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Keeping Busy in Haiti

2010-03-26T07:45:00.000-07:00

League of Hope would like to thank all of the people making relief and recovery efforts in Haiti possible. League of Hope has recently been approved as a Partner with MAP International, which allows us to deliver high-quality pharmaceuticals to desperately needy clinics in Haiti. On March 15, League of Hope took 150 pounds of medicine with a wholesale value of about $40,000US to Port Au Prince for the Bill Rice Clinic on La Gonave. This medicine was purchased with funds raised by Girl Scout Troop 3538 at Morningside Elementary School.

League of Hope organized, funded and led a group of agricultural experts from University of Georgia and Birdsong Peanuts on an assessment trip travelling from Port Au Prince to Cap Haitien. Check back soon for video of the trip.

In 2010, 100% of received funds are going directly to League of Hope projects in Haiti!

Check out the new website:

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Relief in and around Jacmel

2010-02-15T08:27:00.000-08:00

League of Hope has a crack volunteer crew operating between Santiago and Jacmel this weekend. Mission is to supply villages in the mountains south of Port au prince that have not received relief supplies to date. Crew is Larry Lee, Jonathan Clues, Chane Hazelett and David Sanders. Photo is of Larry Lee in the famous Yellow Jacket in Jacmel waiting for the helicopter. Details to follow...

Plans

2010-01-28T15:15:00.000-08:00

I am finishing up with a few freight forwards: supplies donated by Emory University, Gainesville College and Childspring...should be 10 pallets or so. Hopefully, these will make it on a C130 out of Opa Laka, Florida for free.

I am meeting on Monday with the Dean of the UGA Agricultural School to discuss a partnership of ag and poultry experts helping to ensure the spring crops on La Gonave are maximized. This could be an important step in helping the Haitians supply their own food locally, which 50 years ago was common.

I am also excited about organizing a partnership of hospitals, doctors and suppliers of prostheses to help the estimated 100,000 that have had amputations as a result of the earthquake. This plan was hatched last night after a conversation with my friend Ingrid Arnesen in Petionville, Haiti who described walking through a clinic with human arms and legs lying all over the floor. If you want to join in the effort, please let me know. Graham

Videos of Airstrip in Leogane

2010-01-27T17:31:00.000-08:00

The pilots in this whole saga are the true heroes in my opinion:

David Lee of AirShares Elite and Eric Zipkin and Adam Schaefer of Tradewinds Aviation are the three that I was associated with. They put a lot of effort and a lot of their own resources into early relief missions to Haiti:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=leagueofhope&search_type=&aq=f

Picasa Photos of Relief trip to Leogane

2010-01-26T14:00:00.001-08:00

http://picasaweb.google.com/wgrahamhuff/Haiti_Earthquake?feat=directlink

Out of Leogane

2010-01-25T13:24:00.000-08:00

RoRo was the foreman of the platform project for the water tank. This is his tin-roof tent in the Nursing School Camp. RoRo and others located several tanks from downed buildings throughout Leaogane which will be picked up today. Save ther Children is supplying a 3 inch hose to hook to the distant well. Deep Springs will treat the water. The other tanks will go to other camps throughout Leogane.
I am sitting on a plane now in Santiago. The trees along the road where we landed have been cleared making the take-off much easier. League of Hope was able to provide several families with funds to build a better tent. Right now, they have blankets and sheets as the roof and they sleep on the grass. One family has 5 kids on a single-bed mattress. RoRo said he would help with the construction.
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One Airstrip Too Far

2010-01-24T17:34:00.001-08:00

I had arranged for 2 loads of food already in santiago to be delivered
in Cessna Caravans to La Gonave for today, which is sunday, by pilot
jose maldonado out of san juan. I did not get a price from jose until
about 10 last night. Around 6pm, I was copied on an email to pere ajax
asking for assistance clearing airspace in the 70 mile zone for a
flight(s?) from a Bahamas outfit. That was the first time for me to
hear of this plane which also was to arrive Sunday on the small, dirt
airstrip on La Gonave. Around 10 pm, jose emailed me with the flight
cost for two loads: $10232! Come on, Jose! I'm not going to the
Masters! The food has been donated by Go Ministries. Since the
Bahamas plane was going(I thought) and David Hammer Lee has access now
to a much cheaper plane with much higher capacity that can start as
soon as monday, I told jose to hold off. The Bahamas plane never made
it. And La Gonave still needs food :(

People are running out of stuff everywhere. Everyone is trying their best.

Water from camp

2010-01-24T12:16:00.000-08:00

Busy day. Salvaged 600 gal tank from roof of nursing school that had rolled and punctured during quake. This is going along the wall of the NS camp fed from a neigh oring well approx 200 feet away. This will be treated with Deep Springs chlorine which is now being produced at St. Criox Hospital. Had some teenagers build the foundation out of block salvaged from collapsed wall. They did a good job. Five bucks apiece. Product coming in now from Save The Children for water and sanitation. Will get latrines dug soon.
Still trying to solve food to La Gonave...difficult.
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Ramping Up Production

2010-01-23T14:01:00.000-08:00

Since I got here Wednesday, the camp outside the dorm wall but inside the nursing school wall has grown from about 500 to over 2000. The clinic is running full bore with a group of doctors associated with Notre Dame and a group from Japan. I am now running this small reverse osmosis at full tilt trying to store enough for evening meal time. Now pulling from a 50 gallon drum, which makes keeping supplied easier. Noticeable increase in flies and mosquitos today. Working with Daniele Lantagne at CDC trying to get latrine slabs. Business model: dig a hole to specs, get a free slab.
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Nursing school field hospital

2010-01-23T08:51:00.000-08:00

Lots of pain here
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Saturday

2010-01-23T06:34:00.001-08:00

Sorry about earlier post...Florida says no can see well. Wireless down now, not expected to be up soon. Not many pilots willing to go to La Gonave. Working with guy in San Juan now. Can get food from Santiago that is already there. We can send Atlanta collections down later. Trying to get 2X2000 pound loads today to La Gonave. Will keep you posted.
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Haitian coffee

2010-01-23T05:21:00.001-08:00

Haitian coffee has the consistency of used motor oil. Add unprocessed cane sugar and mm good. Waiter, what's this mosquito doing in my coffee?
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Re: Supply Chain

2010-01-23T05:21:00.000-08:00

This post is intended to give an idea about the emails that are flying around and the people involved in getting things here. If this had happened pre-internet........

ok - that sounds like a plan. So adam & eric will pick up Aquatabs.... any indication of when? I assume that Leogane airport is still in play for the short term for things we need quickly but we will work on another route for the larger volumes.

Dave - see below. we need to establish a supply chain to Leogane. I that means staging in one US city and flying into PaP then Pgh probably makes the most sense. CAn you find out if there are any plans for cargo transports from pgh that will be routine trips?

Jim - can LXS donate the use of a container or two to load in pgh and get to Leogane? I think a container would be valuable to Michael since he could keep it locked for security.

jeff

wgrahamhuff@gmail.com
01/23/2010 08:10 AM

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To	jeff.ritter@lanxess.com, "League of Hope" <leagueofhope.yves@blogger.com>
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Subject	Re: Supply Chain

We just talked and he wants it. I try toi get ft laud gear and salt on one plane to PAP, and truck to here. Have call into bill cargill @ ft laud executive airport. Long term, better to get a large load to PAP and truck here. Runway capacity in leogane too small for long term. We should try to stage out of 1 US airport and 1 dr(santiago) or try for direct to PAP from US. So, on spreadsheet note supply points for all gear. I recomend google docs and will be easy for everyone to stay up to date.
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From: jeff.ritter@lanxess.com
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:57:29 -0500
To: <wgrahamhuff@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Supply Chain

michael could tell you. i will eventually put together a spreadsheet that shows all supplies, how much is where and how much we need. I don't have a handle on salt right now.
jeff

wgrahamhuff@gmail.com
01/23/2010 07:52 AM

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Subject	Re: Supply Chain

Ok got it.What abiout salt?
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From: jeff.ritter@lanxess.com
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:50:02 -0500
To: <wgrahamhuff@gmail.com>
Cc: <james.coccagno@lanxess.com>; <jack.hasnauer@gmail.com>
Subject: Supply Chain

talk to Michael about priorities. I would think that the first load of Aquatabs is a high priority. The bottle caps from FLL may be next. Then the second load of Aquatabs.

If this thing keeps growing we need a routine way to get more bottles, spigots, etc into Leogane. DSI can definitely pay for fuel and expenses. If we get major funding from a large org we could probably pay for flight time, etc so that the pilots don't have to keep pulling out of their pockets.

Let's start to think about establishing a supply chain that can support a larger effort. So far you probably have transported the volume for ~5,000 systems. The target of our proposals is about 20,000 systems. It may well grow to 40,000 or more.

jeff

wgrahamhuff@gmail.com
01/23/2010 06:43 AM

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Subject	Re: FW: Leogane-Runway & Helicopter

2 loads then. Ill work on it.
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From: jeff.ritter@lanxess.com
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:41:25 -0500
To: <wgrahamhuff@gmail.com>
Cc: <mgately@medentech.com>; <sdalzell@medentech.com>; <james.coccagno@lanxess.com>
Subject: Re: FW: Leogane-Runway & Helicopter

My understanding is that the total weight is 1,600 kg and that is distributed among 11 pallets. I would estimate a pallet to be 4'x4'x3' high. They are very light so I would guess that you would max out on volume.

