Mission Trip To Haiti

Diverse individuals with distinctive stories apply for school each year. Some with stand-out encounters, others an ability that separate them from others. Be that as it may, for me my experience, culture and trials are what decide my uniqueness. Conceived from the poorest nation in the western hemisphere, Haiti where I lived with my persevering mother (after the death of my dad when I was 10 months) providing for us through her little business. Until the overwhelming quake that struck my nation in 2010. This disastrous occasion changed my viewpoint in life. I left my past life alongside my mom in Haiti. I packed material possessions alongside the adventures and memories that I experienced throughout the years and went to a foreign nation to close relatives. I went to

The country I have choose to utilize in the global case study is Haiti. The crisis is hurricane Matthew. As the lead nurse in a shelter working in this country and people are pouring into the shelter it is crucial to provide effective care and achieve desired patient outcomes. It is important to assess and triage the population properly, manage and prevent the spread of infection, and delegate tasks accordingly.

My nursing practice has been affected by the medical mission trips that I have taken to Haiti. This course has further expanded my knowledge of global nursing and helped me to understand and envision new ways to improve health outcomes. I have been face to face with impoverished people who lacked access to clean drinking water, proper sanitation, nourishment and healthcare services. The life expectancy at birth in Haiti for women is 64 and in men is 61 (WHO, 2015). Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and is still recovering from the catastrophic earth quake that occurred in 2010. As result of the earth quake, 220,000 were killed, more than 300,000 were injured and 1.5 million people lost their homes (Breakey, Corless, Meedzan, & Nicholas, 2015). The country experienced a large cholera outbreak following the earth quake because of their poor sanitation practices. The country continues to face many health challenges, so organizations from around the world are poised to help address the health disparities experienced by the Haitian people and others in developing nations around the world. Nurses are an important member of this team as lobby for change, provide much needed financial resources, give of their time and work toward making this world a better place for everyone to live.

The country that I chose to research for my paper is Haiti. Haiti is located in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Haiti shares the Island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. The capital of Haiti is Port-au-Prince, and the population is 9,996,731. Haiti has two official languages French and Haitian Creole. About 2.1 million people of the population live in Port-Au-Prince, which makes the capital an extremely congested city.

Sarah is not your average girl. She lives with her mother, Mary, who works three jobs to support her two children. Sarah, nor her little brother Benny, has ever met their father. He went to prison when Sarah was just four years old for drugs. Sarah has always hung out with the rougher crowd. Sarah does not really apply herself to school. Her mother is very worried she will not pass with the grades she has, so Mary decides she is going to have Sarah go with her grandmother, Betty, on a mission trip to Haiti. Betty is an active member in her church and always goes on trips with her parish to help people in need.

In 2011, I traveled to my hometown in Haiti to reconnect with friends and family. It was great to be back home and I got to enjoyed the food, music and spend quality time with family. What stood out the most during this trip was I witnessed nurses and doctors giving out medicine, vaccines and providing medical advice to the community. Seeing this prompted me to approach the doctors, who informed me of Doctors without Borders, an organization I would like to volunteer with once I become a physician. I agree with their mission and want to be part of a world-wide humanitarian organization.

The American dream, as invented by James Truslow Adams in 1931, was an ideology of how The United States of America gave each man a life that was better ,richer and fuller through opportunities of abilities and achievement. Even before the 1900s, early Euro-american settlers deemed America as a blank slate, allowing them to obtain a fresh start. This eventually lead to immigrants from different ethnic backgrounds and environments coming to America to experience these new possibilities and opportunities. As we know, the United States has been one of the world’s major global superpowers, supplying third world countries with resources to aid them in their success through means of education, funding and donations. One of these countries is Haiti,

When I think of Haiti I think of music, waves crashing and beautiful homes and places to be but, all I know is that Haiti is in the Caribbean islands and it is an island. My parents have not gone to or lived in Haiti so my parents have no idea of what it looks like. But the thing that makes me feel bad is that people think that Haiti looks very poor but they are wrong.

Thank you, partners, and thank you World Vision for the donations we received for the poor here in Haiti. We sent blankets, towels, sweaters, and even some handmade blankets to the people of Peyi Pouri. This is one of the poorest areas of Haiti. It is also on top of a mountain and it gets very cold at night. The little children shake with the cold. We have no words to say “thank you!” These items were new, FIRST CLASS and simply beautiful! Imagine how the people and children felt! Thank you, World

that is much more dependent on international charity than on its own economic power and leaders that are better equipped at begging than leading.

In August 1492 Christopher Columbus left Spain on a voyage to discover new land . After 36 days of sailing he set foot on an Island called “Hispaniola” and claim it for the Spanish. Hispaniola is know today as the Dominican Republic. The Spanish maintain control until the French came in and took the Western third of the Island which is known as Haiti today. According to The World Fact book Haiti was wealthy while under the control of France. However, the cost of wealth came with the price of ½ million slaves. In 1791 the Haitians decided that they no longer wanted to be slaves and fought for their independence. (Dubois pg. 5) Haiti would be come the first black republic to declare independence in 1804.

I had a dozen great ideas for my college application essay. I’ll tell the story about my life-changing mission trip to Puerto Rico, I brainstormed. Or better yet, I’ll write about my brutal injury, and how the pain of bench warming made me work harder the next season. Almost immediately after I sat down at the computer, “College Essay Topics to Avoid” popped up in my Facebook feed. Intrigued, I clicked on the article; much to my dismay, every idea I had was listed.

The success of the US&R task forces deployed to Haiti demonstrates their versatility and value as national assets. The Haiti earthquake amounted to the first time domestic FEMA US&R task forces reinforced the two USAID task forces during a foreign disaster response. Together, the United States US&R task forces were accountable for a substantial number of live rescues, 47 of 134 in total. This establishes the greatest number of lives saved in a collapse rescue environment in the history of the FEMA US&R program. Fortunately, none of the US&R task forces suffered any major work site related injuries in spite of the magnitude of rescue operations. The successful performance of the FEMA US&R task forces validates the overall concept of operations, strategy, tactics, training, and equipment as well as the national approach to US&R preparedness.

The first thing that I found interesting was the disaster in 1995 at Montserrat. The volcanic eruption covered the island with ash for two years. The government set up an exclusion zone and evacuates that zone, unfortunately that is where most people farm and live. In 1997 the volcano erupts, and the people are on their own to evacuate, and not all of them make it out safely. It is amazing that only 19 people died, and over half of the island is uninhabitable.

It was stated by the Global Exchange that in order to raise exports, countries are incentivized to provide tax reductions and subsidies to export industries. Public assets such as woodland and government utilities are sold to foreign investors at extremely low prices. The IMF has compelled Haiti to open its market to the imported greatly subsidized US rice. However, on the other hand it has prevented Haiti from subsidizing the local farmers. A US corporation called Early Rice is at present offering almost 50 percent of the rice which is used in Haiti. The IMF has also been criticized for the absence of transparency and accountability in their activities. The IMF is financed with the money of taxpayers, however operates behind closed doors. Members of the communities who have been affected by their policies do not take part in the decision making of conditions of the loans. The IMF has also denied the recommendation for public scrutiny.