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Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Help for
Haiti Initiative
The Loyola Stritch community is engaged in
short and long-term efforts to help the people of Haiti recover from the
devastation of the recent earthquake. If you wish to help,
please consider the following options.
Make a Donation |
Donate Clothing | Next Event: March 18th
    
    
Dr.
Christine Sajous: WGN Radio Interview | Experiences
in Haiti video
(Windows Media file)
Dr. Christine Sajous of Loyola
University Chicago Medical Center's Neonatal Unit discusses
her experiences
during an 8-day relief mission to Haiti. Dr. Sajous is a native of Haiti
Make
a Donation
The following organizations
have strong ties to the Loyola Stritch Community. You might wish to donate
directly to them through their websites. Or, you may make a check out to any
of the organizations and bring it to the University Ministry Office,
at Stritch (Building 120) room 270.
St. Boniface Haiti
Foundation, Fond des Blancs, Haiti:
www.haitihealth.org
Matthew 25 House,
Port-au-Prince, Haiti:
www.parishprogram.org/matthew-25-house
Jesuit Refugee
Service:
www.jrsusa.org and www.jrsusa.org/haiti
Haitian Community
Hospital (Our own Dr Christine Sajous, Department of
Pediatrics-Neonatology, has returned from helping at this hospital):
http://www.haitihosp.org
Donate Clothing,
Essential Items and Time
At this time,
we are no longer taking donations of any goods, e.g., clothes, sheets, etc.
The outpouring of generosity from the LUHS community has met our
capabilities to deliver these goods. Please see ways to donate cash.
Friends
of the Children seeks monetary donations
Loyola Contact: Megan Hicks
(MS-2); e-mail
mehicks@lumc.edu
Donate monetary support.
Visit
http://www.haitimdm.com or phone Linda Underwood at
1-815-540-6976
Friends of the Children is a non-profit organization that has been providing medical and
dental care to the poorest of the Haitians. Emergent, non-emergent, and
chronic medical conditions are treated along with providing patient
education and wellness measures. Friends of the Children also provides
patient education and wellness measures to the Haitian people as well as
education and resource to Caritas – a volunteer organization that provides
on-going basic health care in their respected villages.
Next Event:
March 18, 2010,
Noon-1:00pm, SSOM 460
"Personal Experiences of Haiti- Post Earthquake"
Presenters: John Underwood, DO,
Linda Underwood RN, Megan Hicks MS2, Aldene Brown MS2
John Underwood, DO, Linda
Underwood, RN, Megan Hicks MS2, and
Aldene Brown, MS2 will discuss their experiences of administering health
care in Haiti after the earthquake. A special focus will be made on the
history and current status of AIDS in Haiti. Dr. Underwood and his
wife Linda have lead the medical and dental mission, Friends of the
Children, in Haiti for the last 10 years. They have completed over 20 trips
to Haiti doing mission work. Megan Hicks accompanied them on their most
recent trip in late February of this year.
February 27, 2010,
9:30-11:00am, LUMA, Multi-Purpose Room
Water Tower Campus
" 2
for the Price of None" Ways
you can show support for Haiti.
Presenter: Christine Sajous,
MD
Associate Professor,
Pediatrics/Neonatology. Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Click
here
 more
event information.
If you believe that you
have information suitable for this site, please send to
bjohns5@lumc.edu
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