The Six One News tomorrow Friday 21 January will have a special feature on Haiti with commentry in the studio and from Haiti. I think their coverage has been very balanced compared to some of the dedicated news networks so it might be a good one to watch.
Google Maps have released a series of highly detailed images of Haiti before and after the earthquake. See the series here.
The Mayo News website whole front page is devoted to Gena. See it here.
I didn't post the NPFS update from the 19th or 20th as they are now being posted very quickly to the NPFS website. If you look at the update for the 21st there is an amazing account from Peter Tinnemann on the progress being made in the hospital and the trading of aid between the various agencies.
Dont forget the Garda Club on Saturday night!
Showing posts with label Petionville. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Petionville. Show all posts
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Haiti Aftershock 6.1
Have just had confirmation that Gena is ok after the latest aftershock which CNN are reporting as 6.1.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
NPFS Update Monday 18th January
In addition to circulating the daily update from NPFS Haiti I can post details here of any fundraising efforts you might want to publicise. This offer is open to any group raising money for Haiti, not just NPFS, of course! Just email me at irishresponse@gmail.com and I'll post your details with the next update.
Dictated over phone by Robin Schwartz and Dr. Peter Tinnemann
Currently we have 200-250 patients in the hospital. Today our doctors attended to 72 patients, mostly fractures and wounds. Patients are coming to us from as far as the other side of Port-au-Prince and they are desperate to find medical care. We are concerned because we are not seeing many malnourished children cases, which is typically the population of children that come to St Damien. We still have more doctors and surgeons offering to help. In particular we had 20 Haitian volunteers working today. Two truckloads from the Dominican Republic arrived today with bottled water and powdered milk.
A Swedish newspaper, German press DPA , German TV station and Associated Press visited the hospital today. We are investigating the possibilities of setting up clinics at other locations in and around the capital.
The St. John Bosco student houses appear safe as there was no visible structural damage, but as a precaution, an Italian engineer is coming to evaluate them. They received a supply of food and water today. The children at St Helen are still sleeping outside on the basketball court. Hopefully with a visit from the Italian engineer, it will help reinforce psychologically that they are safe to enter. They received a supply of food, fuel and water today and a schedule has been designed to provide weekly deliveries from the Dominican Republic. Seventy-five children and youths in our St. John Bosco program that live with extended families will be relocated to St Helen because their homes were destroyed. We are working on an action plan to support other orphaned children.
The 30 special needs children that we rescued from the General Public Hospital have been moved over to the Kay Germaine rehabilitation center, adjacent to the St. Damien Hospital.
Maria Bello, a hollywood celebrity was on Larry King Live Sunday night where she spoke about her experience with NPFS Haiti and Fr. Rick Frechette. We were unsuccessful in finding the video but you can read the transcript at
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/17/lkl.01.html
Dictated over phone by Robin Schwartz and Dr. Peter Tinnemann
Currently we have 200-250 patients in the hospital. Today our doctors attended to 72 patients, mostly fractures and wounds. Patients are coming to us from as far as the other side of Port-au-Prince and they are desperate to find medical care. We are concerned because we are not seeing many malnourished children cases, which is typically the population of children that come to St Damien. We still have more doctors and surgeons offering to help. In particular we had 20 Haitian volunteers working today. Two truckloads from the Dominican Republic arrived today with bottled water and powdered milk.
A Swedish newspaper, German press DPA , German TV station and Associated Press visited the hospital today. We are investigating the possibilities of setting up clinics at other locations in and around the capital.
The St. John Bosco student houses appear safe as there was no visible structural damage, but as a precaution, an Italian engineer is coming to evaluate them. They received a supply of food and water today. The children at St Helen are still sleeping outside on the basketball court. Hopefully with a visit from the Italian engineer, it will help reinforce psychologically that they are safe to enter. They received a supply of food, fuel and water today and a schedule has been designed to provide weekly deliveries from the Dominican Republic. Seventy-five children and youths in our St. John Bosco program that live with extended families will be relocated to St Helen because their homes were destroyed. We are working on an action plan to support other orphaned children.
The 30 special needs children that we rescued from the General Public Hospital have been moved over to the Kay Germaine rehabilitation center, adjacent to the St. Damien Hospital.
Maria Bello, a hollywood celebrity was on Larry King Live Sunday night where she spoke about her experience with NPFS Haiti and Fr. Rick Frechette. We were unsuccessful in finding the video but you can read the transcript at
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/17/lkl.01.html
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Message from John Kloos - Father of Erin and Ryan
Below is a message from John Kloos, the father of Erin and Ryan. Please take a moment to read it.
On behalf of my wife Kathryn, my daughter Katie and my daughter Erin, I would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. Those are working. Keep them up. We have been with Erin since mid-morning on Friday. To be honest, her physical condition was considerably worse than we had expected. However, her attitude and determination were far better than we had hoped. They simply do not make people stronger than this girl. We are confident that she will make a full recovery.