Michael/Suzanne - pls confirm if you get this.

jeff

Jeff Ritter
Technical & Services Procurement 412-809-2248 (office)
Lanxess 412-809-1053 (fax)
111 Park West Drive 412-260-5248 (cell)
Pittsburgh, PA 15275
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01/23/2010 06:29 AM

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Subject	Re: FW: Leogane-Runway & Helicopter

We need weight and volume. Only cesna caravans make sense to land in leogane, which means adam and eric. Need to know how many loads so can arrange them to go get from santiago and deliver
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From: jeff.ritter@lanxess.com
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:07:44 -0500
To: Robert Overly<roverly@rinkdesign.com>
Cc: <chamo@tds.net>; <james.coccagno@lanxess.com>; Michael Ritter<michael.ritter2@gmail.com>; Voss, Phil<pvoss@lsijax.com>; <wgrahamhuff@gmail.com>; <purecompassion@dccnet.com>; <charles@taeria.com>
Subject: Re: FW: Leogane-Runway & Helicopter

any more info on this - should we consider having David Lee or another private pilot try to get to Puerto Plata?

Michael needs them quickly. Aquatabs are the best source of chlorine at this point.
jeff

"Robert Overly" <roverly@rinkdesign.com>
01/22/2010 05:52 PM

To	<chamo@tds.net>
cc	<jeff.ritter@lanxess.com>, "Michael Ritter" <michael.ritter2@gmail.com>, <james.coccagno@lanxess.com>, "Voss, Phil" <pvoss@lsijax.com>
Subject	FW: Leogane-Runway & Helicopter

Richard,
I am going to send you a couple of email correspondences that will give you contact points and location.
This email gives the coordinates for Leoganes, Haiti which is where the location of the NGO, Deep Springs International.
Michael Ritter is your contact, but as you can see in the attachments, there are other individuals representing the organization.
Telephone connections have been spotty at best so they have been communicating through emails.
I am copying a number individuals that I have been working with to let them know what we are up to.
For their benefit: we have been having difficulty getting transportation out of Puerto Plata. I still waiting on a few phone calls, but as a back up, Richard Taylor, who has been working with my community in the Dominican Republic, has agreed to help me look for other options in getting the product to Michael.
I am sending Richard all of my contact information, so that if things work his way, He will be able to contact Michael and his group.

H. Robert Overly, AIA,
Architect
Rink Design Partnership, Inc.
architecture | landscape architecture | interior design
1301 Riverplace Blvd., Suite 500, Jacksonville, FL 32207
PH 904.396.6353 FAX 904.346.0781
www.rinkdesign.com
MP Please consider the environment and the impact on ourchildren's future before printing this email.

From: james.coccagno@lanxess.com [mailto:james.coccagno@lanxess.com]
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 10:15 AM
To: Robert Overly
Subject: Fw: Leogane-Runway & Helicopter

Robert,

Here is some more info on Leogane. Jeff has sent 4 planes on their the past two days. Shouldn't be a problem getting the goods on the ground and secured, that is if we can get them in the air.

______________________
Jim Coccagno
LANXESS Corporation
Head of International Logistics
and Logistics Procurement
111 RIDC Park West
Pittsburgh, PA 15275
PH - 412-809-2245
Fax - 412-809-1053

James.Coccagno@lanxess.com
www.us.lanxess.com

----- Forwarded by James Coccagno/MIGQT/USERS/LANXESS on 01/22/2010 10:11 AM -----

Michael Ritter <michael.ritter2@gmail.com>
01/22/2010 08:52 AM

To	james.coccagno@lanxess.com
cc
Subject	Fwd: Leogane-Runway & Helicopter

Here are the images of the airstrip. Is this what you wanted or do you want copies of the pics I've been taking?

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Ritter <michael.ritter2@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:00 AM
Subject: Fwd: Leogane-Runway & Helicopter
To: jeff.ritter@lanxess.com, Ruth Entwistle <entwistle.ruth@gmail.com>, "jeffrey.ritter2" <jeffrey.ritter2@gmail.com>, amy.ritter3@gmail.com, Robert Simpson Kinelski <Rsk1148@aol.com>

Kind of just for fun and because I'm a Google Earth nerd - but feel free to pass along to press people to give a sense of what's going on here. They haven't yet marked out the field in the SW corner where the roads converge that is now being staked out by the Marines and being used as their helicopter pad now. In my pics you can see one with the plane that landed on the "airstrip" and a Marines helicopter in the air.

Not sure what's all in the emails below the latest, but please strip them if you pass them along in case there's any CDC/UND/CNP stuff that isn't meant to be passed along.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jim Sylivant <jsylivant@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:37 PM
Subject: Leogane-Runway & Helicopter
To: wpierre@nd.edu, jbrissau@nd.edu
Cc: jcmcafee@aol.com, Luccene.Desir.2@nd.edu, gerardjimmyp@yahoo.fr, michael.ritter2@gmail.com, "Beach, Michael J. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)" <mjb3@cdc.gov>, "Weinkopff, Tiffany S. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED) (CTR)" <doe3@cdc.gov>, aissatou_diawara@hotmail.com, boyda02@gmail.com, cagrady@gmail.com, dujour102@hotmail.com, Henrilio.Julsain@cibc.ca, "Fox, LeAnne M. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)" <lff4@cdc.gov>, lynchj@gunet.georgetown.edu, ldesir@nd.edu, mdineen@auafl.com, mdorvil@uic.edu, nessimizmery@yahoo.com, pfwilbur@aol.com, rwhite@midcitypartners.com, Ralph.Pennino@rochestergeneral.org, sphasg@gwumc.edu, srmspano@yahoo.com, L.Rand.Carpenter@state.tn.us, Yao Sodahlon <Ysodahlon@taskforce.org>, "Parise, Monica E. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)" <mep0@cdc.gov>, "Eberhard, Mark (Atlanta) (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)" <mle1@cdc.gov>, "Winings, John" <jwinings@oxidyn.com>, "Gee, Tim" <timgee@pobox.com>, "Bennett, Jr., Tyler" <tylerbeniii@gmail.com>, Nicole and Mike Carlin <carlin6619@aol.com>, wwhite@maf.org, reservations@haiti.maf.net, "Parker, John" <johnwparker2002@yahoo.com>, Streit Tom <streit.1@nd.edu>, Bertone Kercelin <kercelin@yahoo.fr>, "Markee, Linda" <linda.markee@comcast.net>, contact@cnphaiti.org, Hilda Alcindor <halcindor@msn.com>, joey leary <joey.leary@intervol.org>, "Hornsby, Jess" <JHornsby@aol.com>, "Sternbergh, Martha W." <mwsternbergh@gulftel.com>, "Walmer, Kathy" <kathywalmer@usa.net>, "Walmer, David" <fhm@usa.net>, "MERISIER, Delson" <delsonmerisier@yahoo.fr>, "Butler, Fred" <fbutler@ec.rr.com>, "Gerald, Toussaint" <gtoussaintca@yahoo.fr>, "Gateaux, Yoleine" <Pyo1@aol.com>, "Philem, James" <JPhilem@aol.com>, "Raber, Phil & Myriam" <raber88@zoominternet.net>, "Tintin, Nicolas" <tincol2002@yahoo.fr>, ALBERT POINT DU JOUR <albepdj@hotmail.com>, presrevrob@aol.com, hscenews@yahoo.com, "Mahler, Pix" <pix@e-mahlers.net>, Evens <laguerre90@yahoo.fr>, "Madsen, Dr." <Madsen.BeaudeRochars.1@nd.edu>, robin@jet-quest.com, ezipkin@tradewindaviation.com, emm7@cdc.gov, Sarah Miller <sarahamiller@nd.edu>, Adam Schaefer <aschaefer@tradewindaviation.com>, dispatch@tradewindaviation.com, christopher-buresh@uiowa.edu, dzipkin@tradewindaviation.com, "Land, Rich & Kathy" <landsinhaiti@yahoo.com>

Information on reaching Leogane

Attached are .jpg images taken from Google Earth and marked with information on:

-Temporary landing strip on the bypass road of Léogâne
-Helicopter landing area near the Nursing School and Residence Filariasis
-Street route that is not blocked to reach the Nursing School and Residence Filariasis from main road

Overlays and map mark-ups created by Tyler Bennett from information from Wesly Pierre and Jean-Marc Brissau.

This information is current as of January 20, 2009 and is subject to change. The .jpg pictures are smaller to download, but do not offer full resolution. The .kml file is for users of Google Earth. By downloading the .kml file, when you open it, it will launch Google Earth which will use this data instead of older (pre-earthquake). More detailed map information is given and the tools in
Google Earth can be used to navigate and zoom in. Port-au-Prince and Léogâne views are AFTER the earthquake.

