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A recent college graduate has dedicated her life to deliver aid and tarps to the earthquake ridden country.
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Online PR News – 17-August-2010 –The earthquake in Haiti has passed several seasons but many still need tarps and supplies. This has sparked one Jessica Hardy into action in order to try to improve the lives of these people. She is a recent graduate from the Asheville Bucombe Technical College. She graduated from there as a nurse. Before this devastation, she was waiting to begin her new job at a mission hospital as a nurse. There was a time delay so she needed no invitation to get involved and distribute tarps to the people of Haiti.
Hardy reports that she felt this is what she was born to do. She wanted to work in third world countries and provide health care in devastated areas. Port Au Prince is still riddled with tarp covers that are already wearing away from the hot Haiti sun.
Fourteen other non-affiliated medical professionals and Hardy flew to the Dominican Republic and then flew via Cessna to Port Au Prince. The soldiers of Haiti then escorted them to the town of Leogane, which is situated, on the coast. The destruction that faced them was beyond comprehension. At first, it left her numb and unable to do anything. There was a mass of broken concrete, much of which was supported by power cables. Worn out poly tarp shelter in crowded camps and the crowds of shell-shocked people was a sight she was sure not easily going to forget.
Leogane now had some aide and things started to move in the right direction. She worked with Sri Lankan and Japanese medical people as a labor room, a delivery room and an operating theatre were quickly established. Trucks and other such vehicles were converted into medical units. These also transported medical personal to the outer lying areas.
The human remains in terms of death, wounds and broken bones was simply too much to bear. Thousands of people are living under tarp shelters. The team that worked in Leogane worked on about one thousand five hundred people per week.
Hardy reports that by doing the work herself she was able to see the results of her efforts. This is unlike donating money and someone else doing the work. Working under the tarps, she now experienced true satisfaction.
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