In January, Haiti was devastated by a massive earthquake killing 230,000 and devastating thousands of homes, schools, churches and government buildings. The nonprofit sector's response was also massive sending hundreds of medical teams, creating technological tools for first responders and raising funds for long-term rebuilding efforts. Among the responders and rebuilding partners are two Baltimore agencies, World Relief and Jhiepgo. On this six month anniversary of the disaster, they will share their early response experiences and current efforts for the long-term rebuilding of Haiti. Jhpiego (pronounced "ja-pie-go"), is an international non-profit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. They empower front-line health workers by designing and implementing effective, low-cost, hands-on solutions to strengthen the delivery of health care services for women and their families. For the 15 years Jhpiego has worked in Haiti, its mission has been to strengthen the midwifery care in the country and train doctors, nurses and midwives in emergency obstetrical care. After the quake their teams established emergency care clinics for pregnant women, newborns and mothers. In partnership with the Ministry of Health they are planning the rebuilding of the training and education system for maternal care providers they built over the last 15 years.
World Relief's mission is empowering the local church around the world to serve the most vulnerable. Having worked in Haiti for 15 years, they had a US based response team on the ground within 48 hours working alongside 40 existing staff. Longer term rebuilding efforts include increasing the quality of post-traumatic stress counseling, digging new wells, and piloting a temporary employment effort for residents.
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