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www.MOSTmag.com || FASHIO N MAG A ZINE || 151Most trips range between twelve and sixteen people, although specialized trips such as psych-neuro or ophthalmology, can have as few as three team members. While the majority of volunteers are medical personnel, a term that includes doctors, nurses, social workers, physical and occupational therapists, and EMTs, at least one non-medical volunteer is part of each volunteer team. The Hands Up for Haiti website includes a schedule of upcoming trips, together with frequently asked questions. One requirement to volunteer is a preliminary application for those who have not previously volunteered with Hands Up for Haiti, and another is to be interview each by a seasoned volunteer. Participation with a Hands Up for Haiti trip is life-changing for a volunteer, resulting in very personal and meaningful changes. We often hear the following from volunteers: %u201cYou can leave Haiti, but Haiti will never leave you.%u201dHands Up for Haiti cannot survive without the support of generous individuals. HUFH receives the majority of its funding from individual donations, better volunteer-led and fundraising,and grants. HUFH gratefully accepts monetary donations. There is also a great need for medical supplies. Haiti needs everything including, vitamins, office and medical equipment, clothing, stethoscopes, file cabinets, and Epi-pens. Donations help to organize and facilitate medical missions, support ongoing projects, provide funds for the partner clinics, obtain medical supplies, and support educational programs in Haiti.Since Hands Up for Haiti is a non-profit organization every dollar donated goes to helping the most impoverished areas of Cap Haitien. Donations go to funding clinics in some of the most disadvantaged areas, such as Shada, the most impoverised area of Cap Haitien. The Shada clinic, which Hands Up for Haiti supports financially and by sending volunteer teams, serves an area of approximately 25,000 people, and sees about 400-500 patients each month. Without the help of Hands Up for Haiti and the Shada clinic, these patients would otherwise have no access to medical care. Haiti has one of the worst child nutrition and infant and maternal mortality rates in the world. Any donation can help fund Hands Up for Haiti child nutrition and prenatal programs.Hands Up for Haiti started as a small group of committed individuals. These people had personally witnessed the poverty and infrastructure problems that Haiti faced and problems related to the severe lack of access to health care. All of these problems were exacerbated by the devastating earthquake. The founders planned to facilitate two or three medical trips a year. However, since its inception Hands Up for Haiti has matured into a humanitarian medical organization that sends ten to twelve medical missions to Haiti each year. The organization has established multiple programs with Haitian medical colleagues that they can continue themselves. Hands Up for Haiti is an established non-profit in the United States and is getting government recognition in Haiti as well. They have sent hundreds of volunteers to Haiti and have volunteers constantly working here at home.wecphotos.comhandsupforhaiti.org