Greetings-

Last Saturday Flight to Crisis II returned from Haiti. We had mostly engineers and architects as well along with a fireman and a pre-med student/book keeper/photographer and video man in charge. It was a tough but fruitful trip. We achieved quite a bit:

1. The assessment of several dozen buildings in Petite Goaves,
2. drinking water and sewage planning and testing in the tent cities of Port au Prince, the distribution of several hundred pounds of toys and medical and nutritional donations to hospitals, clinics, and an orphanage,
3. Assistance at a mini mobile hospital which sees over 400 hundred patients per day,
4. Development / planning assistance to Port au Prince's Fire Chief,
5. Structural assessment of a large girls orphanage in Port au Prince and donation of tents (75 girls have to sleep outside)

THE NEXT TRIP TO HAITI

The next Flight to Crisis (F2C) deployment will depart for Haiti between Sometime around April 1st. The final departure date will be confirmed based on the overall availability of the those invited Volunteers' schedule.

Here are a few points we wanted to share with you prior to your considering F2C III:

* The first trip cost $2300, the second was $1900, and this one is expected to be even less!
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Because Haiti has shifted form the crisis/first responder stage to a Post-disaster recovery / long-term planning and development stage, this benefits volunteers for two reasons:

1) The maximum two-week recommended stay has now been lifted. From now on, F2C volunteers can commit to trips of 2 - 4 weeks.

2) This also opens the door to more volunteers from different backgrounds to participate.

We are working on finalizing the budget for the next trip however the trip will include:

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Roundtrip airfare from Miami to Port au Prince
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Ground Transportation in Haiti
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Hotel in Miami to and from Haiti, based on each volunteer's respective arrival and departure times
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Emergency Medical and Evacuation Insurance
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Lodging (tent spaces on the grounds of a very nice Bead & breakfast or a room to share at the same B&B)
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Excess baggage fees
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ALL meals, snacks and clean water (you will be VERY well fed)
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Laundry
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3 "Flight to Crisis" shirts (to be worn every day as all volunteers here do)
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Registration at U.S. Embassy in Port au Prince on your behalf
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Some "on location" insidentals and expenses such as Friday night entertainment and Sunday excursions
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All Tips and gratuities.

Types of Volunteers Needed

We are seeking the following professionals for self sponsored 12 - 28 day humanitarian trips to Haiti.

French speaking skills are a BIG PLUS but not required

Architects, ENGINEERS, Geologists of all types

Firemen (for workshops with local fire departments; a few EMTs are also needed but not in large numbers)

Physicians, medical students, nurses, nursing students and medical professionals of all types. Primary ER care is the paramount need however, ALL are welcomed and severely needed. Lots of "hands on training" for medical students which you would not experience in the US.

Childrens Music and Art teachers/instructors (Including those with skill related to the therapeutic application of the arts)

Childrens Professional entertainers (clowns, magicians, puppet theater, etc. FRENCH may be required depending on the project)

Security Guards or BIG guys that speak French

Grant / proposal writers

Journalists, photographers, bloggers, and documentary film maker /video producer

Clergy

Administrative / Executive Assistants / Project Managers with bookkeeping experience

Webmaster or Social Media guru

Translators (French / Creole - English)

NOTE: Other Volunteer opportunities are open; please feel free to inquire if you believe you have skills or resources, that could be of use on this trip.

If you have access to a large donor of toys, childrens clothes, or medical and nutritional (food) goods, please contact us. Such a donation may merit an invitation regardless of skills.

If you are seriously interested in exploring the possibilty of joining the Flight to Crisis III Team. Please email us back as SOON as possible. If you are interested, we will send you an application which you would have 3 days to fill out and return back to F2C in order to be considered.

Also, if you would like to receive an invitation for a Q& A Conference Call for this Sunday evening, please let us know as well.

Please feel free to forward this email to whomever you believe may appreciate receiving it.

If you would like to be REMOVED form this email list, please reply with REMOVE in the subject line.

Finally, if I (Laz) owe you a phone call, please be patient, OR feel free to call me again.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Cheers-

LAZ PUJOL

Flight to Crisis

Founder & Executive Director

Contact: Laz@FlightToCrisis.org

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