This is one of those deals where if you want to give money to a group of our own, so they can go out and save lives, here you go. On their website, there is a donation button, and they can use all the help they can get. Their idea is to team up medical folks who can protect themselves, and get them there by overland travel. Thanks to Blackfive for getting the word out and I wish the team all the best. –Matt
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Family/friends,
I’m selfishly contacting you few out of pure necessity right now. I am headed to Port au Prince as part of the Haitian relief effort. Our 5-man advance team (Two Milwaukee firefighters/EMTs, two former Marines, one French/Creole translator) are flying to Santo Domingo this afternoon. We are liaising with Jesuit Brother Jim Boynton there, who Father Reuter from Loyola Med was kind enough to put us in contact with. On Sunday the six of us have bus tickets to Port au Prince, where we will set up a triage area in the courtyard of the the Jesuit mission and assess the security situation in preparation for a follow-on medical team from Chicago. I have been speaking directly with Brother Jim in Haiti and the Jesuits are preparing for our arrival (see email below). They have set aside a courtyard for us at the mission.