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Hurricane Matthew: Report from the ground
NOVA Hope for Haiti sent our 21st Medical Mission team to Haiti on Sunday, October 16th. This was a scheduled medical mission which became even more important because it gave us a chance to have a team on the ground to see firsthand the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew. It allowed us to help the…
Read MoreNOVA responds to Hurricane Matthew’s devastation
Cavaillon, Haiti, where our clinic is located suffered a direct hit from Hurricane Matthew and we are still getting information about the damage people have suffered. We have only had sporadic communication with Dr. Nixon, our head doctor and Ketlene, our head nurse, and Fr. Antoine Ingrid. Thankfully communication is slowly improving and we will…
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 MoreNOVA sends maintenance team to Haiti
In January 2016, a small seven-person NOVA team went down to our clinic to accomplish two goals: The first was to meet with our two new staff members – Dr. George Lisage and our new office administrator, Ms. Johnyde Jean Denis. Dr. George will enable NOVA to treat more patients between our two clinic locations…
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 19th Medical Mission getting ready
NOVA’s team has been working diligently over the past 2 weeks to prepare for our very first medical mission where the team will treat patients in the first floor of our clinic and live in the second floor residence. It has taken eight years of hard work, support of our friends and families (both financially…
Read MoreNOVA’s Volunteer Residence Open to host groups
NOVA Hope for Haiti’s facility is two floors: The ground floor is our medical clinic from which our staff in Haiti provides medical care year round, and where our medical mission teams now work from when we send medical teams to augment the care our staff provides. The facility is clean, modern, well furnished and…
Read MoreNOVA’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…
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