This page is for volunteers who want to come to Haiti. Please read carefully.
Please fill out the volunteer form.
You need to also fill out and print Medical information.doc and email it back to us:
Vaccinations needed:
- update your tetanus
- get typoid booster
- make sure you got your hepatitis B series (3 shots)
- if possible, get a BCG (for tuberculosis). AIDS is rampant and open TB has flared up
- start chloroquin or mefloquin for malaria
Important to bring along on the trip:
- US dollars (banks do not operate in Haiti currently)
- toiletries for 1 week (count on no showers!) (deo, toothpaste/brush, mouthwash, soap)
- food such as peanut-butter, dried fruits, dry-bread, nuts etc. for 1 week
- water can be bought in SD, don't bring from US
- personal flash-light (hand-held or on head)
- batteries for flash-light
- ciprofloxacin for diarrheal diseases
- get tetanus and typhoid vaccinations updated!
- start chloroquine (anti-malaria ASAP)
- bring anti-diarheal and anti-nausea for yourself (zofran is prescription; pepcid/peptobismol over the counter)
- wear sneakers or comfortable shoes
- if contact-lens wearer: bring your eye-glasses
- if on prescription medications: bring enough for 10 days in case of being stranded
- bring US phone which could switch to Haiti-SIM-card
- do not bring valuables at all
- don't bring camera's, we have full-time personal photo-journalist to document our trip and bring to outside world to inspire/inform others
- socks, t.shirts, scrubs
- face-masks and gloves if possible
