Direct Relief International working with Visitation Hospital Foundation

Visitation Hospital Foundation serves the people of Haiti by providing quality patient care at the Visitation Clinic located in Petite Riviere de Nippes in southwest Haiti. Our clinic staff treats approximately 90 patients each day, providing compassionate care for the 266,000 children and adults living within a 7-region area. During its first year of operation to the present, the clinic has offered a nutrition program, water purification, de-worming of children and adults, and vaccinations together with the Haitian Ministry of Health. Future plans call for the construction of an Ambulatory Surgery Center, then a full service hospital. VHF is working with Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, GHESKIO, Haiti, and the Haitian Ministry of Health so that the clinic might serve as a future AIDS testing site. As Haiti continues to struggle to provide the basic necessities of life for its people, Visitation Hospital Foundation is doing its part to offer hope and healing. We welcome your assistance.

Thanks,
Fran

Direct Relief International provides medical assistance to improve the quality of life for people affected by poverty, disaster, and civil unrest at home and throughout the world. They work to strengthen the in-country health efforts of their partners by providing essential material resources – medicines, supplies and equipment. Direct Relief has provided needed medications for Visitation Clinic, and we thank them for their invaluable support. Recently, Dan Smith, Senior Program Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, and Brett Williams, Emergency Response Coordinator, traveled to Petite Riviere de Nippes to visit the Visitation Clinic and staff, and highlighted their visit in the article below. We are grateful to Direct Relief International (www.directrelief.org) for allowing us to use this story of their experience there on our homepage.