Meeting in Pignon March 20-21 2010

Summery of the Partners meeting by Lorrie~
( these are not the minutes but a summery of what was discussed)

A Partners meeting was held March 20-21 in Pignon Haiti. In attendance were members of the CBP Board, Promise for Haiti Board, and representation from many of the Promise for Haiti Partners a total about 25 people were present.

Many hours were spent on information gathering, sharing of ideas, dreams, visions, planning and collaborating as well as a tour of a school, the doctors quarters, hospital, hospital dorm and the out patient clinic were taken.

Topics discussed included

HPB post earth quake report
Field Directors report
HPB executive director's report
Medical Directors report
PFH President's report
PFH Treasure's report
PFH executive directors report

The need for a hospital audit.

Larry Madole gave a report in it he discussed that no new projects will start until present projects are completed. These projects that need completion include completion of the out patient clinic, completion of existing school projects, the maternity house, repair and maintenance of the first floor of the hospital as well as a new latrine and repair on the doctors quarters. Also discussed was the need for washers/dryer, water fountain and drainage system.

Reports were given by the following partners
Project Haiti- Dr Severson
Iowa Collation Denny Brand
Mission Vision- Sue DenOuden
Fargo Medical Mission- Siri Fiebiger
Dental Clinic- Jim Birong
Jared Nikkels from Many Hands in Haiti also gave a report.

Jared started a feeding program after the earth quake to help feed and support patient and family members who had come to the hospital after the earth quake. They also built a kitchen to assist the volunteers who cook and distribute the meals.

Dr Paul Severson in his report gave his vision of where the hospital should proceed from here and what we can do to help rebuild Haiti.

Long term strategic planning was also done this included:

The need for expanding the medical staff and support staff.

Discussion in regards to a short term ( 2-4 months) volunteer to work with the hospital in specific areas such as nursing, administration, accounting, inventory. These individuals need to submit a resume, a written agreement needs to be signed by both parties, and periodic review with the volunteers need to be done.