Please send updates/corrections to jsylivant@pobox.com

Jim Sylivant
ls (CDC/CCID/NCZVED) wrote:
from the CNN website

9:33 p.m. -- International aid has just started reaching Léogâne, Haiti, where the mayor says 90 percent of buildings have collapsed. For five days, the director of a local nursing school and its students gave medical aid to about 5,000 people in a makeshift clinic with few supplies, CNN's Karl Penhaul reports. The first international humanitarian aid arrived with a World Food Program team on Saturday night, and a Doctors Without Borders team arrived Sunday. Watch
9:20 p.m. -- About 100 children are believed to be buried in the rubble of a school in Léogâne, about a hour's drive west of Port-au-Prince, CNN's Anderson Cooper reports.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/01/17/lok.penhaul.leogane.cnn

From: Mathieu, Els (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 6:34 PM
To: 'wpierre@nd.edu'; Lammie, Patrick J. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); 'jbrissau@nd.edu'; 'jcmcafee@aol.com'; 'Luccene.Desir.2@nd.edu'; 'jsylivant@pobox.com'; 'gerardjimmyp@yahoo.fr'; 'michael.ritter2@gmail.com'; 'Madsen.BeaudeRochars.1@nd.edu'; Beach, Michael J. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); Weinkopff, Tiffany S. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED) (CTR); 'sarahamiller@nd.edu'; 'aissatou_diawara@hotmail.com'; 'boyda02@gmail.com'; 'carlin6619@aol.com'; 'cagrady@gmail.com'; 'dujour102@hotmail.com'; 'Henrilio.Julsain@cibc.ca'; Fox, LeAnne M. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); 'lynchj@gunet.georgetown.edu'; 'ldesir@nd.edu'; 'mdineen@auafl.com'; 'mdorvil@uic.edu'; 'nessimizmery@yahoo.com'; 'pfwilbur@aol.com'; 'rwhite@midcitypartners.com'; 'Ralph.Pennino@rochestergeneral.org'; 'sphasg@gwumc.edu'; 'srmspano@yahoo.com'; Mathieu, Els (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); 'L.Rand.Carpenter@state.tn.us'
Subject: First flight into Leogane

A first plane landed today in leogane and more will follow in the following days.
Thanks to all of you for not forgetting Leogane
Els
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From: Mathieu, Els (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)
To: Mathieu, Els (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); 'Wesly Pierre' <wpierre@nd.edu>; Lammie, Patrick J. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); 'Jean Marc Brissau' <jbrissau@nd.edu>; 'jcmcafee@aol.com' <jcmcafee@aol.com>; 'Luccene Desir' <Luccene.Desir.2@nd.edu>; 'jsylivant@pobox.com' <jsylivant@pobox.com>; 'gerardjimmyp@yahoo.fr' <gerardjimmyp@yahoo.fr>; 'jcmcafee@aol.com' <jcmcafee@aol.com>; 'michael.ritter2@gmail.com' <michael.ritter2@gmail.com>; 'Madsen BeaudeRochars' <Madsen.BeaudeRochars.1@nd.edu>; Beach, Michael J. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); Weinkopff, Tiffany S. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED) (CTR); 'Sarah Miller' <sarahamiller@nd.edu>; 'aissatou_diawara@hotmail.com' <aissatou_diawara@hotmail.com>; 'boyda02@gmail.com' <boyda02@gmail.com>; 'carlin6619@aol.com' <carlin6619@aol.com>; 'cagrady@gmail.com' <cagrady@gmail.com>; 'dujour102@hotmail.com' <dujour102@hotmail.com>; 'gerardjimmyp@yahoo.fr' <gerardjimmyp@yahoo.fr>; 'Julsain, Henrilio' <Henrilio.Julsain@cibc.ca>; Fox, LeAnne M. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); 'lynchj@gunet.georgetown.edu' <lynchj@gunet.georgetown.edu>; 'ldesir@nd.edu' <ldesir@nd.edu>; 'mdineen@auafl.com' <mdineen@auafl.com>; 'mdorvil@uic.edu' <mdorvil@uic.edu>; 'nessimizmery@yahoo.com' <nessimizmery@yahoo.com>; 'pfwilbur@aol.com' <pfwilbur@aol.com>; 'rwhite@midcitypartners.com' <rwhite@midcitypartners.com>; 'Ralph.Pennino@rochestergeneral.org' <Ralph.Pennino@rochestergeneral.org>; 'sphasg@gwumc.edu' <sphasg@gwumc.edu>; 'Mary Spano' <srmspano@yahoo.com>; 'TArnason@holyinnocents.org' <TArnason@holyinnocents.org>; 'wirthpr@gmail.com' <wirthpr@gmail.com>; 'Logan Anderson' <Logan.Anderson.290@nd.edu>; 'Sarah Craig' <Sarah.C.Peterek.3@nd.edu>; 'aultstev@paho.org' <aultstev@paho.org>; 'jeff.ritter@lanxess.com' <jeff.ritter@lanxess.com>; 'Jon Steele' <jon@madewell.com>; 'Megan Wilson' <mwilson@psi.org>; 'Nathan Michaels' <nathanlmichaels@gmail.com>; 'danielelantagne@earthlink.net' <danielelantagne@earthlink.net>; '<mdineen@auafl.com>' <mdineen@auafl.com>; '<jsylivant@pobox.com>' <jsylivant@pobox.com>; 'Brittany Eddy' <brittanyeddy@gmail.com>; 'aissatou_diawara@hotmail.com' <aissatou_diawara@hotmail.com>; 'Ferdinand Merlène' <ferdinandmerlene@yahoo.ca>; 'Claude Surena' <csurena@yahoo.com>; 'Dujour Jean François' <dujour102@hotmail.com>; 'delorm2005@yahoo.fr' <delorm2005@yahoo.fr>; 'Steven Osborne' <drauz@hotmail.com>; 'gnicolas20@hotmail.com' <gnicolas20@hotmail.com>; 'Gary PERODIN' <gperodin@hotmail.com>; 'Gaetan Mentor' <gmentor57@gmail.com>; 'Guy Theodore' <hh5gt@aol.com>; 'Haiti Program' <haiti.haiti.1@nd.edu>; 'Kevin P. Osborne' <kpo1213@gmail.com>; 'Katie Zakas' <kzakas@nd.edu>; 'kzelenka@crshaiti.org' <kzelenka@crshaiti.org>; 'Linda Mans Leary' <lmansleary@roadrunner.com>; 'Leslie Roberts' <lroberts@aaas.org>; 'MeltzerD@usa.redcross.org' <MeltzerD@usa.redcross.org>; 'Marcia Lane' <mlane@haitinursing.org>; 'Osnel Sagaille' <nelomag@yahoo.com>; 'pinter@stjoe-redcross.org' <pinter@stjoe-redcross.org>; 'Philip Coyne' <Philip.Coyne@usuhs.mil>; 'Xue Yang' <qingtiansnowena@gmail.com>; 'Ruth Barnard' <rbarnard@umich.edu>; 'streit.1@nd.edu' <streit.1@nd.edu>; 'slpelletreau@gmail.com' <slpelletreau@gmail.com>; 'Ted Lazarre' <ted.lazarre@yahoo.com>; 'Victor Marie carmelle' <carmylove2001@yahoo.fr>; 'Vincenzo Di Maro' <vincenzod@iadb.org>; 'Beau De Rochars, Valery Madsen' <vbeaude@emory.edu>; 'wcanny@crshaiti.org' <wcanny@crshaiti.org>; 'wphoffmann@comcast.net' <wphoffmann@comcast.net>; 'wkevinolehnik@adelphia.net' <wkevinolehnik@adelphia.net>; 'Ximena Medellin' <xmedelli@nd.edu>; 'Yves Marcel COIMIN' <yvesmarcel_coimin@yahoo.fr>; 'Yves Vericain' <jvericain@yahoo.fr>; 'Rodrigue Lovince' <rodpink2001@yahoo.fr>; 'danielelantagne@earthlink.net' <danielelantagne@earthlink.net>; Beach, Michael J. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); 'joey.leary@intervol.org' <joey.leary@intervol.org>; 'fhm@usa.net' <fhm@usa.net>; 'yao sodahlon' <ysodahlon@taskforce.org>; McMorrow, Meredith (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); 'gmcmorrow@att.net' <gmcmorrow@att.net>; 'kbolles@savechildren.org' <kbolles@savechildren.org>; 'aaakesson@cnphaiti.org' <aaakesson@cnphaiti.org>; Mintz, Eric (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); Parise, Monica E. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); Eberhard, Mark (Atlanta) (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); Farnon, Eileen (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)
Sent: Sat Jan 16 20:34:19 2010
Subject: a flight with MDs an supplies on Monday to Leogane and one on Wedensday?
Chers ami(es) de Leogane
Je veux d’abord vous assurer que vous avez beaucoup d’amis et que le monde ne vous a pas oublié.
After a whole day emailing and calling, it seems that we reached our goal that we - a handful of public health professionals from different institutions - set on Thursday night: getting help to Leogane! So before going into the details, I want to thank everyone, but especially Wendy, Caroline and Tiffany for their help!
As you all know, we tried to get a plane directly to Leogane. Jean Marc and Wesley made sure we had the GPS coordinates and a plan of the airstrip. Thanks to some of you, Robin Eissler from Jet quest was contacted and she arranged a donated flight. She also arranged a helicopter in case the plane can’t land in Leogane. For the latter we have to pay, but we think we can easily find those funds. This flight is available tomorrow at 8 am in Fort Lauderdale, but though we really tried, we were – on a Saturday – not able to get supplies in time to Florida. But co-incidentally, there was a group MDs from Iowa who were looking to get down to Leogane and we found out that Ashley Aakesson from CNP was willing to coordinate efforts for Leogane. So we put Ashley in contact with Robin and we hope that on Monday, Leogane can get supplies!
We are still trying to get some medicine to Ralph Pennino from Intervol who will bring supplies on Wednesday to Leogane trough 2 donated flights to DR and helicopters from the US Southern Command.
A lot of you had offered money or wanted to help with fundraising. Our plan is to take tomorrow a break, but Monday we are going to organize the best way to organize this. We will send you regularly updates on activities and on how to donate. Although we focus now on the emergency phase, we plan to keep on working on the reconstruction of Leogane.
Thanks!
els

