Sharing to you the 2nd NSVI Mission in Haiti. Early next year NSVI President- Dr. Ramon Suarez, Development Director Dr. Douglas Stein and several doctors/vasectomists will be here in the Phils. 1st week of February to conduct No Needle NSV Mission. For details pls. contact: proqualitylife@gmail.com
http://www.nsvi.org/where-we-work/haiti/haiti-2011/
http://www.nsvi.org/where-we-work/haiti/haiti-2011/
Second NSVI Mission to Haiti – May/June 2010
A summary of the second NSVI vasectomy mission to Haiti was compiled by NSVI Development Director Dr. Doug Stein before he was comfortable with the use of WordPress, the software used to compile this NSVI website. So rather than repeat it all here, we ask that you click the link below, which will open another window.
Second NSVI Mission to Haiti – May/June 2011
NSVI President Dr. Ramon Suarez performs a vasectomy as Dr. Fritz Lolagne puts the patient at ease in Creole.
Dr. Stein operating until well after dark, while Dr. Lolagne learns that the patient has eight children and his assistant Lisette stands ready to assist with post-op instructions. In Plaisance there is no public electricity and no running water, but we had plenty of batteries for headlights, sterilizing solution, and bottled water.
Don’t forget to click the link above for the whole story.
Third NSVI Mission to Haiti – October 2011
Inspired by the success of the mission to Plaisance and the willingness of Pastor Myrtil to lead another, NSVI made plans to return directly to Plaisance in October. Pastor was scheduled to be in Pilate and Plaisance in October to work on his other mission, the Duvivier Project, with supporters from a church in Indiana. Drs. Stein and Suarez would return to Plaisance after he had been in Haiti for enough time to set up a location and spread the word that free vasectomies would be offered October 10 & 11. They would save transport time by taking IBC Airways nonstop from Ft. Lauderdale to Cap Haitien, where Pastor Myrtil would pick them up for the two-hour drive to Plaisance. Orlando Pediatrician Dr. Ted Kaplan (who introduced Drs. Stein and Lolagne to each other) offered the assistance of his organization, the Cap Haitien Health Network. In fact, his Haitian-American wife Elizabeth would accompany Drs. Stein and Suarez on their flight from Florida to Cap Haitien. Dr. Lolagne and his surgical assistant Lisette offered to drive Elizabeth and any other CHHN staff from the airport to Plaisance. And thus began the Third NSVI Mission to Haiti.
During this second mission in Plaisance, the NSVI Team performed 44 vasectomies, up from the 32 performed in Plaisance during the mission of May 2011. We have every reason to believe that the numbers performed during future missions will continue to rise as the men and women of Plaisance enjoy the freedom to nurture the children that they already have without concern for unwanted pregnancy and the burden of too many children.
Without the dedication and assistance of the Haitians and Haitian Americans who share our vision, these missions would not be possible and the families of Plaisance would not have the option of quality dependable male-oriented contraception.
We cannot continue without donor assistance. The Board Members of NSVI have given thousands of personal dollars to support the missions of NSVI. Ourvolunteers in the Philippines in Haiti are paid to barely cover expenses, but it hardly covers their time. Only a love of their homelands and a deep-seated belief that their services will enhance the lives of their countrymen inspires them to help year after year. Even if the Board had unlimited personal funds, the IRS requires that 501(C)(3) corporations demonstrate that substantial support comes from outside the organization. A donation to NSVI is support for children, who can claim more of their parents’ emotional and financial support if they do not have to compete with numerous siblings. A donation to NSVI is a donation to the environment and wildlife, elements of which can be saved only if we can control the human population, a population which will inevitably take back what has been set aside for wildlife as a matter of their own survival. Please help us to continue our mission. In doing so, you’ll make it your own!
