Help for Haiti. The Trip Itself. How You Can Help. Opportunities.

Here i shall keep everyone posted about the developments on the ground in my mission to help Bumisehat serve the population of Haiti. It shall contain depictions of patterns in disease states, a case here and there and a description of the surroundings the location and the events, with photos and video taken at the scene.

The Response

The response to the death, destruction and devastation in Haiti as depicted below and my plea for assistance to help these people is very heartening to see. My personal involvement makes it an extra uplifting experience, because here we have a chance as a community to show what we as homoeopaths are actually worth.
We have the chance to redeem these people from centuries of oppression and exploitation. These terrible events were all in the name of resources, about which you can read more on other threads in this Group. We need not stop there and must put our actions where our mouth is.

This thread is about putting the action where the mouth is.
Let us show as a community how WE respond to the cry of help!

COLLECTED SO FAR: Materials, Medical, Maintenance, Financial. The needs for each are listed further down.

MATERIALS:
MEDICAL:
Gina Tyler has donated 30 Kits of remedies
Miro Posavec has donated 30 First Aid Kits, bottles of Tinctures.

MAINTENANCE:

FINANCIAL:
Together with the fees i am getting from clients and publishers I have now £1083
In Dollars this is $1744

I am waiting for £450 more in the next few days, from a client and my Japanese publisher. Then also i hope other donations that have been sent can come through. That will bring the total up to $2450

We need at least $5000.
Flying or even boating in supplies will cost and so far we have about 200 kg.
With the food and water we need, we shall have at least a metric ton. 1000kg.
We will see how long that lasts.....




All photos from Huffington Post


You Warm the Heart
Let me first say that i am heartened by the help that the community here on HWC has extended so far. Amazing solidarity from the leaders here.

First I must mention Debby Bruck, whose generosity of making this site available exceeds everything we could expect.

Gina Tyler, whose unrelenting drive to help has generated a large amount of remedies, efforts at establishing communications with Bumisehat and useful contacts with the filmcrew, whom I have informed about my plans to come and help out.


Goals:
• Establishing the whereabouts of survivors who have not yet obtained help with medical assistance.
• Place our camp strategically to best serve the survivors.
• Networking the NGOs who have food and water supplies, with the fragments of communities who need it.
• Determining what medicines are lacking: "homeopathic medicines", herbs, etc.
• Following through to make sure that the distribution of medicine is ongoing and sustained.
 
Miro Posavec, who owns BestMade Homeoapthics. (www.bestmade.us) and has donated 30 First Aid kits, all liquid and i hope to get 20 kg pellets/globuli through him and some empty bottles, equal to the amount of remedies in a kit.

Edouard Broussalian, who wants to come down to help for the first week. When chaos needs to come to order, the colleagues are there. He brings his expertise and know-how to a place most in need and we look forward to meeting him.

John Board, equipped with Canadian media contacts to get the crews programs on Canadian TV is assisting us from home. His drive and energy to help out is laudable. He is 75 and wants to actively help. (Where are the youngsters?) He also organises generators. Sends remedies, globuli and alcohol.

Robert Bruck, for his offer to collect for this work at the 30.000-student university where he works. If each would give but $1, this would be a nice support for supplies and most importantly, WATER. 

Oxfam for providing communications and water. This lightens the burden and enables constant communication with the outside world. It will enable me to send videos and running commentary. Every day we shall send you one positive case at least. Weekly updates on progress and a blog about case-taking, pattern recognition and keynote prescribing.

SOSsavethechildren for support in our mission on Haiti. They can provide us with logistics help and other important tasks such as taking care of children and giving them more than we can provide in cases of need.

Dr Wequar, whose efforts have brought us in contact with bahamashabitat, whom I shall approach in person about transport to Jacmel. He has been a tremendous help as well, notwithstading his own advanced age.
And to his son, who has allowed the storage of Gina's remedies till i show up, which should be by next weekend. As soon as we know the defintive place for the storage which is forthcoming, we shall collect the goods and store all centrally.

Doc Quack, a friend of mine who shall remain known only as that, sorted out all the different means of getting there and gave us valuable links and hints to get relief in and people out. He is not a member here and feels as much part of the community.

Steve Zuckerman who spoke with Bob Gordon who runs American Health Organization, he's got a warehouse in Boca Raton that can be utilized. He is a resourceful man who has already put things in motion.

Last but certainly not least, all those of you who have already provided me financially, to enable things to be set in motion.



We have over 1500 members and Help for Haiti is an appeal to you all.

We have more than one way in which you can help.
1. Donate Remedies

2. Donate WATER

3. Donate FOOD

*  Donate Materials

4. For Maintenance
5. Building & Construction

6. Hygiene

*  First 2 Opportunities. Open Positions
Pivotal position of liaison for Media, Supplies & Logistics
Driver + Van needed for Logistics
 
7. Storage Space Miami/Orlando area

8. Financial Donations

9. Donate your time and learn

This is the Homoeopathy World Community and all of us make this the place to be for homoeopaths wolrdwide.
Who in the communiy wants to help? In what ways can you help?
How are we going to show our solidarity as a community to the world?