From: Mathieu, Els (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 2:03 PM
To: Mathieu, Els (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); 'Wesly Pierre'; Lammie, Patrick J. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); 'Jean Marc Brissau'; 'jcmcafee@aol.com'; 'Luccene Desir'; 'jsylivant@pobox.com'; 'gerardjimmyp@yahoo.fr'; 'jcmcafee@aol.com'; 'michael.ritter2@gmail.com'; 'Madsen BeaudeRochars'; Beach, Michael J. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); Weinkopff, Tiffany S. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED) (CTR); 'Sarah Miller'; 'aissatou_diawara@hotmail.com'; 'boyda02@gmail.com'; 'carlin6619@aol.com'; 'cagrady@gmail.com'; 'dujour102@hotmail.com'; 'gerardjimmyp@yahoo.fr'; 'Julsain, Henrilio'; Fox, LeAnne M. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); 'lynchj@gunet.georgetown.edu'; 'ldesir@nd.edu'; 'mdineen@auafl.com'; 'mdorvil@uic.edu'; 'nessimizmery@yahoo.com'; 'pfwilbur@aol.com'; 'rwhite@midcitypartners.com'; 'Ralph.Pennino@rochestergeneral.org'; 'sphasg@gwumc.edu'; 'Mary Spano'; 'TArnason@holyinnocents.org'; 'wirthpr@gmail.com'; 'Logan Anderson'; 'Sarah Craig'; 'aultstev@paho.org'; 'jeff.ritter@lanxess.com'; 'Jon Steele'; 'Megan Wilson'; 'Nathan Michaels'; 'danielelantagne@earthlink.net'; '<mdineen@auafl.com>'; '<jsylivant@pobox.com>'; 'Brittany Eddy'; 'aissatou_diawara@hotmail.com'; 'Ferdinand Merlène'; 'Claude Surena'; 'Dujour Jean François'; 'delorm2005@yahoo.fr'; 'Steven Osborne'; 'gnicolas20@hotmail.com'; 'Gary PERODIN'; 'Gaetan Mentor'; 'Guy Theodore'; 'Haiti Program'; 'Kevin P. Osborne'; 'Katie Zakas'; 'kzelenka@crshaiti.org'; 'Linda Mans Leary'; 'Leslie Roberts'; 'MeltzerD@usa.redcross.org'; 'Marcia Lane'; 'Osnel Sagaille'; 'pinter@stjoe-redcross.org'; 'Philip Coyne'; 'Xue Yang'; 'Ruth Barnard'; 'streit.1@nd.edu'; 'slpelletreau@gmail.com'; 'Ted Lazarre'; 'Victor Marie carmelle'; 'Vincenzo Di Maro'; 'Beau De Rochars, Valery Madsen'; 'wcanny@crshaiti.org'; 'wphoffmann@comcast.net'; 'wkevinolehnik@adelphia.net'; 'Ximena Medellin'; 'Yves Marcel COIMIN'; 'Yves Vericain'; 'Rodrigue Lovince'; 'danielelantagne@earthlink.net'; Beach, Michael J. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); 'joey.leary@intervol.org'; 'fhm@usa.net'; yao sodahlon; McMorrow, Meredith (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); 'gmcmorrow@att.net'; 'kbolles@savechildren.org'
Subject: Aid for leogane:we need supplies in Fort lauderdale tomorrow at 8 am
Importance: High
Dear
Things are moving! It seems we secured 2 flights, now we have to move to get supplies
Robin Eissler ( who got on board thanks to Nicole and Mike Carlin and Jim Sylivant). They are looking into sending a small plane to Leogane. We will have to send all the supplies to Fort Lauderdale by tomorrow 8 am!. Please help if you have supplies, contacts with UPS, etc.
Ralph Pennino, a MD and ND alumni from Rochester who is active in Intervol.org secured a Falcon 900 jet to fly to Santa Domingo donated by a friend. The US military would then fly the supplies to Leogane via Black Hawk helicopter. This is not finalized but extremely probable.
He has medical supplies but no drugs, IV fluids

So it looks like we have to go to a new search: for supplies and money for the supplies. I know we got already some emails offering supplies.
Thanks
els

From: Mathieu, Els (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 11:01 AM
To: 'Wesly Pierre'; Lammie, Patrick J. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); 'Jean Marc Brissau'; jcmcafee@aol.com; 'Luccene Desir'; jsylivant@pobox.com; 'gerardjimmyp@yahoo.fr'; 'jcmcafee@aol.com'; michael.ritter2@gmail.com; 'Madsen BeaudeRochars'; Beach, Michael J. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); Weinkopff, Tiffany S. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED) (CTR); 'Sarah Miller'; aissatou_diawara@hotmail.com; boyda02@gmail.com; carlin6619@aol.com; cagrady@gmail.com; dujour102@hotmail.com; gerardjimmyp@yahoo.fr; 'Julsain, Henrilio'; Fox, LeAnne M. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); lynchj@gunet.georgetown.edu; ldesir@nd.edu; mdineen@auafl.com; mdorvil@uic.edu; nessimizmery@yahoo.com; pfwilbur@aol.com; rwhite@midcitypartners.com; Ralph.Pennino@rochestergeneral.org; sphasg@gwumc.edu; 'Mary Spano'; TArnason@holyinnocents.org; wirthpr@gmail.com; 'Logan Anderson'; 'Sarah Craig'; 'aultstev@paho.org'; 'jeff.ritter@lanxess.com'; Jon Steele; Megan Wilson; Nathan Michaels; danielelantagne@earthlink.net; <mdineen@auafl.com>; <jsylivant@pobox.com>; Brittany Eddy; 'aissatou_diawara@hotmail.com'; Ferdinand Merlène; Claude Surena; Dujour Jean François; delorm2005@yahoo.fr; Steven Osborne; gnicolas20@hotmail.com; Gary PERODIN; Gaetan Mentor; Guy Theodore; Haiti Program; Kevin P. Osborne; Katie Zakas; kzelenka@crshaiti.org; Linda Mans Leary; Leslie Roberts; MeltzerD@usa.redcross.org; Marcia Lane; Osnel Sagaille; pinter@stjoe-redcross.org; Philip Coyne; Xue Yang; Ruth Barnard; streit.1@nd.edu; slpelletreau@gmail.com; Ted Lazarre; Victor Marie carmelle; Vincenzo Di Maro; Beau De Rochars, Valery Madsen; wcanny@crshaiti.org; wphoffmann@comcast.net; wkevinolehnik@adelphia.net; Ximena Medellin; Yves Marcel COIMIN; Yves Vericain; Rodrigue Lovince; 'danielelantagne@earthlink.net'; Beach, Michael J. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)
Subject: Aid for leogane: update
Dear
There was a lot of emailing back and forth.
This is what we have at the moment:
- We have regular contact with our Haitian friends and colleagues in Leogane
- We have the coordinates of an airstrip in Leogane who was used in the past. The place is clear
- we are preparing a short text to send out as soon we found a plane so that we can find funds.
- we are looking in ways to collect money (paypal?).

- We don’t have a plane yet, that will be the most difficult. We have contacts, but nothing concrete. We also try to get contact with people who are bringing relief with helicopters ( thanks Wendy!)
We contacted a lot of people: US military, CDC hierarchy, MSF, …to ask help for Leogane.
I will stop copying everyone, but please let me know if you want to be copied…
I add some assessments of the situation of Leogane and some pictures

Joey's report:
My name is Joey Leary I have lived in Leogane since August 11th. I am intimately acquainted with the Leogane community as I have many contacts and speak Kreyol. I was airlifted out of the country this morning after a brief visit to the US embassy in Port au Prince. I spent 6am to 6pm on Wednesday working with USPH nursing students to provide emergency medical care tohundreds of critically injured men women and babies. Gangrene, sepsis, and impending kidney failure will surely occur in half of these patients if further medical assistance is not provided. I am sending this information in an attempt to expediate the provision of aide to my friends and colleagues in Leogane.
1. Where?
-Leogane
2. Where in Leogane?
- BELVAL PLAZA (UNPH Nursing School, Notre Dame Haiti Program) - 400 displaced families - 100 critically injured, dying
-CAVALY SOCCER STADIUM - unspecified
-HOSPITAL SAINT CROIX (has been closed for the past two years but still is standing after the earthquake) - has 100 empty rooms. If safe, could be turned into a military hospital.
3. Possible Access Points?
- I was able to drive unimpeded from Leogane to the airport on Thursday Jan. 14. We took the route that remains closest to the sea and takes one through the Oil Refinary. (old route has a sink hole and is inaccessable)
-Ca Ira is 1 mile West of Leogane on the beach. Aid that lands in Ca Ira could be transported on the road that dead ends into Belval Plaza.
4. Important to Note
- 100 residential nursing students (army of healthcare workers) living at Belval Plaza.
- NO MEDICAL SUPPLIES!
-Hospital St Croix, UNPH Nursing School, and Residence Filarose have functioning generators for electricity.
-With the generator Hospital St. Croix can pump clean water into the compound.
- Based on my walk from Champ de Mars to Leogane on Tuesday night, the destruction in Leogane was equal or worse than that in Carrefour.
5. Hospital St. Croix Contacts
- Americans (Suzie and John Parker) have opted to stay behind at Hospital St. Croix to direct relief (contact them at
hscguesthouse@gmail.com and 3.582.1664)
- Belval (Residence Filarose, Nursing School contact) -> Jean Marc Brissau (
jbrissau@nd.edu) 3.557-6424, 3.818.2410
- Leogane Physician Contact information: Dr. Luccene Desir (3-555-5246)

