2016 Mission Trip

Trip to Mirebalais, Haiti: April 8 – April 15

•  Friday, April 8: Travel to Mirebalais from Detroit (9+ hrs)
  
• Saturday, April 9: Unpack & Clinic & Fluoride team setup; Fluoride team treats St. Louis Technical School children
  
• Water purification system at Tech School is repaired
  
• Sunday, April 10: Church & R&R

• Monday, April 11: Pediatrics: 68, Adults: 79, Total: 147; Dental:  22; Fluoride team travels to Triano village to treat school children
• Tuesday, April 12: - Pediatrics: 86, Adults: 96, Total: 182; Dental: 32; Fluoride team treats St. Louis school children in Mirebalais and travels to Desvarrieux village to treat school children
• Wednesday, April 13: Pediatrics: 85, Adults: 105, Total:  190; Dental: 47; Fluoride team treats St. Pierre's school children in Mirebalais

• Thursday, April 14: at school in Hinche - Pediatrics: 61, Adults: 42, Total: 103; Dental: 11; Fluoride team treats school children at mobile clinic
• Friday, April 15: Return travel

• Clinic Recap:
  -Total patients seen: 622;
  -Total dental patients seen: 112
  
• Fluoride Team Recap:
  -Total Children seen: 1717
  -Fluoride treatments: 1407
  (some children are too young for fluoride treatments);
  -Six schools visited
  -Four towns visited: Mirebalais, Trino, Desvarrieux, & Hinche
  

• Rev. Pere Alphonse interviewed 3 candidates and hired: 
• Drcamp Claudette as supervisor. 
  -She has had 3 years experience in the university: Centre Paramedical International (CPI) - She was familiar and comfortable with the equipment and started doing hemoglobins and hematocrits on Wednesday - Some microscope work was also done.
• Pierre Cloudette: She has had some experience at the Mission Bon Samaritain - She will work as an ‘assistant’

• Clinic
  - repaired circuit breaker panel, installed dental compressor
  - repaired wires, switches, & lighting
  
• Water Purification system at St. Louis Tech school
  - repaired wiring, repaired & improved plumbing design
  - installed SteriLight UV system
  - cleaned & chlorinated storage tanks
  - changed water filters
  - provided operational & maintenance instructions for system
• St. Pierre's campus
  - repaired wiring, installed switches & lights
  - fixed electrical problems
• General
  - fixed plumbing issues in St. Louis & St. Pierre rectories
  - assisted fluoride team where needed
  - assisted medical team in Hinche