All are welcome to group sharing sessions, daily, 12:30-1:30pm in Conference Room A. The first session on January 13 had the following outcomes:
- Areas Destroyed/Impacted
- What do we know
- Patients/Employees Needs & Concerns
- Codman Response
- Resources/Affiliations/Websites/Efforts
- Next Step
Areas destroyed/impacted
Port-au-Prince
Carrefour
Petition-ville
Hospital Genral
Cathedral (Church)
Catherine Flon (School)
Hotel Montana
Penitencier National (Prison)
Just to name a few…
What do we know…
Can’t Call cell phone; no texting; cell service is down
Wireless internent may have access
CNN is great source of media information
Local hospitals are destroyed; potentially 4 of them
Airport damage is in question; runway towers?
Center of city is destroyed
5 to 6 peacekeepers have died
Patients/employee needs concerns
Sign of high blood pressure, frantic, worried, crying
Hard for our employees to respond who are also impacted
Just stress level of not knowing
Codman Response:
IT to open up our internal sites for access to FB, etc…
Looking and connecting to local groups and looking for partnering, political leaders
TV in breakroom for informational purposes
Will post in break room a map of Haiti with, streets and identify area impacted
Is Codman willing to let staff go on a volunteer basis to impacted area to assist?
Keep street level down using internal counseling and providing factual information and updates
EAP on site today from 2:30p to 6:30p
Resources/affiliations/web site/efforts
CNN IREPORT (send missing family members photo’s)
Wyclef Jean (artist) www.yele.org, or text 501501 to donate $5
Lookout for blogging sites
CSHC blog (this site!)
RedCross
use credible organizations; be on the look out for groups trying to gain profits from disasters
Oxfam America
Churches
ERD (some doctors group)
Grassroots international
Doctors without borders
Dorchester Reporter
Haitian Reporter Live Blogging Local Response
Next steps
Meeting with initial committee for report back tomorrow at 11am LOCATION
Follow group meeting at 12:30 LOCATION
Identify organizations we can work with to take collects and drop off centers etc…
Continue to post info on internet and intranet
Provide posted materials for patients
I would like to say thank you to Codman Square Health Center for giving us the support that we need to get through this difficult time. Keep us in your prayers because we still have not heard from our loved ones this is one of our biggest concerns right now.
UPS is currently shipping under 50 lbs to Haiti for free! Send medical supplies, kits, clothes….something of use!
Please add our website to the list – we are posting events in Dorchester as we find out about them.
Add Partners in Health (www.pih.org) as an organization that is providing support right now.
They are setting up Field Hospitals in Port-au-Prince and are pulling the resources of 120 physicians and 500 nurses already working in the country.
They are looking for financial assistance for medical supplies as well as medical volunteers. Check their website for updates. You can sign up to get them automatically.
Kudos to the shining star staff today who were engaged helping others while awaiting word themselves about loved ones in Haiti. Truly inspiring. The US and Haitian flags at half-mast – the right thing to do.
from : http://www.ssmbos.com
(Episcopal convent in Roxbury – has a sister convent in Haiti)…
EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI 1-12-10
What we know so far:
o Sisters: We have had a report that the Sisters are alive, but it is unconfirmed. We have not heard directly from the Sisters, but we are cautiously optimistic.
o Others: The Rev. Oge Beauvoir, Dean of the Seminary, and his wife Serrette, are okay.
We have had no word on the Foyer Notre Dame or its residents, any convent employees, Foyer employees, or friends and relatives of Sisters as yet.
o The Convent: The Convent has been destroyed along with Holy Trinity School, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Bishop Duracin’s residence, and St. Vincent’s School for Handicapped Children.
o To donate: Monetary donations may be sent to:
The Society of St. Margaret
17 Highland Park St.
Boston, MA 02119
You can donate at the Parnters In Health website and the money will go towards emergency medical supplies, basic living necessities, as well as transportation and logistics support for the tens of thousands of people that will be seeking care at mobile field hospitals in the capital city.
There is also a link where you can forward PIH earthquake & donation information to family & friends so they can have the opportunity to donate.
Website to Connect with Your Loved Ones – Missing people list
Do you all know about Koneksyon (http://koneksyon.com/) .