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Crutches To Haiti Helps Quake Victims
By James Smith
"Some people wrongly believe that sending orthopedic devices to Haiti is not important at this time”, said Dr. Ralph Gousse, a Haitian-American oncologist in Altamonte Springs , Florida . He is also an advisor to the organization. Gousee says, "I have recently returned from Port-au-Prince , where I witnessed a brilliant, young Haitian law student who, when given the choice of amputation of a leg, or significant complication like gangrene or death, chose not to be amputated. That’s because living without any means of mobility in Haiti is often a fate worse than death. A mother, when told that her young son would need a limb amputated, removed her child from the medical care that could have saved his life. If these injured people could have had the orthopedic devices that they so desperately needed, a life may have been saved.” But it is not only the quake victims who were physically harmed who now suffer. The average wage in Haiti is less than two dollars a day. There are no social services or rehabilitation centers. A disabled person, unable to move about, earn money or care for others, and who requires constant attention, is viewed by some families in Haiti as a burden.
Contact Crutches To Haiti founder Ron Liss by phone at (407) 610-1963. The mailing address is:
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Crutches To Haiti, a relief organization located in Apopka , Florida , near Orlando, continues to receive donations of hundreds of crutches, canes, walkers and wheelchairs from the Central Florida region. They are being shipped to amputees in Haiti , following January’s devastating earthquake. The organization, in association with Harvest Time International, a respected relief shipper, is working day and night to fill and ship a semi-trailer load of these goods to victims of the powerful earthquake. Analysts say there are thousands of people who became amputees or still could since the natural disaster.
"We are in need of more donated goods before our mission is complete, and we are asking for support from anyone who may be storing medical devices of this type, or know someone else who is”, said Ron Liss, founder of the organization. "It doesn’t cost any money to donate something you no longer need. And it can save a life in Haiti . Visit www.CrutchesToHaiti.com To donate wheelchairs, walkers, canes or crutches and to find out more about how you can help.
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