Airstrip info

They can land between
Latitude 18.493342⁰
Longitude -72.630990⁰
And
Latitude 18.511018⁰
Longitude -72.613595⁰

roads from Leogane into Carrefour and Port are open

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Re: Supply Chain 2

2010-01-23T05:10:00.001-08:00

From: jeff.ritter@lanxess.com

Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:57:29 -0500

To: <wgrahamhuff@gmail.com>

Subject: Re: Supply Chain

michael could tell you. i will eventually put together a spreadsheet that shows all supplies, how much is where and how much we need. I don't have a handle on salt right now.
jeff

wgrahamhuff@gmail.com
01/23/2010 07:52 AM

Please respond to
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01/23/2010 06:43 AM

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Subject	Re: FW: Leogane-Runway & Helicopter

wgrahamhuff@gmail.com
01/23/2010 06:29 AM

Please respond to
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To	<chamo@tds.net>
cc	<jeff.ritter@lanxess.com>, "Michael Ritter" <michael.ritter2@gmail.com>, <james.coccagno@lanxess.com>, "Voss, Phil" <pvoss@lsijax.com>
Subject	FW: Leogane-Runway & Helicopter

Michael Ritter <michael.ritter2@gmail.com>
01/22/2

Here are the images of the airstrip. Is this what you wanted or do you want copies of the pics I've been taking?

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Ritter <michael.ritter2@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:00 AM
Subject: Fwd: Leogane-Runway & Helicopter
To: jeff.ritter@lanxess.com, Ruth Entwistle <entwistle.ruth@gmail.com>, "jeffrey.ritter2" <jeffrey.ritter2@gmail.com>, amy.ritter3@gmail.com, Robert Simpson Kinelski <Rsk1148@aol.com>

Kind of just for fun and because I'm a Google Earth nerd - but feel free to pass along to press people to give a sense of what's going on here. They haven't yet marked out the field in the SW corner where the roads converge that is now being staked out by the Marines and being used as their helicopter pad now. In my pics you can see one with the plane that landed on the "airstrip" and a Marines helicopter in the air.

Not sure what's all in the emails below the latest, but please strip them if you pass them along in case there's any CDC/UND/CNP stuff that isn't meant to be passed along.

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From: Jim Sylivant <jsylivant@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:37 PM
Subject: Leogane-Runway & Helicopter
To: wpierre@nd.edu, jbrissau@nd.edu
Cc: jcmcafee@aol.com, Luccene.Desir.2@nd.edu, gerardjimmyp@yahoo.fr, michael.ritter2@gmail.com, "Beach, Michael J. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)" <mjb3@cdc.gov>, "Weinkopff, Tiffany S. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED) (CTR)" <doe3@cdc.gov>, aissatou_diawara@hotmail.com, boyda02@gmail.com, cagrady@gmail.com, dujour102@hotmail.com, Henrilio.Julsain@cibc.ca, "Fox, LeAnne M. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)" <lff4@cdc.gov>, lynchj@gunet.georgetown.edu, ldesir@nd.edu, mdineen@auafl.com, mdorvil@uic.edu, nessimizmery@yahoo.com, pfwilbur@aol.com, rwhite@midcitypartners.com, Ralph.Pennino@rochestergeneral.org, sphasg@gwumc.edu, srmspano@yahoo.com, L.Rand.Carpenter@state.tn.us, Yao Sodahlon <Ysodahlon@taskforce.org>, "Parise, Monica E. (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)" <mep0@cdc.gov>, "Eberhard, Mark (Atlanta) (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)" <mle1@cdc.gov>, "Winings, John" <jwinings@oxidyn.com>, "Gee, Tim" <timgee@pobox.com>, "Bennett, Jr., Tyler" <tylerbeniii@gmail.com>, Nicole and Mike Carlin <carlin6619@aol.com>, wwhite@maf.org, reservations@haiti.maf.net, "Parker, John" <johnwparker2002@yahoo.com>, Streit Tom <streit.1@nd.edu>, Bertone Kercelin <kercelin@yahoo.fr>, "Markee, Linda" <linda.markee@comcast.net>, contact@cnphaiti.org, Hilda Alcindor <halcindor@msn.com>, joey leary <joey.leary@intervol.org>, "Hornsby, Jess" <JHornsby@aol.com>, "Sternbergh, Martha W." <mwsternbergh@gulftel.com>, "Walmer, Kathy" <kathywalmer@usa.net>, "Walmer, David" <fhm@usa.net>, "MERISIER, Delson" <delsonmerisier@yahoo.fr>, "Butler, Fred" <fbutler@ec.rr.com>, "Gerald, Toussaint" <gtoussaintca@yahoo.fr>, "Gateaux, Yoleine" <Pyo1@aol.com>, "Philem, James" <JPhilem@aol.com>, "Raber, Phil & Myriam" <raber88@zoominternet.net>, "Tintin, Nicolas" <tincol2002@yahoo.fr>, ALBERT POINT DU JOUR <albepdj@hotmail.com>, presrevrob@aol.com, hscenews@yahoo.com, "Mahler, Pix" <pix@e-mahlers.net>, Evens <laguerre90@yahoo.fr>, "Madsen, Dr." <Madsen.BeaudeRochars.1@nd.edu>, robin@jet-quest.com, ezipkin@tradewindaviation.com, emm7@cdc.gov, Sarah Miller <sarahamiller@nd.edu>, Adam Schaefer <aschaefer@tradewindaviation.com>, dispatch@tradewindaviation.com, christopher-buresh@uiowa.edu, dzipkin@tradewindaviation.com, "Land, Rich & Kathy" <landsinhaiti@yahoo.com>

Information on reaching Leogane

Attached are .jpg images taken from Google Earth and marked with information on:

-Temporary landing strip on the bypass road of Léogâne
-Helicopter landing area near the Nursing School and Residence Filariasis
-Street route that is not blocked to reach the Nursing School and Residence Filariasis from main road

Overlays and map mark-ups created by Tyler Bennett from information from Wesly Pierre and Jean-Marc Brissau.

This information is current as of January 20, 2009 and is subject to change. The .jpg pictures are smaller to download, but do not offer full resolution. The .kml file is for users of Google Earth. By downloading the .kml file, when you open it, it will launch Google Earth which will use this data instead of older (pre-earthquake). More detailed map information is given and the tools in
Google Earth can be used to navigate and zoom in. Port-au-Prince and Léogâne views are AFTER the earthquake.

Please send updates/corrections to jsylivant@pobox.com

Jim Sylivantthieu, Els (CDC/CCID/NCZVED) wrote:
from the CNN website

9:33 p.m. -- International aid has just started reaching Léogâne, Haiti, where the mayor says 90 percent of buildings have collapsed. For five days, the director of a local nursing school and its students gave medical aid to about 5,000 people in a makeshift clinic with few supplies, CNN's Karl Penhaul reports. The first international humanitarian aid arrived with a World Food Program team on Saturday night, and a Doctors Without Borders team arrived Sunday. Watch
9:20 p.m. -- About 100 children are believed to be buried in the rubble of a school in Léogâne, about a hour's drive west of Port-au-Prince, CNN's Anderson Cooper reports.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/01/17/lok.penhaul.leogane.cnn

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Reverse Osmosis

2010-01-22T12:08:00.000-08:00

Got this running this morning a the nursing school hospital. No water supply, so have to keep white bucket full by carrying water in. We have 3 more of these coming in, donated by Notre Dame.
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Where I Am

2010-01-22T11:56:00.001-08:00

This Google map is probably about a week old, post-earthquake but before the tent cities mushroomed. I am at the Nursing School compound a little southeast of the red roof. The walls are full of tents now. Scrolling southwest, you can see the beginnings of camps at the Cathedral ruin(circles in the grass--a park), and the soccer field, which now has 5500 people according to fresh census. The dense, gray area southeast of the NS is the market.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=leogane,+haiti&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=L%C3%A9ogane,+Ouest,+Haiti&ll=18.514874,-72.630583&spn=0.001315,0.003422&t=h&z=19

How You Can Help Today

2010-01-22T09:04:00.001-08:00

First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta has opened a designated fund to assist with relief in Haiti. This is due to having a long history of partnership on La Gonave and other regions of Haiti. What this means is that any donations you make are 100% tax deductable. Also, 100% of your funds will go directly to the relief effort in Haiti. There is no middle-man, no administative costs, no one is getting paid. The pilots have donated their planes and piloting time and have been paying for a lot of their fuel costs out of their pockets. And I do mean pockets because the surrounding airports are demanding cash, although the price for the fuel has been greatly reduced(about $3/gal for jet fuel). I can get the planes, the pilots and a lot of the supplies, food and medicine, are already on the ground in Santiago, Peurto Plata and Santo Domingo. We just need fuel money to get it here.

