By Jennifer Browning A week after the earthquake shook the capital of Haiti, Dr. Michel Dodard* returned to the Port-au-Prince neighborhood where he grew up. He joined forces with his brother-in-law Dr. Daniel Henrys, a family physician and public health specialist. [caption id="attachment_1310" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Haitian medical...
Read More[caption id="attachment_1296" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Student Council from Austin Middle School in Amarillo, Texas worked toward raising money to support Project Medishare's earthquake relief efforts. "][/caption] By Jennifer Browning After hearing about the earthquake in Haiti, Austin Middle School Student Council in Amarillo, Texas put their efforts together...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Dr. Andre Vulcain checked into the Visa Lodge near the Port-au-Prince airport January 12 after his connecting flight to Cap Haitien was canceled due to bad weather in the region. He planned to fly out the next day, but the earth shook the...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Twenty-eight-year-old Evans Monsigrace is reported in stable condition in ICU at the Project Medishare/UM Global Institute Hospital in Haiti after being pulled from the rubble yesterday. Hospital administrator, Elizabeth Greig, said Monsigrace was admitted yesterday suffering from severe malnutrition and dehydration, however, while...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Today a 28-year-old man was pulled alive from the rubble of a building in Port-au-Prince. Doctors at the Project Medishare/UM Hospital reported to CNN that he may have been trapped since the January 12 earthquake. The man's family told Project Medishare/UM Global Institute staff...
Read More[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l7bc1b2B3Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&] By Jennifer Browning In the Project Medishare/UM Global Institute Hospital in Haiti, earthquake victims join together in gospel song in Creole, led by a Haitian pastor who came to give the people spiritual support. In song, they tell God they are thankful they are alive. In movement...
Read MoreBy Anna Morrison We loaded our supplies and boarded the small charter plane in the dark on Thursday morning, only 36 hours after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti’s capital city of Port-au-Prince. There was a simultaneous air of sobriety and excitement that surrounded us. Our...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning On Monday, Feb. 8, Team Cleveland is holding a benefit at the American Wine School / Cellar Door from 6-8pm. It is located at 3355 Richmond Road, Beachwood, OH 44122. Donations will be collected at the door, and there is a $25 minimum to...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Friends of Project Medishare from M.D. Anderson in Houston are hosting a Happy Hour event in midtown at Farrago from 6pm‐9pm (and later!) tomorrow--- Friday, February 5th. Suggested donation at the door of $20 provides TWO drink tickets and a load of appetizers...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning MIAMI--Tonight, enjoy extended happy hour specials from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Gordon Biersch with a HOPE Bracelet during the HOPE Night Out which will benefit Project Medishare's earthquake relief efforts. The event is hosted by University of Miami Law and the HOPE Public Interest Resource...
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