We are dealing with the loss of our son Ryan in the knowledge that, although cut short, his life was one filled with love and accomplishment. There was never a time in our 24 years together as a family of five that we shared anything but positive relationships. There are no regrets. There are only good memories.. Before we can plan any kind of a service to remember Ryan, we need to get Erin healthy and home. Ryan would insist on that, too. We do not know how long this will take. We ask your patience.
We also want to thank you for your offer to help us in any way that you can. We have not and we will not hesitate to call on any one of you, if you can be of assistance. Right now, we have everything we need, including family support. However, the situation in Haiti is dire. The people who worked with Erin, people I have come to know as family, are in desperate need of financial assistance to continue their recovery work.
There is no shortage of ways to donate to the relief efforts in Haiti. However, at my request, NPH has provided us with a way to funnel donations directly to Erin’s co-workers. Yesterday, I asked my sister Karie to get the word out. So, you may have already seen this web site. However, this is my first chance to assure you, directly, that 100% of the funds donated will be put into the hands of NPH in Haiti. This is how you can help. This is what will be meaningful to Ryan’s memory and Erin’s future.
https://secure.imodules.com/s/769/inner.aspx?sid=769&gid=1&pgid=890&cid=1918
Thank you.
John Kloos, on behalf of Kathy, Katie and Erin
On behalf of my wife Kathryn, my daughter Katie and my daughter Erin, I would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. Those are working. Keep them up. We have been with Erin since mid-morning on Friday. To be honest, her physical condition was considerably worse than we had expected. However, her attitude and determination were far better than we had hoped. They simply do not make people stronger than this girl. We are confident that she will make a full recovery.
We are dealing with the loss of our son Ryan in the knowledge that, although cut short, his life was one filled with love and accomplishment. There was never a time in our 24 years together as a family of five that we shared anything but positive relationships. There are no regrets. There are only good memories.. Before we can plan any kind of a service to remember Ryan, we need to get Erin healthy and home. Ryan would insist on that, too. We do not know how long this will take. We ask your patience.
We also want to thank you for your offer to help us in any way that you can. We have not and we will not hesitate to call on any one of you, if you can be of assistance. Right now, we have everything we need, including family support. However, the situation in Haiti is dire. The people who worked with Erin, people I have come to know as family, are in desperate need of financial assistance to continue their recovery work.
There is no shortage of ways to donate to the relief efforts in Haiti. However, at my request, NPH has provided us with a way to funnel donations directly to Erin’s co-workers. Yesterday, I asked my sister Karie to get the word out. So, you may have already seen this web site. However, this is my first chance to assure you, directly, that 100% of the funds donated will be put into the hands of NPH in Haiti. This is how you can help. This is what will be meaningful to Ryan’s memory and Erin’s future.
https://secure.imodules.com/s/769/inner.aspx?sid=769&gid=1&pgid=890&cid=1918
Thank you.
John Kloos, on behalf of Kathy, Katie and Erin
Media Links for NPFS
Here are some links to pictures and news reports that show the Hospital and the damage in Petionville.
This is the article featuring Gena and Meave from the Irish Times yesterday.
These pictures are also from yesterday. Thankfully it looks like they are getting some UN assistance now.
MonicaGery's other Picassa albums show clearly the damage to the hospital and the Fr Wasson Centre - the old hospice.
This is Fr Rick on NBC the day after he arrived - Friday.
This is an abc news report from St Damien also with Fr Rick. (You have to watch an ad before you get to it).
On a practical note Oxfam Ireland are urgently looking for volunteers collect funds. These are the Dublin contact details - ania.rutkowska@oxfamireland.org / 1850 30 40 55
Even if you feel that you can't do anything and feel helpless remember 'whatever your faith, religion, beliefs (or none)– please take a moment to pause, pray, meditate for those suffering in Haiti'.
If you have any other links of interest please let me know and I'll post them here.
This is the article featuring Gena and Meave from the Irish Times yesterday.
These pictures are also from yesterday. Thankfully it looks like they are getting some UN assistance now.
MonicaGery's other Picassa albums show clearly the damage to the hospital and the Fr Wasson Centre - the old hospice.
This is Fr Rick on NBC the day after he arrived - Friday.
This is an abc news report from St Damien also with Fr Rick. (You have to watch an ad before you get to it).
On a practical note Oxfam Ireland are urgently looking for volunteers collect funds. These are the Dublin contact details - ania.rutkowska@oxfamireland.org / 1850 30 40 55
Even if you feel that you can't do anything and feel helpless remember 'whatever your faith, religion, beliefs (or none)– please take a moment to pause, pray, meditate for those suffering in Haiti'.
If you have any other links of interest please let me know and I'll post them here.
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