The account is: HAITI 865305
http://firstpresatl.org/main.html
RoseEmily Bermudez (404) 228-7733

Thank you for your support! I will post on-line donation details when I figure that out. I expect Rose Emily is going to kill me for posting her number :)

Leogane

2010-01-21T17:42:00.000-08:00

     It is hard to imagine how this town will recover. There are probably fewer than 5% of buildings inhabitable and the entire town is sleeping outside. There is one camp with about 7000 people in it. Water sources are limited due to lack of electricity for pumps and broken pipes. People are scooping water out of ditches and small streams flowing in the gutters. We have supplies now to get started, but we decided to also work on supplying the camps, starting big and working down. We have 3(hopefully 3) 600 gallon tanks coming in tomorrow. I have a local Policeman getting a map of the town for me. We will mark all camps and water supply points on map. We are looking for a water tanker that can fill these--have a couple of people searching.   We can rent this for awhile during the relief phase.
     Deb McFarland from Emory says they have collected a lot of medical supplies, so we will arrainge a similar flight down for those. Ingrid, my friend from Unicef, said people were getting amputations without anesthesia in Petionville now....out of supplies. She did say food supply has improved.
    I am based out of the Nursing School grounds. The building is standing firm, newly constructed in 2005 or so. There is a secure wall around the dormitory which I am in, although no one is sleeping inside. I do have to scratch my head why we are storing all the supplies inside, though. There is a second security wall on the larger campus, which is about 2 acres. There is a survivor's camp here and an medical facility operating in a tent. We have plenty of local Police and a few UN, so no security worries. Plus free wireless!

Boarder of Dominican Republic and Haiti

2010-01-21T09:28:00.000-08:00

Boarder of Dominican Republic and Haiti

Port.....au Prince

Greeting Party. These Marines are "organizers." They establish cooperation with locals to manage crowds.

A tent camp adjacent to runway. Crowd a bit squirrelly and occasionally dispersed by waving the sticks. I have video of landing and take-off, but files too large to post right now.

4x oxcart with sugar cane. I was riding in truck at time.

Too many like this to post. The whole town is like this....

Many tents made out of tin from roofs.

This is the nursing school where I am staying...outside!

Arrived "no problem"

2010-01-21T08:24:00.001-08:00

Graham spent the night in the Dominican Republic last night and made it to Haiti this morning. I got a call from him before 7AM from the DR asking me to contact Verizon and see why he wasn't getting Internet service on his Blackberry. He said they were about to take off, and I could hear an engine in the background. He is back in business now and able to post himself. I received an e-mail from him at 10:30 saying he had arrived "no problem."

I also learned the Episcopal priest on La Gonave said their buildings survived the latest aftershock. That's great news!

Jere Wells invited Graham to speak to the Westminster high school students last Tuesday at their assembly. They videotaped it, and it's up on the Westminster website. Jere was on the mission trip with Graham when the earthquake hit. He shared about their experience, and then Graham explained what supplies he was consolidating to down there on this present trip. It's long, but if you'd like to see Graham talking about his trip, you can go to:

www.westminster.net

and click on "High School Assembly on Haiti."

Graham's blog is

leagueofhope.blogspot.com

Thanks for your continued prayers and support! Love, Florida

IMG00013-20100121-0915.jpg into leogane

2010-01-21T06:16:00.000-08:00

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Re: FW: Haiti relief supplies: salt and tanks

2010-01-21T05:00:00.001-08:00

We r still a few from leaving santigo. Jean marc is meeting us in leogane with truck and security. We have 30 pounds salt now. All of our supplies fit on one cesna caravan. Someone plz summarize(jeff?) current status of supplies and needs:salt, tabs, buckets, where and when we need it. Plz use subject '1/21 morning status' or similar. Plz include all email and phone contacts on this email. I am ignoring all previous email once I receive this.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

-----Original Message-----
From: "Ashley Aakesson" <aaakesson@cnphaiti.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:03:29
To: 'Wm. Graham Huff'<wgrahamhuff@gmail.com>; <jeffrey.ritter2@gmail.com>; 'Michael Ritter'<michael.ritter2@gmail.com>; <nathanlmichaels@gmail.com>
Cc: 'David Lee'<dlee@airshareselite.com>; 'Gayle Wright'<gayle.wright@miox.com>
Subject: RE: FW: Haiti relief supplies: salt and tanks

Hi, All,

Okay it seems like maybe we need to move salt by truck from PaP. David,
can you get it to PaP and I'll talk to Save about getting it out to
Leogane?

Thanks,
Ashley

-----Original Message-----
From: Wm. Graham Huff [mailto:wgrahamhuff@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 12:37 PM
To: Ashley Aakesson
Cc: David Lee; Gayle Wright
Subject: Re: FW: Haiti relief supplies: salt and tanks

I'm going to have to get back to you. We have 2 planes leaving soo
and r all full. W eneed to work on salt problem as that is a lot of
weight. Ill contact when in santiago.

