Video detailing our work in Northern Haiti

Here is a link to a video on our work. Many of the pictures were taken by our founder Samuel Davis, while he was on the ground in Haiti. Our partnership with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Ltd. has been a life saving effort. Our next shipment leaves Bayonne on February 26th! Keep checking our blog for further updates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1l3IoP3YAo

Adam Goldstein, CEO of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Ltd. has recognized Burn Advocates Network for their Haiti relief efforts on his blog. For more details please visit:www.nationofwhynot.com/blog

If you are interested in learning more about our work please contact Jordana Berger jordana@burnadvocates.org or Jenni and Leslie West jenni@burnadvocates.org.

Thank you for all of your support. We are looking forward to our February 26th shipment of supplies to Haiti. With your help we can save lives.

Warm Regards,
Jordana Berger
Haiti Relief Coordinator
Burn Advocates Network

Samuel Davis- Thoughts From Sea

Thanks to the generosity of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Ltd. I am currently aboard the Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas on my way back from delivering medical supplies to the For Haiti with Love Burn Clinic (the clinic). The Clinic is located only 4.5 miles from Labadee, Haiti a port of call for many Royal Caribbean cruises. I personally delivered over 50 pallets of medical supplies and 15 pallets of food and clothing in addition to 200 mattresses and bedding and transportation donated by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Ltd.

With the precise teamwork of the Explorer’s crew and ground logistics team, the entire shipment made it safely off the two piers used to consolidate the nearly 60,000 pounds of aid. After a one hour convoy we reached our destination. Not a single package damaged, delayed, or diverted.

“From Dock to Doctor” in 6 days!

I met with the directors of the clinic to further assess their needs for equipment and supplies. After meeting with the directors of the clinic, we went to Justinian Hospital ( run by the government of Haiti ). At Justinian, we met with Dr. Andre Voltain Chief of Medicine and Dr. Jean- Gracia Coq , Chief of Surgery. They had just stabilized and airlifted two pediatric big burn cases to Shriners Hospital in Boston. In addition to lacking an oxygen generator for their three hundred plus patients, the Justinian’s only OR X-ray machine, a beat up C Arm, had been down for over weeks. The clinic and Justinian Hospital are both in desperate need of money and medical supplies.

Many wounded refugees from Port-au-Prince who migrated North for medical care are sleeping on the ground. Starvation seems to be only days away. A young orthopedic surgeon from Maine made the best of the primitive operating room at Justinian Hospital despite a lack of orthopedic hardware and devices. He expressed frustration about how many more patients’ limbs could be salvaged if there was an oxygen generator in the hospital. BAN is exploring ways to get one delivered.

Our partnership with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Ltd. is proving an effective force in saving lives and combating suffering. Every pallet we send saves at least one life. We have two more major shipments to North Haiti planned within the next month.

www.haitiburnsurvivors.org

Englewood Orthopedics Donates Supplies

Drs Ann Miller, Rick Salzer, and Brian Cole of Englewood Orthopedics help Sam Davis send off several pallets of orthopedic supplies they and their patients donated. Burn Advocates Network delivered over 6,000 crutches, wheelchairs and much needed orthopedic supplies for casting and a cast cutter to two hospitals caring for Haiti Earthquake casualties.

Orphans at Haitien Gymnasium Clinic

These two brothers were not concerned about the medecines and crutches we brought to this makeshift refuge. They did appreciate the duffelbag full of toys and pallet of clothing. Everything they own fits into a shoebox. They will later learn that they can share one of the mattresses donated by Royal Caribbean and not sleep on the concrete.

We are proud to announce that our President and founder of the Israel Burn Camp for Children(IBCC) and the Burn Advocates Network (BAN), Sam Davis is on his way to Haiti with 56,000 pounds of medical supplies for the "For Haiti with Love" burn clinic. It is with no small thanks form Royal Caribbean that this shipment was made possible. The cruise line donated the space and means of transporting the medical supplies to the port in Labadee. This will gaurentee that all the aid goes directly tothe clinic and local hospital without all the red tape at the Port au Prince airport.

We are still collecting donations at participating drop off points, and will be making our second shipment via Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines of Feb. 26th, 2010.

Fair Lawn Jewish Center

Donations are still pouring into to Fair Lawn Jewish Center, among many other drop off points. The families and children from Fair Lawn Jewish Center have already donated 3 pallets worth of medical supplies and I just received an email from our dear friend Dr. Ritchard Rosen that there are over 3000 peices of medical supplies to be picked up for the next shipment headed out on Feb 24th on Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Sea.

We are so proud of these young men and woman who helped gather the donations and load them in the truck. They seemed to welcome the distraction from class, as the Rabbi had granted the youngsters a repreive from Hebrew School to help us load up. One of the younsters even took a minute of his free time to imitate my husband, (Leslie West) with his own rendition of "Mississippi Queen".

Thank you so much! Keep of the good work!