Posts Tagged ‘Haiti’

From The Blue Ridge to the Mountains of Haiti

September 1st, 2010

The World Affairs Council of Western North Carolina,

The Dept. of Political Science at UNCA, and

The North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement

Present

From The Blue Ridge to the Mountains of Haiti:

Asheville’s Mission Manna in Haiti

Tuesday, September 7, 7:30, Manheimer Room at the Reuter Center

On the UNC-A Campus

(Refreshments beginning at 7:00)

Teams of volunteer health care providers who have established programs in Haiti, report on their work there, the situation in Haiti both before and after the earthquake earlier this year, and review the challenges facing Haitians and prospects for the country.

Mission Manna provides medical care for malnourished children and continuing health care education for adults in and around the Haitian town of Montrouis, while nurturing relationships through respect and creation of understanding between our two cultures.

Dr. Tim Plaut, a physician at MAHEC and an organizer in Mission Manna’s program in Haiti, heads a panel of other WNC health care and medical professionals who have been to the country and will talk about the issues and complexities they have encountered in working there.

This program is free to subscribing members of the World Affairs Council of Western North Carolina, joint NCCCR – WAC-WNC members, and full time UNCA students. Admission is $8.00 for all others.

For further information call George Peery at (828) 242-6380 or email: gpeery@mhc.edu

Mission Manna Video – 880 The Revolution Interview

May 25th, 2010

Todd Kaderabek was interviewed by  hosts Lesley Groetsch and Blake Butler of 880 The Revolution, Asheville’s Progressive Talk Radio. This happened on May 21st, 2010.

Topics covered were: Mission Manna’s clinics, feeding program and goat projects; Haiti’s current needs during the earthquake crisis; and info on the benefit at Jack of the Wood, 6-10 Tuesday May 25th, 2010.

Listen to this station on 880 AM in the Asheville, NC area.
Follow 880 The Revolution on Twitter: @TheRevolution

Click here to visit our channel.

The video is a  Bourne Media Production

ABOUT US

Mission Manna provides medical care for malnourished children and continuing health care education for adults in and around the Haitian town of Montrouis. Our work focuses in three main areas:

1) Community Health Agents providing malnutrition relief, medical care and education to improve the overall health in the Montrouis area and the surrounding communities.
2) Providing leadership for medical mission teams to travel to Haiti to conduct clinics for thousands of Haitian children each year.
3) Sustainable Nutrition in the form of providing and maintaining goatherds in and around Montrouis.

Keep up with our latest updates on our NEWS Page.

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Mission Manna Video: Derek Dephouse Gives a Clinic Report from Haiti

May 18th, 2010

Derek Dephouse, M.D. of Asheville, NC gives a progress report from a Mission Manna clinic. Derek is a pediatrician who visits Haiti regularly. In this video, he explains how the clinics work and that he’s seen progress from year to year. For most of these kids, Mission Manna’s visits are the only time they see a doctor.

Most children in this area suffer from intestinal worm infestation; a problem that robs them of what little food they get. If untreated, these worms can move into the heart and kill the child. (You can help us buy worm medicine by donating at this website!)

Derek Dephouse, , M.D. in clinic. Filmed in Piyat, in the Montrouis region of Haiti.
Follow Derek on Twitter: @derekdephouse

Click here to visit our channel.

This is a rough cut clip from a video work in progress called “Consider Haiti, The Work of Mission Manna”.
A Bourne Media Production

ABOUT US

Mission Manna  provides medical care for malnourished children and continuing health care education for adults in and around the Haitian town of Montrouis. Our work focuses in three main areas:

1) Community Health Agents providing malnutrition relief, medical care and education to improve the overall health in the Montrouis area and the surrounding communities.
2) Providing leadership for medical mission teams to travel to Haiti to conduct clinics for thousands of Haitian children each year.
3) Sustainable Nutrition in the form of providing and maintaining goatherds in and around Montrouis.

Keep up with our latest updates on our NEWS Page.

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