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Dr. Barbara Morris, a family medicine physician/geriatrician from Colorado who served with us in Guatemala writes phenomenal daily accounts of her time volunteering. Below are excerpts from some of her experiences. The Mayor Makes a Visit The drive didn’t seem so long today as we headed back to yesterday’s site. Once again, we were greeted by 100 eager (though very hot) faces, waiting patiently for us to begin. Set up was easy and off we went to community health, triage, providers, and pharmacy. Immediately, Stephanie (our fabulous EMT) asked for help: a 21-day-old with a temp of 102 and not […]

Haiti Disaster Response Team Report 2,801 Patients Impacted. 13 Communities Visited. 45 Days of Relief Work. From August 19 to October 2, International Medical Relief was on the ground in Les Cayes, Haiti serving several communities who were impacted by the earthquake. With the help of 71 volunteers and staff, and $36,000 of donated medical supplies, our teams were able to aid nearly 3,000 people through medical care, health education, and rice and bean giveaways. The Unforgettable Haitian People of 2021 I recently went to Haiti on a disaster relief medical mission as a nurse practitioner with International Medical Relief. Haiti’s

On August 24, 2019, the Bahamas was hit with an extremely powerful and devastating category 5 hurricane named Dorian. Dorian continued to intensify over the following days and reached its peak with one-minute sustained winds of 185 mph (295 km/h) by September 1, 2019. It made landfall in the Bahamas in Elbow Cay and again on Grand Bahama several hours later. Dorian spent 36 hours over the Bahamas with high winds and torrential rains, swamping neighborhoods in muddy brown floodwaters and destroying or severely damaging thousands of homes and causing widespread power outages. Damage in the Bahamas was catastrophic due