Victoria Marie Indyk
Madonna University, USA
Title: Madonna university nursing department partners with Felician sisters mission to provide healthcare to Jacmel, Haiti
Biography
Biography: Victoria Marie Indyk
Abstract
Background: Jacmel, Haiti is an impoverished and underserved state that is affected by many natural disasters, disease and generations of systemic poverty. This rocky, mountainous area lacks running water, basic sanitation, and the people have little money and minimal job opportunities to pay for the basics of health, food, shelter, and education.
Aim: The purpose of this study is to assess the needs of Jacmel, Haiti and to show how Madonna University Nursing Department is assisting the Felician Sisters Mission to address these needs.
Methods:Utilizing the Leininger’s Sunrise Enabler Model, this study focused on assessing the needs of Jacmel, Haiti and looked at how the Felician Sisters’ Mission in Jacmel have developed programs to meet the pressing needs of this population.
Results & Discussions: Results of the study showed that the Madonna University nursing faculty and students are able to assist and provide direct healthcare to the people of Jacmel through the many programs of the Felician Sisters Mission including helping at the Mobile Clinic that provides healthcare to 28 village sites, giving classes on hand washing and disease prevention, dental care instruction, helping at the Soup Kitchen that feeds 50-60 children daily, providing water buckets and filters for the Water Woman Blessing program, and bringing clothes, shoes, and other needed supplies for the Felician Mission.