. Overtime, a child may have several women fill a maternal role in…
Read MoreMission 20!
In November 2015 NOVA Hope for Haiti hit a great milestone: we sent to Haiti our 20th Medical Mission to Haiti! This is a great gift to our friends in Haiti who rely on the medical care NOVA’s medical missions bring. NOVA’s 20 medical missions have saved lives. They have brought care, comfort and healing…
Read MoreNOVA offers Dental Care for the First Time
During NOVA’s 20th Medical Mission in November 2015, NOVA collaborated with Arise & Walk Ministries Foundation, Inc. to provide dental care to our patients for the first time. The dental team was lead by Dr. Mayra Suero-Wade, DDS, MPH, Executive Director of Arise & Walk Ministries. Since NOVA’s missions began, we have always seen a need for dental…
Read MoreNOVA’s 19th Medical Mission and Inauguration
In April, a team comprised of two adult doctors, three pediatricians, two nurses, one EMT, seven Creole translators, one team leader, one facility manager, one photographer, and two non-medical support volunteers went on NOVA’s 19th Medical Mission. It was a landmark mission. We stayed at NOVA’s brand new volunteer residence for the first time. For…
Read MoreNOVA’s well: providing clean water to our neighbors
NOVA’s mission is to provide much needed healthcare and health education to the people of Cavaillon and surrounding villages. As part of our building project we had to dig a new well to provide our facility with water. We were lucky, when we dug our well, to tap into an aquifer that has abundant clean water about…
Read MoreNOVA goes green: New Solar panels installed
The first week of January of this year, NOVA Hope for Haiti’s new clinic and volunteer residence was fitted with a new solar energy system to provide our electricity needs and alleviate our need for running generators to provide our facility with power. Electricity in Haiti is not reliable and in Cavaillon, while there is state power…
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