A Partnership For Change
In partnership with Mercy Health, CMMB officially opened the The Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan Center for Health on March 20th, 2017 in Côtes-de-Fer, Haiti. This health center provides care for more than 50,000 people in the area. Today, Mercy Health continues their partnership to improve the healthcare in this remote and under-served region of the world in many ways, including sending highly qualified and committed members of their team to serve both in the hospital and community.
Opportunities to Volunteer:
CMMB is seeking dedicated men and women who embrace the call to serve others and are who willing to donate their time to make a difference in the lives of some of the most vulnerable women, children, and communities in Côtes-de-Fer, Haiti. We are looking for individuals who are willing to serve on mission trips, longer-term placements, or people who can do clinical rotations at the hospital in the role of a clinical mentor.
Registration has opened for the following dates:
- August: August 16 – 24
- October: October 11 – October 19
- November: November 29 – December 7 (Day after Thanksgiving)
*Note that small teams and individual visits can also be considered for dates that differ from those listed above.
Please contact us.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for multidisciplinary teams of health professionals with extensive experience in the healthcare sector and interest in training and development of local healthcare staff.
We need:
- physicians,
- nurses & nurse trainers,
- pharmacists,
- supply chain managers,
- radiologists and laboratory technicians,
- hospital administrators/MA/Finance, EMT/EMS/ ER,
- communications and creole-speaking interpreters.
Further information will be provided closer to each visit in regards to the objectives for the visit and other skills needed. Teams can include up to eight participants.
How to register for a trip?
If you are interested, please email the team at volunteer@cmmb.org or register here!
Note that eligibility for placements will be dependent upon a full review of required documents, and your previous experience.
When John Starcher, President and CEO of Mercy Health, was asked to talk about the benefits of the partnership between Mercy Health and CMMB, he responded: “One of my learnings in Zambia and then again in Haiti, is that we have a lot to learn from the developing world. Notwithstanding the lack of resources and infrastructure that those communities experience, we can learn so much about how they learn, how they adapt, survive, and ultimately thrive. Each of our staff members who have participated in these opportunities – going into under-served and under resourced communities – return feeling they have learned so much more than they offered.”
John listens to a community members in Mwandi, Zambia.
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Previous Mercy Health Mission Trips
March 2017 Mission Trip To BJSH in Haiti
February 2018 Mission Trip to BJSH
Gallery of Photos
May 2019 Mission Trip to BJSH
When we asked John Starcher to talk about the experience of the first Mercy Health mission team that went out to serve at BJSH shortly before, he shared these words:
“Across the board they were overwhelmed. They all said what a great experience it was and how personally enriched they felt and how blessed they were to have been a part of it. They are all eager to go back. If anything, I have to control their appetites to go back more often than we can afford to have them leave our own ministry. They absolutely loved it and said there was little else they have done in their lives that had a bigger impact.” – John Starcher, CEO