Hi!  I am requesting your assistance with a project aimed at developing and improving physical therapy services in Haiti--

 

I participate in medical missions trips to Haiti with Salva Vida, a Richmond-based non-profit group.  Our team has both surgical [orthopaedic] and medical components.  Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere;  the Haitian people severely lack medical care.  Physical therapy does not formally exist there, but it is definitely needed. 

 

Shaun Cleaver, a Canadian PT with Healing Hands for Haiti, and I are creating a database of PT's/PTA's [from North America] who participate in medical missions trips to Haiti.  Our short-term goal is to develop an exchange where (1) PT's/PTA's interested in volunteering in Haiti and (2) medical/surgical groups in need of a PT/PTA can find/dialogue with experienced therapists.  Our long-term goal is to develop the profession of PT in Haiti through education.

 

If you know of any PT's/PTA's who volunteer in Haiti, please contact me.  If you have any other pertinent information that can help me in my search, please contact me as well.  Thank you for your assistance...it is very much appreciated.

 

 

Kindest regards,

Anne H. Chan, PT, MSPT

Central District Chair

804.304.0061