NOVA Hope for Haiti provides sustained medical care in the southwest of Haiti. We provide care in two adjoining communities: the town of Cavaillon, Haiti and the village of Boileau, Haiti.
NOVA provides medical care in two ways:
1) NOVA’s permanent clinic in Haiti
NOVA’s medical staff operates out of two facilities serving a population of 50,000 people: our new building in Cavaillon, Haiti and another clinic in Boileau, Haiti. These are staffed with two doctors, three nurses, two pharmacists and a lab technician. These medical professionals and our maintenance/grounds employees all come from the southwest of Haiti, the area we serve. Our clinic is open five days per week, with the staff splitting time between the two locations all year long. The clinic also has it’s own fully stocked pharmacy and we dispense medication to our patients ourselves. Our patients are charged a nominal fee to see our doctor and another nominal price to purchase their medicines. This is to give value to the medical care the people provide by not having it be a completely free. Our prices are adjusted to the means of the general population and our staff is empowered to discount or waive fees completely for people who absolutely can’t afford it. NOVA collaborates in this venture with the Haitian Pilgrims, from Highland Village, Texas.
It costs NOVA about $150,000 USD to operate this clinic including staff salaries, medications and supplies as well as building maintenance and security. Our Haitian employees and our US accountant/bookkeeper are the only paid staff. All other NOVA administrators and US-based support are volunteers, enabling us to utilize all donations to directly support our mission.
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2) NOVA Medical Missions
NOVA sends teams of volunteer doctors, nurses, translators, and non-medical support every six to 12 months to Cavaillon, Haiti to conduct week-long immediate care clinics open to all adults and children in need. Our teams work with our permanent staff, seeing patients, providing training to our Haitian staff and conducting mobile missions to remote villages. Our team stays at our clinic at our residence. We take up to six doctors on any given mission with a mix of adult providers and pediatricians. Typically in a week we will see over 500-600 patients. NOVA has been doing this since 2002 and we have sent over 25 successful medical missions.
Click here for an article and photos from a typical medical mission.
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