URGENT NEED ! !

Jack Henson indicated their most urgent need to help in the development of systems for this operation is for pharmacists to be able to identify medicines and put them in proper categories, and also RN’s to help the pharmacist and doctors. If you are a Pharmacist or an RN and are Disaster Relief Trained and would have an interest and desire to go to Haiti, a second team is now being organized. SEE BELOW!

Limited Call-Out for Disaster Relief Volunteers

Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief (TBDR) has been asked to assist a hospital currently working in Port-au-Prince, Haiti with logistical and warehousing support of medical supplies. David Acres and four other Tennessee Volunteers are currently in Haiti as an advance team making arrangements and plans for future teams. The hospital and warehouse are actually tents located within the Port-au-Prince airport compound. Conditions are very, very, primitive. The work is extremely hard and all manual.

TBDR is currently seeking volunteers to staff the medical supply warehouse on a 24/7 basis in teams of 10 people for one week at a time. The first team will be led by Terry Webb of Maryville, a retired pharmacist, and will need to arrive by Friday, March 12 and can expect to leave on Saturday March 20. Additional teams are being formed to follow on a similar pattern of arriving on Friday and leaving the next Saturday. At this point, this is a limited call-out. Once things get settled and the work standardized, we will broaden the call-out.

Volunteer Requirements: All volunteers going to Haiti must complete a “Volunteer Application Packet.” Because of the unique nature of this response, it is necessary to ensure that we send only spiritually mature and physically fit volunteers. We cannot stress enough the extreme physical requirements of this work nor the emotional and spiritual drain it will have on the volunteer. Please note that there is no guarantee of electricity for CPAP machines or other medical necessary equipment. Because of the housing situation, at this time, we are requesting that only male volunteers be recruited.

Travel: TBDR has made arrangements with Wilcox travel to assist our teams in making travel arrangements. Included in your payment for airline tickets will be the required purchase of travel accident insurance through Adams and Associates. Once teams have committed to go, additional information on this will be sent. Prices are fluctuating wildly at the moment, but expect tickets to cost between $500 and $1,000.

Accommodations: Teams will be sleeping on cots in a tent on the airport grounds. There will be limited access to showers and it will require a bathing suit.

Attire: Please do not wear jeans or shorts. Khaki pants or lightweight pants are recommended.

NOTE: Teams are limited to one laptop and 2 cell phones (only works if they are global phones).

Contact: If you have volunteers who can go, contact Elizabeth Holmes, 615-371-7926, eholmes@TNBaptist.org. If you have further questions, contact Elizabeth or William Maxwell, 615-371-2023, wmaxwell@TNBaptist.org.

Please be in prayer as these teams are formed.