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CMAT Team 7 arrives in Haiti

2010 - Haïti Earthquake, Deployments

In this photo: Top Row L-R: Yasmeen Jabbar, Marcie Harrison, Nathan Kelly. Bottom Row, L-R, Dr. Joanne Perry, Christina Coambs, Robin Parfitt, Melissa Glen, Dorothy McEachern, Ruby Dyall. Front: Imran Jabbar.

TORONTO, April 20, 2010 – Canadian Medical Assistance Teams’ seventh team of medical volunteers departed Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport Tuesday morning and arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti early Tuesday afternoon. CMAT continues to provide medical assistance in the quake-ravaged region, and has established an ongoing partnership to provide medical volunteers to staff the JP HRO (Jenkins/Penn Haiti Relief Organization)’s medical centre located at The Pétionville Club.

CMAT Teams 4 and 5 transitioning from Léogâne to Petionville, CMAT Team 6 to arrive in Haiti on Tuesday

2010 - Haïti Earthquake, Deployments

CMAT Teams 4 and 5 at the J/P HRO Medical Centre in March 2010. L-R (Bottom Row) Sandy Scott, PCP Paramedic from Kalso, BC; Catriona Convey, PCP Paramedic from Sidney, BC; Jean-Evens Cheridor, Nursing Student and CMAT Translator from Leogane, Haiti; Janice Stirling, RN from London, ON; Shandra Doran, Physician from Edmonton, AB; Dawn Anderson, RN from Saskatoon, SK; Guinevere Rolls Dorward, RN from Vancouver, BC; Huguette Ray, RPN from Gore Bay, ON. L-R (Top Row) J. Rashad Chin, Physician from Edmonton, AB; John Rich, ACP Paramedic from High River, AB; Mark Hyslop, Physician from Merritt, BC; Sharon Morgan, CMAT Administrator from Comox, BC; Nathan Blackstock, PCP Paramedic and Team 5 Team Leader from Vancouver, BC; Skye Nicolson, RN from Toronto, ON; Bill Coltart, PCP Paramedic and CMAT Regional Chair for Western Canada, from Comox, BC; Justin Law, PCP Paramedic from Langley, BC.

CMAT Teams 4 and 5 at the J/P HRO Medical Centre in March 2010. L-R (Bottom Row) Sandy Scott, Catriona Convey, Jean-Evens Cheridor, Janice Stirling, Shandra Doran, Dawn Anderson, Guinevere Rolls Dorward, Huguette Ray. L-R (Top Row) Rashad Chin, John Rich, Mark Hyslop, Sharon Morgan, Nathan Blackstock, Skye Nicolson, Bill Coltart, Justin Law.

TORONTO, April 6, 2010 – Canadian Medical Assistance Teams (CMAT) successfully handed over responsibility for the delivery of health care back to authorities in Léogâne, and have transitioned CMAT services to the town of Pétionville, outside Port au Prince. Teams 4 and 5 completed this transition, and CMAT operations have now concluded in Léogâne.

York Region District School Board collects $59,000 for CMAT through their “Helping Hands” campaign.

2010 - Haïti Earthquake, Deployments

Mr. Jeewan Chanicka, teacher at Donald Cousens Primary School, and Director of the Helping Hands program from York Region District School board presents CMAT Executive Director Valerie Rzepka with a cheque for $55,000 on March 10, 2010.

Friday, March 12, 2010 – Markham, Ontario – The Helping Hands Haiti Relief project ran from January 13th – Feb 12th 2010. What initially began as a school project at Donald Cousens Public School in Markham, Ontario was expanded to include other schools in the York Region district school board after Jeewan Chanicka, Director of CMAT’s Helping Hands campaign sent a message out to the system encouraging schools to do what they could. It eventually grew to include 31 schools.

CMAT Team 3 arrives in Léogâne, Haiti; Prime Minister Harper meets CMAT Team

2010 - Haïti Earthquake, Deployments

CMAT Nurse John Stone treats a young girl in Leogane.

Thursday February 18, 2010 – LÉOGÂNE, HAÏTI – CMAT Team 3 arrived early on Tuesday, February 16, to relieve the outgoing Team 2, who are returning to Canada this week. CMAT volunteers are seeing more than one thousand patients per week in our Field Hospital and are continuing the treatment of remaining Trauma patients and an increasing number of Primary Care needs.

Over $96 Thousand Raised to Date for CMAT program in Haiti

2010 - Haïti Earthquake, Deployments

A little girl with a head injury and broken arm being treated at the CMAT Field Hospital in Leogane

Saturday February 13, 2010 – Toronto ― The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Federal Minister of International Cooperation, announced that nationwide, over $113 million in eligible donations have been raised to be matched through the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund. The Minister also reminded Canadians that there were only a few days left to see their donation to eligible organizations matched by the Government.