HOPE FOR HAITI'S DISABLED

“Chaos for days. A sea of pain. These are survivors in the most visceral way. I am in awe every day… Many people have travelled for hours and hours to get here, and do not anxiously await their new limb. Some have nowhere to go once they get their prosthesis. So much wasted potential and talent. In the meantime, I do the best that I can every minute of every day in giving the gift of my service and knowledge.”

- Mary Anne Kramer-Urner, Physicians for Peace volunteer Physical Therapist in Haiti (March 2010)

“The word we all used was resilience. After all the devastation and personal struggles, I was amazed at how grateful and motivated they were. And they were very strong, both physically and mentally. One little boy had been buried under the rubble for four days. They brought him to the clinic to receive a prosthetic limb. I only worked with him a short time before he was walking everywhere with his mother, chasing goats, kicking a ball.”

- Nancy Avena, Physicians for Peace volunteer Physical Therapist in Haiti (April 2010)

“My heart is heavy with what I have seen, but also warm with the love of these hard-working people. At the heart of this experience, it was awesome and very inspiring. I really feel like I was here for a reason and definitely was able to help people and see the results of all the hard work, theirs and mine. I am so happy that I came; however, I know there is so much more work to be done.”

- Tom Meenzhuber, Physicians for Peace volunteer Physical Therapist in Haiti (May 2010)

Thanks to your generous contributions to our Walking Free program in Haiti, our volunteers have returned with many heart-felt stories of the hard work, sorrows, joys and triumphs of working at the Rehabilitation Clinic established by the Haitian Amputee Coalition in the aftermath of the January 12th earthquake.

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