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Rotary Club of Wasaga Beach Haitian Refugee Humanitarian Assistance & Relief Trip (HHART) |
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In March 2011 a delegation of 30 persons representing the Rotary Club of Wasaga Beach and Area will travel to the Dominican Republic to bring humanitarian assistance and relief to approximately 2,000 poor, malnourished Haitian refugees settled in make-shift camps and villages in the Dominican Republic near the northern section of the Haiti-DR border. |
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Our contingent includes a medical
team, a dental team and an emergency goods distribution team. The contingent
will be deployed for one week and is one of several groups that will provide
near continuous assistance to minimize the pain and suffering experienced by
the Haitian refugees as the rainy season subsides.
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The medical and dental teams will provide
basic medical and dental care. Both of these teams will bring supplies and medicines
with them as none are available in the refugee settlements.
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The distribution team has been
assigned specific items to procure and hand out to the Haitians. These items
are: Personal hygiene packs, protein powder food supplements, mosquito netting
to protect the Haitians from insect bites as they sleep, footwear for children,
crank type flashlights, and rubber boots and gloves for the adults who scavenge
local dump sites for food, materials and reusable items. Sports balls, skipping
ropes, colouring books and crayons will be distributed amongst the children.
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You are invited to partner with the
Rotary Club of Wasaga Beach and Area to make this important humanitarian trip a
success. Make a donation today and bring dignity and better health to those in
need. 100% of your donation will be directed towards the purchase of medical
supplies, medicine or the aforementioned distribution items.
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Club Projects > HHART 
