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Information is posted here for trip participants. During this week in Haiti we will be assisting CCH clinic staff to run school-based health check ups at two CCH partner schools near Jacmel (Lavanneau and EMEVO schools). We will be working with doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals, but we’ll also utilize other non-medical people to record heights, weights and other information. The team will stay and eat meals at CCH’s Isaiah Guest House in Jacmel.

Please review the CCH Travel Handbook.

Anyone who wishes to collect supplies for these school based clinics or CCH’s PT rehab center, we have a “wish list” of needed supplies which can be viewed/downloaded here.

Trip Itinerary

Sunday 5/27: Arrive in Port-au-Prince (PAP) 12:00 – 2:00PM. Abby is flying on American Airlines flight 949 from Miami (MIA) to PAP arriving 12:54PM (her connecting flight is AA2591 departing from Washington DC (IAD) at 6:45AM. At 3:00PM a driver and Haitian CCH staffer will meet the team at the airport and drive (2-4 hours) in vans from PAP to Jacmel — a great way to see the Haitian countryside. We’ll unpack our bags at Isaiah House in Jacmel, and get oriented for the week.

Monday 5/28 through Friday 6/1: Work days. 8:00AM – 3:00PM Healthcare workers and volunteers will staff the student wellness clinics at Lavanneau and EMEVO schools around Jacmel. 3:00 – 5:00PM volunteers visit CCH program sites and partners, and interesting sites in Southeast Haiti. Group members will come together at dinner or in the evenings for daily “reflection” time.

Friday 6/1: People leaving early will fly from Jacmel back to PAP on a charter flight departing at 4:00PM. They will stay at a hotel near the PAP airport.

Friday 6/1: People in PAP are transported from their hotel to the airport to depart on their flights back home. People still in Jacmel have one final day of school based clinics.

Saturday 6/2: R&R day. Trip to the beach with lunch at a seaside restaurant (travelers will need to purchase this meal on their own). Afternoon tour of Jacmel’s boardwalk area and art district.

Sunday 6/3: Travel day. We will fly in 3 small charter flights from Jacmel to PAP departing 10:00AM – 12:00PM. Abby is flying out on American Airlines flight 903 departing PAP at 1:55PM (connecting flight is AA2590 arriving at IAD at 12:26AM).

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