On 1/20/10, Ashley Aakesson <aaakesson@cnphaiti.org> wrote:
> Hi, Graham and David,
>
> Can you help Gayle with her questions below for getting this to you
for
> flight to Leogane?
>
> Many thanks!
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gayle Wright [mailto:gayle.wright@miox.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 11:11 AM
> To: nathanlmichaels@gmail.com; michael.ritter2@gmail.com;
> aaakesson@cnphaiti.org
> Cc: Susan Rivera; Maria Sigmon
> Subject: Haiti relief supplies: salt and tanks
>
> Morton Salt has 110 Cases (20 cases short of two full pallets) of 4LB
> boxes of salt (I think that equates to about 4000 lbs of salt) at its
> Cocoa warehouse in FL to be used with the MIOX BPS water treatment
> systems.
>
> Ryan Herco has three 55 gallon tanks and three 5 gallon buckets
(buckets
> for brine/oxidant, tanks for water storage).
>
> I can coordinate with our freight carrier to deliver these supplies to
> the US staging area. Please provide address, contact, phone number.
> Also, please advise how the pallets should be labeled for easy
> identification.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Gayle Wright, Sr. Buyer/Planner
> MIOX Corporation | <mailto:gayle.wright@miox.com>
gayle.wright@miox.com
> 505.224.1024 | 505.343-0093 fax | <http://www.miox.com/> www.miox.com
> 5601 Balloon Fiesta Pkwy NE | Albuquerque, NM 87113
>
>
>
> From: Ashley Aakesson [mailto:aaakesson@cnphaiti.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 12:27 PM
> To: Maria Sigmon; Matt Santillanes; nathanlmichaels@gmail.com;
> michael.ritter2@gmail.com; wgrahamhuff@gmail.com;
> danielelantagne@earthlink.net; jeff.ritter@lanxess.com;
> jotoma1@earthlink.net; ktelesmanick@cnphaiti.org
> Cc: Gayle Wright; Susan Rivera
> Subject: RE: salt drop
>
> Hi, Mia,
>
> Nathan: nathanlmichaels@gmail.com is on the ground. So is Michael
> Ritter: michael.ritter2@gmail.com.
>
> Nathan's Haiti phone is 011-509-3667-6156, but email seems to be the
> best way to get through.
>
> Thanks!
> Ashley
> Children's Nutrition Program of Haiti
> 423-495-1122
> 423-838-8208 (mobile)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maria Sigmon [mailto:maria.sigmon@miox.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 2:24 PM
> To: Matt Santillanes; nathanlmichaels@gmail.com;
> michael.ritter2@gmail.com; wgrahamhuff@gmail.com;
> danielelantagne@earthlink.net; jeff.ritter@lanxess.com;
> jotoma1@earthlink.net; aaakesson@cnphaiti.org;
ktelesmanick@cnphaiti.org
> Cc: Gayle Wright; Susan Rivera
> Subject: RE: salt drop
>
> We will work with Morton on getting you all some additional salt. If
> anyone can come back to me with the contact in the ground in Haiti
> (name, cell, other important information), I can get Morton on board
> with what needs to happen. Our goal is to provide at least a two week
> supply for all five units which translates roughly into 2,450lbs
> (1,111.3 kgs). We will try to find the smallest form factor to make
> transportation as easy as possible.
>
> Thank you,
> Mia
>
> Maria Sigmon, Quality Assurance
> MIOX Corporation | maria.sigmon@miox.com
> 505.224.1043(tel) | 505.343.0093 (fax) | www.miox.com
> 5601 Balloon Fiesta Parkway | Albuquerque, NM 87113
> Office Hours: Tues-Thurs 8-5pm MST
>
> From: Matt Santillanes
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 12:06 PM
> To: nathanlmichaels@gmail.com; Maria Sigmon;
michael.ritter2@gmail.com;
> wgrahamhuff@gmail.com; danielelantagne@earthlink.net;
> jeff.ritter@lanxess.com; jotoma1@earthlink.net;
aaakesson@cnphaiti.org;
> ktelesmanick@cnphaiti.org
> Cc: Gayle Wright; Susan Rivera
> Subject: RE: salt drop
>
> Here are the flow and consumption stats:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 26 oz. Morton cans
> Total 22.11 kg salt supply
>
>
> PER BPS generator
> Total flow rate
>
> Salt consumed
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Gallons
> Liters
>
> Pounds
> Kilos
>
>
>
>
>
> per hour
> 8.9
> 33.3
>
> 1.46
> 0.67
>
> 1.11
> 33.39
> hours
>
> per day
> 213.6
> 799.2
>
> 35.04
> 16.08
>
>
> 1.39
> days
>
> per week
> 1495.2
> 5594.4
>
> 245.28
> 112.56
>
>
> 0.20
> weeks
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 5 BPS generators
> Total flow rate
>
> Salt consumed
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Gallons
> Liters
>
> Pounds
> Kilos
>
>
>
>
>
> per hour
> 44.5
> 166.5
>
> 7.3
> 3.35
>
> 0.22
> 6.68
> hours
>
> per day
> 1068
> 3996
>
> 175.2
> 80.4
>
>
> 0.28
> days
>
> per week
> 7476
> 27972
>
> 1226.4
> 562.8
>
>
> 0.04
> weeks
>
>
> _____
>
> From: nathanlmichaels@gmail.com [mailto:nathanlmichaels@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:02 AM
> To: Maria Sigmon; michael.ritter2@gmail.com; wgrahamhuff@gmail.com;
> danielelantagne@earthlink.net; jeff.ritter@lanxess.com;
> jotoma1@earthlink.net; aaakesson@cnphaiti.org;
ktelesmanick@cnphaiti.org
> Cc: Matt Santillanes; Gayle Wright; Susan Rivera
> Subject: Re: salt drop
>
> I will gather information for you. If anyone has info for Maria please
> reply.
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> _____
>
> From: Maria Sigmon <maria.sigmon@miox.com>
> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:55:07 -0700
> To: nathanlmichaels@gmail.com<nathanlmichaels@gmail.com>;
> michael.ritter2@gmail.com<michael.ritter2@gmail.com>;
> wgrahamhuff@gmail.com<wgrahamhuff@gmail.com>;
> danielelantagne@earthlink.net<danielelantagne@earthlink.net>;
> jeff.ritter@lanxess.com<jeff.ritter@lanxess.com>;
> jotoma1@earthlink.net<jotoma1@earthlink.net>;
> aaakesson@cnphaiti.org<aaakesson@cnphaiti.org>;
> ktelesmanick@cnphaiti.org<ktelesmanick@cnphaiti.org>
> Cc: Matt Santillanes<matt.santillanes@miox.com>; Gayle
> Wright<gayle.wright@miox.com>; Susan Rivera<susan.rivera@miox.com>
> Subject: RE: salt drop
>
> Thank you, Nathan. If they are the blue canisters, I can extrapolate
> that information. Are you the point of contact that will receive the
> equipment in Haiti? Is there someone else? Also, do you have the
contact
> information for the aircraft owner? That way, I can get the additional
> information I need w/o bothering you.
>
> Mia
>
> Maria Sigmon, Quality Assurance
> MIOX Corporation | maria.sigmon@miox.com
> 505.224.1043(tel) | 505.343.0093 (fax) | www.miox.com
> 5601 Balloon Fiesta Parkway | Albuquerque, NM 87113
> Office Hours: Tues-Thurs 8-5pm MST
>
> From: nathanlmichaels@gmail.com [mailto:nathanlmichaels@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:58 AM
> To: Maria Sigmon; michael.ritter2@gmail.com; wgrahamhuff@gmail.com;
> danielelantagne@earthlink.net; jeff.ritter@lanxess.com;
> jotoma1@earthlink.net; aaakesson@cnphaiti.org;
ktelesmanick@cnphaiti.org
> Cc: Matt Santillanes; Gayle Wright; Susan Rivera
> Subject: Re: salt drop
>
> Maria, I will report back with the exact kilos we have when we reach
> Leogane. Thanks
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> _____
>
> From: Maria Sigmon <maria.sigmon@miox.com>
> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:46:39 -0700
> To: nathanlmichaels@gmail.com<nathanlmichaels@gmail.com>;
> michael.ritter2@gmail.com<michael.ritter2@gmail.com>;
> wgrahamhuff@gmail.com<wgrahamhuff@gmail.com>;
> danielelantagne@earthlink.net<danielelantagne@earthlink.net>;
> jeff.ritter@lanxess.com<jeff.ritter@lanxess.com>;
> jotoma1@earthlink.net<jotoma1@earthlink.net>;
> aaakesson@cnphaiti.org<aaakesson@cnphaiti.org>;
> ktelesmanick@cnphaiti.org<ktelesmanick@cnphaiti.org>
> Cc: Matt Santillanes<matt.santillanes@miox.com>; Gayle
> Wright<gayle.wright@miox.com>; Susan Rivera<susan.rivera@miox.com>;
> Maria Sigmon<maria.sigmon@miox.com>
> Subject: RE: salt drop
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am working with Sue and Matt at MIOX. Matt brought five generators
to
> Ft. Lauderdale which are expected to be at the airport listed below by
> 5pm EST today. Matt's point of contact from the IHOP organization in
> Florida, Robert, needs the following information:
>
> 1. The person who will be receiving the equipment in Haiti
(name,
> cell phone, etc)
> 2. The aircraft registration number of the plane taking the
> shipment.
>
> We expect the same information will be required from Morton and I do
> understand that you currently have 30 cylinders on hand in Haiti. I
need
> to understand how many kilos that provides as well as how long that
> inventory will last you (assuming a two week cycle before
replenishing).
>
> Please let me know as soon as possible.
>
> Thank you,
> Mia
>
> Maria Sigmon, Quality Assurance
> MIOX Corporation | maria.sigmon@miox.com
> 505.224.1043(tel) | 505.343.0093 (fax) | www.miox.com
> 5601 Balloon Fiesta Parkway | Albuquerque, NM 87113
> Office Hours: Tues-Thurs 8-5pm MST
>
> From: Maria Sigmon
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:13 AM
> To: Susan Rivera; Gayle Wright
> Cc: Matt Santillanes
> Subject: RE: salt drop
>
> Sue - Matt's contact (Robert) from the IHOP organization in Florida is
> taking the five units to the airport this afternoon. The deadline for
> delivery is 5pm EST.
>
> Robert needs the following information:
>
> 1. The person who will be receiving the equipment in Haiti
(name,
> cell phone, etc)
> 2. The aircraft registration number of the plane taking the
> shipment.
>
> I am not sure if the gentleman, Bill Cargill, listed below is just
> running the hanger or he is tied with Graham's group.
>
> Once we have this information, we can then provide it to Morton, who
can
> then drop the salt.
>
> Thank you,
> Mia
>
> Maria Sigmon, Quality Assurance
> MIOX Corporation | maria.sigmon@miox.com
> 505.224.1043(tel) | 505.343.0093 (fax) | www.miox.com
> 5601 Balloon Fiesta Parkway | Albuquerque, NM 87113
> Office Hours: Tues-Thurs 8-5pm MST
>
> From: Susan Rivera
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 9:28 AM
> To: Gayle Wright
> Cc: Maria Sigmon; Matt Santillanes
> Subject: FW: salt drop
>
> Reply from Graham regarding salt. Please let me know if we can get
the
> salt to the airport today.
>
> As Matt mentioned, there may be other options. Please advise.
>
> We should get our response together internally before contacting
Graham
> again.
>
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
> _____
>
> From: Wm. Graham Huff [mailto:wgrahamhuff@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 8:24 AM
> To: Susan Rivera
> Cc: nathanlmichaels@gmail.com; Michael Ritter; Daniele Lantagne;
> jeff.ritter; Jose Masis; Ashley Aakesson; Kara Telesmanick
> Subject: Re: salt drop
>
> if you can get morton to deliver salt here, we can take it on flight
> tomorrow. let me know how much and when can get there:
>
> 1835 South Perimeter Road
> c/c Professional Aviation Center
> Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309
> this is at the Ft. Lauderdale Executive Airport, NOT the Ft.
Lauderdale
> international.
> When close, call Bill Cargill (954) 629-4268 and he will lead to mouth
> of hanger. PLEASE LABEL ALL ITEMS CLEARLY AS THEY WILL BE AMONG OTHER
> PALLETS.
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Susan Rivera <susan.rivera@miox.com>
> wrote:
> Here are the options from Morton. Please advise.
>
> From Morton: "We will be able to handle this in one way or another.
> Our latest suggestion may work better for you but the 25# sacks are OK
> as well. We have 4# boxes of canning salt which are packed 9 boxes to
a
> case. There are no additives. The case pack may make it easier to
> transport safely and certainly the smaller boxes would help prevent
> waste and contamination as well as facilitate batched brine making.
The
> other big advantage is that we may be able to get some help from
Walmart
> which stocks this item and therefore we have a distribution system in
> place. If EVERYTHING fails, you can purchase the canning salt and the
> companion 4# table salt at local walmarts in Florida. We will wait
for
> you selection of a product and a site."
>
> If we can provide Gary (at Morton) a contact name and address, they
can
> work with the Walmart distribution center to get the salt needed.
> Thanks,
> gayle
>
>
> _____
>
> From: nathanlmichaels@gmail.com [mailto:nathanlmichaels@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 7:27 AM
> To: Michael Ritter; Susan Rivera
> Cc: Wm. Graham Huff; Daniele Lantagne; jeff.ritter; Jose Masis; Ashley
> Aakesson; Kara Telesmanick
> Subject: Re: Generators needed in Lauderdale by Monday EARLY AM!
>
> I was able to bring 30 mortons cylinders in... Not sure how many kilos
> that is?
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> _____
>
> From: Michael Ritter <michael.ritter2@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:21:23 -0500
> To: Susan Rivera<susan.rivera@miox.com>
> Cc: Wm. Graham Huff<wgrahamhuff@gmail.com>; Daniele
> Lantagne<danielelantagne@earthlink.net>;
> jeff.ritter<jeff.ritter@lanxess.com>; Jose
Masis<jotoma1@earthlink.net>;
> Ashley Aakesson<aaakesson@cnphaiti.org>; Kara
> Telesmanick<ktelesmanick@cnphaiti.org>; Nathan
> Michaels<nathanlmichaels@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Generators needed in Lauderdale by Monday EARLY AM!
>
> Yes, this is definitely needed. Not sure how much salt Nathan was
able
> to bring in so far, and not sure where we'll be getting it down the
> road.
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Susan Rivera <susan.rivera@miox.com>
> wrote:
> Graham,
>
> MIOX is working with the salt manufacturers and has 25 lbs of salt
> committed for use with the BPS systems. If it is needed, please give
us
> a drop address.
>
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
> _____
>
> From: Wm. Graham Huff [mailto:wgrahamhuff@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 10:15 AM
> To: Daniele Lantagne
> Cc: Michael Ritter; jeff.ritter; Jose Masis; Ashley Aakesson; Kara
> Telesmanick; Susan Rivera
> Subject: Re: Generators needed in Lauderdale by Monday EARLY AM!
>
> you want this stuff into jacmel? i think i can do on private
> plane....fill it up and send rest through santo domingo.
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Daniele Lantagne
> <danielelantagne@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Graham,
>
> If you can't get Jose to have generators - sue rivera has offered
> generators from seattle. She could potentially have a staff fly in
with
> them to FLL and meet you and train you before you go.
>
> Sue - Graham is going down with a team Monday morning to Leogane.
> Leogane had chlroine production with generators, staff to do it,
> education materials, etc BEFORE the earthquake, and wants to expand
> production now. It's based out of a hosptial, and there are
refugees.
>
> I can't think of a better site for your generators. their existing
> bottles use 0.7% sodium hypochlorite solution for the dosing - could
you
> match that? They leave Monday am from FLL - you'd need to meet them
in
> FLL sunday evening, if that is possible. There is Jose Masis in
> Florida, but we haven't heard back from him about generators.
>
> Sue's contact:
> Susan B. Rivera, Ph.D., CPO
> MIOX Corporation
> Phone: 505-224-1050
>
> Jose's contact
>
> Jose Masis, Director
> Equipment & Systems Engineering, Inc.
> Email: Jotoma1@earthlink.net
> Tel: (305) 378-4101
> Fax: (305) 378-4121
> 14260 SW 136th Street, Unit 4
> Miami, FL 33186
> http://www.equipmentandsystems <http://www.equipmentandsystems/> .
>
> Also - Graham - if you can go to the supermarket and buy lye (sodium
> hydroxide) for stabilization that would be wonderful, and needed - buy
> as many as you think you can carry (10?) like 500 mL containers. Look
> on the packaging and make sure it is sodium hydroxide only. There are
> lots of cleaning brands that are sodium hydroxide. It's for
stabilizing
> the solution for expiry and Michael will need it.
>
> Also - if you can get both generators that would be wonderful -
because
> frankly, anything extra you can take will be useful to Michael's team.
> Ie - if Sue has 5 and Jose has 2, and you have room to take them -
> please do! Michael can use whatever you can bring in. Jose may
charge
> you, but if they are for Michael - DSI can pay (cc'd above).
>
> Peace,
> Daniele
>
> On Jan 17, 2010, at 7:49 AM, Daniele Lantagne wrote:
> Graham - wonderful you are connected and going in with the Leogane
team.
>
> To answer your two questions that I can answer:
>
> 1) The hypochlorite generators are with Jose Masis in Florida near
the
> Miami airport - they should be 1 hour from the Lauderdale airport.
Jose
> will tell you if he has some for you.
>
> 2) Ashley and Kara have a water program started by Michael and CDC -
> it's a replicate site. Michael was there yesterday.
>
> Peace,
> Daniele
>
> On Jan 17, 2010, at 4:06 AM, Wm. Graham Huff wrote:
> dont mean to be blunt, but we can get to know each other later:
>
> what kind of generators do you want: wattage/fuel etc
>
> where are the hypochlorite generators referred to by jose?
>
> where do you want these items and when?
>
> any other supply needs?
>
> ashley: are you connected to michael ritter?
>
> i may have access to some small aircraft/pilots stateside. i got
picked
> up off of la gonave yesterday and am in atlanta now.
>
> call me 404.520.1866 in the morning. im going to bed! thx, gh
>
>
> --
> Wm. Graham Huff
> Director
>
> www.leagueofhope.org <http://www.leagueofhope.org/>
>
> 2870 Peachtree Road #187
> Atlanta, Georgia 30305
>
> 00 + 1 + (404) 520-1866 USA
> 00 + 509 + 3624-2188 Haiti
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Ashley Aakesson
> <aaakesson@cnphaiti.org> wrote:
> Hi, Graham,
>
> Okay, can you be ready to travel to Ft. Lauderdale tomorrow (Sunday)
to
> fly out with Buresh's team directly to Leogane on Monday?
>
> Daniele we don't have generators yet and still no info whether our one
> in Darbonne is intact. Thankfully Jean Alliance, our program
> coordinator, is intact.
>
> Any chance that Graham could bring one or two with him to Ft.
> Lauderdale?
>
> Phone info for you, Graham would be great. My number is 423-266-1559.
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniele Lantagne [mailto:danielelantagne@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 7:07 PM
> To: Ashley Aakesson
> Cc: 'Kara Telesmanick'; 'Wm. Graham Huff'
> Subject: Re: Person with experience willing to join trip to Leogane
>
> I'm looking forward to that too - do you have generators yet?
>
> On Jan 17, 2010, at 12:01 AM, Ashley Aakesson wrote:
>
>> Hi, Daniele, and Graham,
>>
>> We are working out how to get people and supplies to Leogane. I'll
put
>> Graham in touch with Dr. Buresh, our trip leader, and hope they'll be
>> able to get him to Leogane. As you know sanitation already didn't
>> exist,
>> and I'm terribly concerned now that 1,000s are living in makeshift
>> tent
>> cities. Can't wait to scale up Gadyen Dlo distribution.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ashley
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Daniele Lantagne [mailto:danielelantagne@earthlink.net]
>> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 7:00 PM
>> To: Ashley Aakesson; Kara Telesmanick
>> Cc: Wm. Graham Huff
>> Subject: Person with experience willing to join trip to Leogane
>>
>> Graham Huff from Atlanta has experience in Haiti with water and
>> sanitation and has done water purification work and works with Emory
>> in Haiti.
>>
>> Could you use another person on your trip. He is self-funded - no
>> problem with that. He is cc'd above.
>>
>>
>>
>
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>
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Director