1. Donate Remedies


So look in your cupboards, storage space or other likely or unlikely place where you have bottles that you never use, because you do not come across that type of thing too much. See which could be useful in such a disaster area and how it can be made useful.

* Greatest Need - Tinctures, Trauma, Grief
If you could miss any tinctures in as large quantities as you possible. Pack extremely well.  Needed:
Calendula, Arnica, Hamamelis, Ledum, Symphytum, etc.
Any remedies mentioned in Boericke MM under "Prophylactics" in the repertory, page 965.
Any remedies for Cholera, Dysentery, Typhoid. Preferably liquid. Bags of globuli/pellets.

2. Donate water and/or food


Any possibility of sending shipments of water, dried fruits, figs dates, prunes, apricots, raisins, nuts of all types, mueslibars of all types. grains for sprouts. These can be coordinated with others and send as one shipment.

Anything left after the project is finished, will be donated to the local chapter that remains. I will keep for myself for future use a full set of single bottles of the kit and of Gina's remedies that are left.

Please post what you have so that it can be collected in one place and from there shipped to Haiti.

3. Materials
A. Maintenance of the crew and communications.
Gas, boiling water in birthing clinic, occasional hot meal.
Gas Stoves. Single flame, large. 4.
Pots of large & normal size.
Metal plates. No aluminium.
Cutlery. No aluminium.
Petrol, for generators.
Batteries, flashlights, bulbs.
Solar panel for charging phones, laptops cameras etc., inclusive of battery, portable on dolly. Available in the market.

B. Building & Construction Materials.
Temporary shelter and materials for earthquake-proof permanent building.
Ropes. tarps. hooks to anchor. Hammers for wood and stone construction. Nails, screws, drills, battery powered. Saws for different materials.

C. Hygiene
Portable toilets. Composting toilets. Simple bag showers. 

4. Storage Space

Pivotal position of liaison for Media, Supplies & Logistics
E. Liaison in Miami to man storage and send supplies as well as midia liaison

Steve Zuckerman spoke with Bob Gordon who runs American Health Organization, he's got a warehouse in Boca Raton that can be utilized. I'm just waiting on your call for details.
Thanks so much. steven
Steve Zuckerman
Executive Producer
www.next-gen-expo.com
Innovations in New Energy Without the Hot Air

5. Driver & Van
Logistics professional. Able to deal with all customs formalities.


6. Financial Donations



7. Donate your time and learn


Another Opportunity

Wanted: Assistants
2 students of homoeopathy wanted as assistants.
Only totally dedicated people need apply.

Requirements:
Must be over 21 years of age. Either close to final exam or graduated and looking for experience.
Must have First Aid certification.

Must have strong stomach and detached attitude. Able to function under stress and ready for an intense and steep learning experience. Work 16 hours daily, in a diversity of functions.
Those with advanced First Aid and CPR certificates get priority. Preferably with some experience at ER.



Duration:
1 month or as long as they can stomach. Minimum period 1 week. Possible to do 1 week stint and change with other candidates.

Remuneration:
None financially.
In fact, you have to pay your own way and your stay with the group. Bring your own tent, bedding and toiletries.
Bring the Organon, Boericke and your favourite Repertory.

Benefits:
A tremendously good experience that enables you to lead in similar situations in your own neighbourhood if they ever happen, which we hope they won't. A knowledge of how to prescribe in emergencies in a snapshot keynote manner, with a high rate of success. A good insight into the brilliance of Beoricke's MM and Repertory.

*  Get the School Involved
Those willing and able to come, maybe with help from the school, can post here.
See how your school may get involved.
Collect the funds among the school's students.
Talk to your classmates and see who wants to have one of the best experiences to learn how homoeopathy acts.
What homoeopathy truly is capable of and how this can be learned along easily understandable principles, as enumerated in the Organon.

Many will consider themselves not qualified.
To them i say, when you graduate, and have to enter practise, where is your wualification? Qualification comes with practise, of which you have had preciously little, because there is not much opportunity. Realistically, untill you have 15 years under your belt with good success, you are not qualified. Here is a unique opportunity to gain at least some qualification and it will always stand you in good stead.

Excellent as a thesis proposition, can also be done with a team.
Each team member stays for 1 week and there are 4 weeks.
A team of 8 to experience, evaluate and learn pattern recognition and snapshot prescribing on keynotes.


Work


Main Activities

1. Apply bandages, casts, prepare remedies.

2. Look up & study remedies, repertory work, diagnosis and prescription.

3. Crash-course, learning keynote prescription.

4. Pattern recognition in remedies and disease states, the key to suceessful prescription.


*  Other activities with the School
You can also collect materials, financial help and other extra-curricular activities.
Discussiongroups, debates on cost/benefit analysis.
Real healthcare reform.

Spread the word!