Thanks to the coordinating efforts of Operation Go Quickly and some wonderful healthcare partners, Haitian amputee soccer players will soon be on their feet. Due to injuries from the 2010 earthquake (Stanley Gustave) and an infection (Carnot Dorvil), both young men lost their lower extremities. While forearm crutches opened the door to play their beloved […]
OGQ May 2017 Haiti outreach team safe and sound in Miami. Prayers requested for next 1 1/2 hour flight and arrival into the 2nd largest city in Haiti, Cap Haitian. Team members come from Aledo, Comanche, Dallas, Kingsland, and Ft. Worth. Skills range from a Prosthotist who happens to be an amputee to several construction […]
Safely back to OGQ prosthetist Tim Goldberg’s home in Aledo with Haitian Creole New Testaments, Creole tracts and heavy duty PEACE crutch tips. These items will be given to inmates in Cap Haitian and to others during our May 13-18 mission to Haiti.
At the age of three Joubens Jean (l) lost his left leg below the knee in a motor vehicle accident. Unfortunately, the amputation surgery left a sharp bone protruding just below the surface of the shin. Being very active, Joubens often came home with a bleeding stump. Last year OGQ provided funding for the stump […]
