Feb 10 Update

Haiti needs:
- We are wrapping up the drive for tents and need help packaging them for transport. We could use a number of people to come on Saturday to the warehouse in Hixson (5325 Old Hixson Pike Hixson, TN 37343) from 10am to 2pm. This will also be the last opportunity to bring tents or supplies.
- The first team is tentatively scheduled for March 6-13. This will be an intense physical labor trip, under difficult conditions. The team will be remodeling a structure just outside Port au Prince for MNA to use to run teams for the long term response. This trip will be limited to those with disaster/military training or experience, and the work skills that are needed. We particularly need electricians, plumbers, and other construction skills. All team members will need to attend a training session and be approved. The cost for the trip will be about $1200, a valid passport is required, as well as the proper vaccinations (Hep series, Tetanus, Typhoid). If you think you are interested and meet these qualifications, please contact me. If you do not, but are still interested, please wait for the teams that will come after this. There are also some other opportunities listed below.
- MNA has other teams, both medical and short term, going to Haiti to work in other areas. Please see their websites: http://www.pca-mna.org or http://www.gcanet.org/ or http://www.esmihome.org/
- MTW is also sending teams, medical for now and possibly reconstruction teams in the near future: http://www2.mtw.org