Want to help the people of Haiti? Below are several volunteer and job opportunities for both health workers and for those with logistical/humanitarian aid experience. If you know of more opportunities, please post them in the comment section below.
Partners In Health is looking for both medical supply donations and health professional volunteers. They are currently prioritizing the deployment of full surgical teams. Ideally, team composition would include 2 orthopedic surgeons: 2 anesthesiologists or nurse anesthetists: 5 nurses (2-3 OR; 2-3 post-op/critical care). That said, they are also looking for people with significant trauma experience to join teams – especially nurses with perioperative and medsurg experience. Apply here today.
Oxfam America is looking for a Deployable Humanitarian Logistics Coordinator: check out the job description here.
UPDATE: The information, below, is no longer accurate. Please visit the USAID website for information on volunteering and other ways to offer assistance. You may also visit this web page on the Department of Health and Human Services website for more information.
Finally, the US Department of Health and Human Services is working to identify doctors who would be able to go to Haiti on government-sponsored disaster medical/surgical response teams.
Criteria:
- Preferably Haitian Creole or French speaking (translation challenges are significant right now)
- Specialties needed: orthopaedic surgery, trauma surgery, and anesthesiology (should be completed with their training)
- Must be willing to be in Haiti for up to 2 weeks
- Must be prepared to live in austere conditions (sleeping on cots, floors, meals-ready-to-eat, etc)
- Must be prepared to travel very soon (within 1-2 weeks)
I am etika from Padang Indonesia, currently I also working for earthquake victim west sumatra Indonesia. I have big concern to take a part contribution to recovery effort at haiti.
I am working for United Nation Development Programme as Project Assistant. My expectation are get chance to help many people at Haiti.
Hello
My partner and I were going on vacation next month for 30days but we would rather go to Haiti and volunteer.
I have search and rescue experience, first aid/cpr and counselling experience. (suicide intervention and prevention) but I feel our experience could be used.
(We also have a great cross section of administrative experience between the two of us. My partner owned a global telemarketing firm and I worked for CCH Canada Inc.)
Please tell me who we should contact about offering our services.
Obviously we would pay our own expenses, we thought we could fly into the Dominican and arrange ground transportation etc.
(We have already donated money, but would like to do more)
Thank you for your time and effort
Best Wishes
Diana L Colucci
I am an electrical engineer out of work. Can I help?