Valrie's Haiti Trip: Part 2

Here is part 2 of Valrie's Haiti trip:

 Cliff Liam, youth pastor.

 Across from clinic

 The Dental Team! Top row: Trevor, Priscilla, Tiana, Brian.   Bottom Row; Paul, Dr. Woodsen, me

 Bon Secours clinic sign on fence outside clinic

 The dental team again

 Moulin Ser Mer:  This is a life-size chess set.

 Moulin Sur Mer:  Pigeon House

 Moulin Sur Mer:  This sign says, "Welcome to Moulin South Sea"

 Moulin Sur Mer: Monkey

 Moulin Sur Mer: Parrot art

 Moulin Sur Mer: Gate that reads "The Village"

Moulin Sur Mer:  No, this is not a postcard.  Yes, this is an actual photo.  Jealous?

 Moulin Sur Mer

 Moulin Sur Mer

 Moulin Sur Mer: Turtle/Tortoise shell in eating area

 Moulin Sur Mer: In eating area

 Moulin Sur Mer: Eating area

Moulin Sur Mer:  In eating area, cool looking spoon/utensil art work

 Moulin Sur Mer: Locals working on the pier

 Valrie's hotel room she shared with Priscilla

 Valrie's hotel room

 Valrie's hotel room

 Priscilla in the Tap Tap on Saturday, heading to the orphanage

 View from the Tap Tap heading to the orphanage

 View from the Tap Tap heading to the orphanage

 View from the Tap Tap heading to the orphanage

 View from the Tap Tap heading to the orphanage

 View from the Tap Tap heading to the orphanage

The Tap Tap Valrie rode in; which later got in an accident on Monday.  No one was seriously hurt thank goodness.

 Tap Tap Valrie rode in to orphanage on Saturday.  Locals pile into Tap Taps like sardines, frequently seating about 15 to 20 people on one.

 Priscilla holding a cute little orphan girl

 Valrie holding the cute little orphan girl.  She wanted to be held a lot.

 Cute little girl asking to be held again

 A poor little skinny puppy that was at the orphanage.  Valrie took many pics of him because she likes animals, and because he was in such a sorry state, she gave him a little food

 Cute little orphan baby and one of the translators

Little girls sitting in 'dental' chairs waiting to be screened.

 Dr. Woodsen, Priscilla and Trevor working on extractions on a patient.

Tiana, Trevor, Priscilla, Dr. Woodsen, and Paul's forehead (who is working on a different patient which can be seen in the next pic)

Paul working on an extraction in a patient

It  ended up that this patient needed more advanced techniques to get those stubborn root tips out, so they set up the generator and the compressor: Sylvia, Dr. Woodsen, Trevor, Paul

 The generator and compressor that was set up

 The poor little puppy and another dog that looks okay

 Valrie with the cute little girls

 Valrie with the cute little girls

 View of the beach near the orphanage

 On Sunday Valrie and her group took a tour of Port au Prince so most of the pics hereafter are taken from the bus as they drove through Port au Prince

 The Port au Prince bus tour gives you an idea of what Haiti is like

 The Port au Prince bus tour gives you an idea of what Haiti is like

The Port au Prince bus tour gives you an idea of what Haiti is like

Valrie's Haiti Trip: Part 1

From June 19th through June 28th Valrie was in Haiti engaging in a medical mission trip for Loma Linda University where she performed dental hygiene on 66 patients and got to tour and see Haiti.  Here are the pictures from this trip and they are broken down into several different parts.  This is part 1:

 In customs area in Port au Prince airport

 Airport parking lot

 Airport parking lot far end, looking at the view

 

Suitcases getting loaded onto Tap Tap

 Parking lot

 Parking lot

 Brian and Trevor the two D3 now D4 students on our trip

 Many pics taken from inside bus so not the best quality but will give an idea of what Haiti is like

 On the way to Moulin Sur Mer Resort

 Moulin Sur Mer Resort, finally here after almost 2 hour bus ride

Waiting to get into rooms

Miniature Golf

 Bon Secours clinic: Day one

 Looking across the street from Bon Secours clinic

 Setting Up

Dr Woodsen trying out the chair

 Priscilla Blow setting up for our first day

 Valrie the hygienist

 Priscilla working on a patient

 Cramped working quarters

 They really missed their dental chairs

 Getting the word out to the translator on how to brush

 Angle bristles toward gums, and vibrate back and forth gently....lol everything was translated of course to Creole; Thanks Translators.

 This bus had fold down seats in the aisle and so it was literally wall to wall seating

 Horses and donkeys: There were a lot of them the morning of the second day on the way to the clinic alongside the road. The pics not great due to being taken from inside bus.

 This pic was taken outside the clinic on our first day of all the people lining up for care in the medical and dental clinics

 The dental room is in back through the door.  The main room seen in front of door was the 'pharmacy' essentially, and on the near side of the wall partition on the right side of the photo was the dental hygiene area; not really seen, but cramped quarters for sure

 Alinx one of the locals that helped us out in the clinic and a nice guy

 Another pic of those waiting outside near our 'lunch' break

 Cavitroning away

 Priscilla working on a patient

 It was hard to have good ergonomics but Valrie did her best

Valrie took a brief break and took some pics of the dental students

 Trevor and Tiana

 Dr. Woodsen and Paul

 This little boy and girl were cute.  She wanted her other 'brother' I assume; outside clinic

 Three kids together, very cute; outside clinic

 Valrie performing dental hygiene

 Valrie working hard

 The bus unloading/loading area just outside clinic

 After a long day the clinic is now empty

 Getting back on the buses

Suitcases on top of bus, did not get a pick of it; loaded up really high, but they did load them three suitcases high on the day heading from the airport to the resort