Christine Hochkeppel

Helping Haiti Heal

Hurricane Matthew wreaked havoc on Haiti, leaving 1,000 dead and more than 1 million in need of aid. Gardner-based Forward in Health is one of the local groups answering the call. Christine Hochkeppel traveled with FIH to Les Cayes to chronicle the journey. See the Telegram & Gazette 8-part series: http://www.telegram.com/topics/journey-to-haiti 

  • Dr. David Davis of Petersham listens to a young boy's heartbeat at the Adventist Church in Ducis, Haiti on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
  • People wait to be seen by Forward in Health volunteers at the Adventist Church in Ducis, Haiti on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
  • Demonstrators march with the body of a young teenager who was shot and killed during a clash between police and protestors over a barge containing supplies and food on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. There were protests and riots throughout the day expressing frustration with delays in aid distribution in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.
  • The infant ward at the Sisters of Charity Home for the Sick and Dying on Saturday, November 5, 2016.
  • Richard “Braksy” Braks of Templeton helps guide a patient to the doctor's quarters during a Forward in Health pop-up clinic at the Ecole Presbyteral de Dantan on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
  • Maguilina Guerisson, 100, a former meat merchant born in Cuba, poses for a photo at a Forward in Health pop-up clinic at the Ecole Presbyteral de Dantan on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
  • Dr. John Harrington of Gardner performs an exam on a young girl at the Adventist Church in Ducis, Haiti on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
  • Brothers who are later diagnosed with scabies wait to be seen by a provider on Tuesday, November 1, 2016.
  • Students from a nearby boarding school for the deaf wait to be seen at a Forward in Health pop-up clinic at the Centre Lumiere on Thursday, November 3, 2016.
  • Dr. John Harrington listens to an elderly man's pulse with his translator Jean David Casseus on Tuesday, November 1, 2016.
  • Forward in Health volunteer takes the temperature of a patient but is supervised by a young one during a pop-up clinic at the Centre Lumiere on Thursday, November 3, 2016.
  • RN Paula Mulqueen, the Forward in Health trip director, speaks with a woman who is 7-months pregnant during a pop-up clinic at the Ecole Presbyteral de Dantan on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
  • The pop-up clinic begins at the Adventist Church in Ducis, Haiti on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
  • Dr. John Harrington listens to a young patients lungs during a Forward in Health pop-up clinic at the Ecole Presbyteral de Dantan on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
  • RN Lyndsay Funk takes a look in a patient's ear on Tuesday, November 1, 2016.
  • RN Lori Belliveau of Fitchburg shows off her Forward in Health tattoo during a pop-up clinic at the Ecole Presbyteral de Dantan on Wednesday, November 2, 2016. She is on her third trip with FIH and is leading another one in February.
  • Forward in Health trip leader Paula Mulqueen evaluates a toddler at the Adventist Church in Ducis, Haiti on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
  • Women arrive at the Forward in Health pop-up clinic at the Ecole Presbyteral de Dantan on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
  • Centre Lumiere students practice their crocheting as the Forward in Health pop-up clinic borrowed their classroom for the day on Thursday, November 3, 2016.
  • Noemie Altenice, 70, at the Les Cayes hospital recovering from a foot amputation on Thursday, November 3, 2016. She was suffering because the nurses did not have any pain medication to give her.
  • The makeshift waiting room at the Forward in Health pop-up clinic at the Hurricane Matthew-damaged Ecole Presbyteral de Dantan on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
  • Dr. David Davis and Dr. John Harrington examine patients during a Forward in Health pop-up clinic at the Centre Lumiere on Thursday, November 3, 2016.
  • Roger Juno, 46, shows his infected wound to Dr. John Harrington and RN Donna Muse-Maynard at the Adventist Church in Ducis, Haiti on Wednesday, November 2, 2016. He stepped on a lightbulb in the commotion of Hurricane Matthew.
  • Children and adults peer through the windows of the Adventist Church waiting to be admitted to the Forward in Health clinic in Ducis, Haiti on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
  • Richard “Braksy” Braks comforts stroke patient brought to the Forward in Health mission house as Dr. John Harrington and Dr. David Davis speak with the patient's son translated by Pierre Evens on Saturday, November 5, 2016.
  • Dr. John Harrington of Gardner, the designated jokester on the trip, cracks up RN Lyndsay Funk with a humorous story with RN Doris Forte relaxes on the porch of the mission house on Saturday, November 5, 2016.
  • Dr. David Davis gives a check-up to a young boy during a Forward in Health pop-up clinic at the Centre Lumiere on Thursday, November 3, 2016.
  • Dr. John Harrington administers a shot of novocaine and RN Paula Mulqueen assists before removing an ingrown toe nail for FIH translator Ziko on Saturday, November 5, 2016.
  • Dr. John Harrington adds another year to his handprint with Paula Mulqueen while first-time volunteer Eneida Alvarado marks her handprint on Saturday, November 5, 2016.
  • Doris Forte of Gardner visits with her longtime friend at the Foyer St. Eiienne on Sunday, November 6, 2016.
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