Our advance team is on the way to Nepal. They will lay the groundwork for our medical team to arrive two days later, ready to provide aid to the survivors of the Nepal Earthquake.
Our Advance Team is a three-person team – a doctor, a nurse and another HHI staff member. All three are departing from different points on the globe. In these photos, Dr. Gary Morsch, founder of HHI, is seen departing from the Kansas City airport. The team’s nurse, Sue Mangicaro, is leaving from New Jersey. And Julie Hefner, just recently our Liberia country director, is flying out of Monrovia, Liberia – all three bound for Kathmandu, and the earthquake disaster zone.
As he was departing from Kansas City, HHI’s hometown and HQ location, Dr. Morsch had the honor of hauling giant bags of supplies to check in for the flight, beyond his own personal gear. This ‘luggage’ contains medical supplies, medicine and quite a bit of work and camping equipment – tents, sleeping bags and mats, gloves, water filtration and satellite phones – gear needed for a team to operate in a disaster zone.
Our medical team is made up of two doctors and four nurses. They are packing right now and will arrive two days behind the advance team, ready to hit the ground and begin providing medical care to earthquake survivors.
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photos by Peggy Breit & KMBC-TV9