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Joseph the Worker

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Mission to Haiti Mission to Haiti
A Catholic Medical Mission in Port-au-Prince

Haiti Fast Facts

Life Expectancy: Age 54
Unemployment: 90%
Average Annual Income: $250
National Language: Creole
Religion: 80% Catholic

CONTACT:
Jeff Joyce, Team Leader
Phone: 610-391-1362
stjw-parish-mission@hotmail.com
Haiti: The poorest country in the
Russell J. Rentler, MD Western Hemisphere…
Phone: 610-398-2949 A two hour flight from Miami
dobrodoc1@gmail.com

Website:
“We can do no great things,
www.stjoehaitimission.blogspot.com
only small things with great
love.” Mother Teresa
 Whatsoever You Do For The Least of These...
After several years conducting
clinics in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, we
have now partnered with the
Catholic parish of Sts. Simon and
Jude in an extremely impoverished
part of the city. In August 2008 we
made an initial visit to meet
Fr. Andrew Labatorio, Pastor.
Fr. Andrew had been praying that
there would be a way to provide
medical care to his parishioners
and those in the community. Our
first clinic held at his parish on
January 17, 2009 was the answer
to those prayers.
We saw over 700 patients on that
first trip and 900 on the second
trip in November, 2009. For some
patients, it was the first medical
care they had ever received.
Since that time several US parishes
have committed to establish
ongoing medical mission trips.
St. Joseph the Worker is among
them. The goal is to organize one
trip per year per parish in order to
provide continuity of medical care
for the people of Sts. Simon and
Jude.
Personnel Needs Cost and Accommodations
We bring 10-14 people and have par- The total cost is about $1200.00 for a 7
ticular needs for physicians, physician’s day trip, airfare accommodations and all
assistants, or nurse practitioners. All meals are included.
skills are welcome for work in the clinic
The accommodations are safe, secure,
and pharmacy.
and minutes from the clinic. Transporta-
tion is provided.
What We Do
Each day we set up a temporary clinic
in the church. Patients line up to
receive care from possibly the only
physician they may ever meet. The
medicine we bring down is distributed
as needed from this “pharmacy.” The
focus of the clinic is on symptomatic
treatment. There are no procedures
or diagnostic testing available, therefore
any medical or surgical specialties
would be effective in this setting.
Training
No language skills are necessary and CONTACT:
professional interpreters are provided. Jeff Joyce, Team Leader
Phone: 610-391-1362
No knowledge of tropical medicine is stjw-parish-mission@hotmail.com
necessary and a primer on the common
diseases and treatments will be Russell J. Rentler, MD
provided beforehand. Phone: 610-398-2949
dobrodoc1@gmail.com
Website:
www.stjoehaitimission.blogspot.com