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