MOBILE

MEDICAL

DISASTER

RELIEF

PROJECT WALKHAITI

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PROJECT WALK

David Vanderpool, MD, founder and CEO of Mobile Medical Disaster Relief (MMDR), quickly mobilized a medical team upon hearing the news of the earthquake. The team headed to Haiti on January 14, 2010. MMDR, a 501(C)(3) humanitarian organization, provides basic goods and medical services to the poor of this world through the building and/or funding of medical clinics or hospitals. In large scale disasters we provide “first responder” medical and logistical support. Between disasters, MMDR implements micro-enterprise projects, provides clean water initiatives, develops vocational schools, and maintains the goal of building and/or funding at least one hospital or clinic per year. We are presently in fourteen world-wide locations including Haiti, Honduras, Mozambique, Nigeria, India, China, Ukraine, Iraq, Kenya, Gaza, Peru, Guatemala, and the United States. MMDR is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of business and civic leaders who are active in the ongoing work of the organization.

PROJECT WALK

DEFINING THE SITUATION

An MMDR team arrived in Haiti within forty-eight hours of the January 12th earthquake. Dr. Vanderpool and the team members went to work near the epicenter of the earthquake and pulled people out of the rubble. They transported the injured to a hospital on the Dominican Republic border that cared for more than one thousand patients during this acute phase of the emergency. Dr. Vanderpool performed life-saving amputations for the next two weeks. Most amputations resulted from infections caused by crushing injuries to the leg. The Haitian government estimates over 250,000 amputations were completed, leaving Haiti with one of the highest percentages of amputees of any country in the world.

Amputees in Haiti have a severely limited ability to function within their society. They cannot work and are unfortunately shunned and disregarded. A June 20th St. Petersburg Times interview with Joaz Nancie, 27, reveals the current mindset toward these scarred Haitians: “Without my leg , I am a freak. Cripples are rejected here. I was going to be the first person in my family to make it out of poverty but now that!s over. An amputee is not allowed in school.”

PROJECT WALK - MMDR!S GOAL

Since the earthquake, MMDR teams of 20-30 medical professionals and lay persons have been giving urgently needed medical care and food to 1,500 - 3,000 Haitians each month. There is a clear need for remediation of lost legs for survivors. MMDR wants to provide life and limb for Haitians like Joaz. Through MMDR medical team members, we are able to locate and treat the Haitian amputees. We have already begun measuring for prosthetic legs during our monthly medical clinics. These patients know that the gift of a leg will translate into “life.”

The groundwork for “Project Walk” has been laid. So far, MMDR has researched several prosthetic models with the goal of finding one that delivers high quality, easily adaptable artificial limbs. We also require sustainable service and economic production costs. We have decided to work with a leg prosthetic manufacturing device developed by Mercer University in Georgia. We have received $65,000 seed money from Manna Global Ministries toward the purchase of this manufacturing equipment and start-up materials.

PROJECT WALK - METHODOLOGY

• MMDR will produce below-the-knee as well as above-the-knee prosthetics.

• Part of our volunteer base will be trained and mobilized to manufacture the artificial limbs in the Brentwood, Tennessee area with oversight from a full-time employee. Because of the documented dangers of equipment theft in Haiti, we have determined that the manufacturing process must remain state-side.

• After the prosthetics are transported by air carrier to Haiti, MMDR medical volunteers will fit the artificial legs to the amputees. The recipients will “walk out” of the clinic. Prosthetic application training for medical team members will take place at MMDR headquarters prior to departure. David Vanderpool, MD, will provide the medical oversight on each trip.

• MMDR will partner with a team of physical therapists located in Port-au-Prince to help patients with mobility training and prosthetic maintenance.

• MMDR plans to take medical teams to Haiti to implement “Project Walk” for for a week each month for one year.

• MMDR!s goal is to fit 500 Haitians with life-giving artificial limbs. “Project Walk” is anticipated to be completed by the Fall of 2011.

PROJECT WALK

THE BOTTOM LINE

MMDR will need $250,000 to fund this vital project. We acknowledge that what will be given to each Haitian who receives the ability to walk is unable to be defined by a dollar sign.

IN SUMMARY

Because of MMDR!s efforts in collaboration with partners like you, we know thousands have been and will continue to be saved in Haiti. Thank you for helping to return life-giving functionality and hope to Haitian amputees through your help with “Project Walk.”

We thank you for your consideration of this imperative need.

COST ANALYSIS OF “PROJECT WALK”

Raw materials used to build prostheses 500 legs @ $230 per leg $115,000

Trips to Haiti for 7 personnel 12 trips x 7 persons @$750 each trip $63,000

One full-time employee stateside 12 months x $3083 per month $37,000

Facility lease 12 months @ $2083 per month $25,000

Packaging and shipping 12 months @ $833 per month $10,000

TOTAL COST TO COMPLETE “PROJECT WALK”

$250,000