CCISIG Haiti Resources 

 Resources for conscientious rehabilitation professionals who want to “Help Haiti”

Haiti information available from APTA

Things to consider when planning how to best help Haiti (PDF)

 Support Rehabilitation Programs in Haiti by giving what they need most: funds.

• Health Volunteers Overseas/Advantage program partnership
• Hospital Albert Schweitzer
• Project Medishare

Things to read to be more informed:

• Haiti country profile (PDF)
• Haiti Post-quake: a report from CCISIG member June Hanks - information pending
• Injury Disability and Rehabilitation (ID&R) Working Group: All groups providing rehabilitation services are asked to register with this working group to coordinate rehabilitation efforts on the ground.
• Handicap International - Rehabilitation Assessments & Ground Reports
• CBM - Ground Reports
• Health Volunteers Overseas Haiti information page
• Resources from Canadian's International Health Division
• Join the CCISIG listserv -  post real time questions and get real-time responses from a network of over 200 members. PTs with 10+ years of experience working in Haiti are actively responding to current discussions regarding Haiti service. You must be a CCISIG member in order to join the CCISIG Listserv.
• Free health resources in Creole by Hesperian Foundation (Where There Is No Doctor)
• US National Library of Medicine: Disaster Management Research

Prior to leaving for an assignment – information pending; under construction

When you are on the ground:

• Handicap International & CBM are co-leading the rehabilitation effort on the ground in Haiti. They host the weekly ID&R meetings in Port-au-Prince every Wednesday at 2 pm at St. Germain’s hospital, behind St. Damien’s hospital by the Embassy. If you would like to register your NGO with the ID&R group, or to get the most current information on meeting time/place, CLICK HERE to contact the ID&R Group. Drop Ins welcome.

information updated March 4, 2010