www.leagueofhope.org

2870 Peachtree Road #187
Atlanta, Georgia 30305

00 + 1 + (404) 520-1866 USA
00 + 509 + 3624-2188 Haiti

2010-01-21T03:02:00.001-08:00

Fwd:

2010-01-20T12:02:00.001-08:00

And the Marines just called me to say they were clearing the trees
close to the road and will have helicopter support for us. Service
with a smile...the Marine way, right Dad?

Fwd:

2010-01-20T11:57:00.001-08:00

We now have the two planes stuffed to the gills and have more here
that won't fit. David heard from some doctors in Augusta GA that they
have a few gallons of anethsia to send. We will try to bring another
plane in the next few days with medicine. Should be on ground in
Santiago in couple hours.

Trip to Leogane

2010-01-20T06:29:00.001-08:00

How cool is David Lee? He picked me up this morning and said, "I have
another jet coming with us so we can really bring a lot of stuff.".
Plus, he has stripped the interior out of his plane so we can take
more supplies. Many thanks to Wendy Silliman for spearheading the
effort to collect supplies. This is the first mobile post, so let's
see if this works...

Graham Huff

Legal Filings

2009-08-03T14:39:00.000-07:00

This morning, Graham met with Mike Nations and Charles McKnight of the law firm Nations, Toman and McKnight LLP located at 1230 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30309 (404) 266-2366. The three of us discussed the procedures for establishing a 501(c)3 both from the perspective of the State of Georgia and the Internal Revenue Service. There was consensus that the "not-for-profit" corporation would be registered as a public charity. There is an expected wait of three to five months to obtain the 501(c)3 designation from the IRS, which is typical for this type of organization, and the planned mission of the organization appears to fully satisfy the qualifying requirements of the IRS. The planned name "League of Hope" was researched and is not registered in the State of Georgia and it appears that the name is available for the entity as the domain names were available also. Additionally, Graham spoke with Robert Arogeti of the accounting firm Habif, Arogeti and Wynne LLp located at Five Concourse Parkway, Suite 1000, Atlanta, Georgia 30328 (404) 892-9651 and he concurred with these assessments. Robert also stated that he may be able to direct us to an accountant that can assist with the required financial statements going forward.

Hello World

2009-07-31T14:06:00.000-07:00

This blog was born this day to track the activities of the League of Hope.

Job 5:8-11

⁸ "But if it were I, I would appeal to God;
I would lay my cause before him.

⁹ He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,
miracles that cannot be counted.

¹⁰ He bestows rain on the earth;
he sends water upon the countryside.

¹¹ The lowly he sets on high,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.