Fargo medical mission team

Fargo Medical Mission Team Sees Pignon With a Different View!

Kevin Wallevand traveled with the Fargo Team in January.
Here is a glimpse of their hard work and efforts as they
put together supplies for these trips. Click here for a link
to their Haiti trip. Kevin Wallevand has been a Reporter at WDAY-TV
since 1983. He is a native of Vining, Minnesota in Otter Tail County.
His series and documentary work have brought him to Africa, Vietnam,
Haiti, Kosovo, South America, Mongolia and the Middle East. He is an
Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award recipient.
After visiting Pignon for so many years, the landscape is changing with
a different view around Pignon. Accompanied with his pictures, Kevin g
ives us an inside look at the great things happening in Pignon.

" What another great welcome and surprise for the Fargo-Moorhead
Medical Mission team when arriving in Pignon a few weeks ago. Even
after 15-years, it is always a great way to start the trip: landing at the
grass strip, riding in the back of a pick-up truck to the hospital.
But this year? What an amazing change in the village. A large number
of workers joined contractors in paving some of the streets in Pignon. Sidewalks,
along with water systems, fiber-optic and electricity are slowly being installed
in town. A new park with fountains is completed and will open soon
And compared to just a few years ago, the market is bustling.
A good gauge of what is happening economically in Pignon.
Smaller businesses are sprouting up and motorcycles are everywhere.
(Not always a plus when you are a Medical/Surgical Team)
Of course there are challenges. There is still too much poverty
and too few jobs. Promise for Haiti staff at the hospital and clinic
continue to do an amazing job of providing care to those in need.
The Fargo-Moorhead team worked along side and with talented Haitian
Operating Room staff that does so much when we are there;
helping perform 35-operations.
A mission trip once again peppered with stories of perseverance and faith. A reminder we all hope for growth, strength and peace for our friends and loved ones in Haiti."