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Friday, January 22, 2010

Help Mike!!!!

Hi Everyone, we really need your help!

This is mike, he was brought in today (Jan 22nd) to the Israeli Defense Force hospital in Haiti with his father. Our doctors ran a blood test and found he has Leukemia, and needs to be treated urgently. We need someone to take Mike to America and treat him properly in a hospital which could take a few months.

Can you help?

please tweet to @idfinhaiti and we will get in touch or email idfinhaiti@gmail.com

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Hi All,

It is Thursday night, after another long day here at the Israeli hospital. It has been a long stressful week for the team here and the Psychiatrist (yes we have one!) suggested we unwind a little. We are all sitting on the grass drinking coke (quite a treat) and singing songs. I showed the group some of the beautiful stories from the foreign press and everyone was clapping. we are in a bubble here, most people dont have computers and are too busy to even think about what is going on outside. Seeing CNN and others praise their work and the work of Israel in general was so rewarding and really heartwarming. It is so nice to see some news about Israel that doesn't mention the conflict. Gotta go, the Medical team from Columbia is singing a salsa song.

Here are some of the stories:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a12xEC4MnBg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyofh0rg5WM

PHOTOS!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46798698@N06/?saved=1

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Good night from port au prince.

Feels like it has been a week already, can't believe this is only my second night. Met some more people today at the camp, everyone is so nice and relatively relaxed. There is a Psychiatrist and a social worker here with the military, and they are definitely busy. i am exhausted, so I can't imagine what the doctors feel like. We are all kind of slurring our words and mispronouncing our own names. Nothing has sunk in yet, at least not for me. Right now I am exhilarated at the thought of the people we are helping, still haven't had time to think about those we aren't. I know it will kick in sooner or later.