DAO Joins Volunteer Medics Worldwide

DAO will be in charge of supply acquisition for VMW & has already provided a large amount of medical & surgical supplies.  In April, 2010, Doc G, a field medic, visited DAO.  Doc G works to recruit young people away from the Taliban in Afghanistan by providing humanitarian aid and medical care.  We are pleased to support his efforts. 

For more information, search "volmedics" on YouTube.  Click on the logo above for a link to one such video of Doc G in action.  His next trip is to Haiti delivering prosthetics and orthopedic equipment DAO has collected since the quake.  Doc G, a retired Marine, is also a pilot and flies air missions.  By the way, Doc needs sponsors to keep him on his missions.  Call DAO for his contact info here in US and Kabul.

Picture right - Cal, Doc G and Pastor Jeanne of Hope International Ministries.

PLEASE RECYCLE YOUR ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT

Prosthetic Limbs and Crutches needed desperately in Haiti. DAO in cooperation with HOPE Team launch drive.

Over 200,000 amputees need prosthetics!!  Maybe you can do something about that.

DAO is now collecting used prosthetic devices, crutches and orthopedic appliances.  100% of those collected will be donated to Physicians for Peace.

Volunteers needed!!! To help sort 3 semi loads of medical supplies being donated by Sherman Park Complex and DAO.  Contact (317) 242-9077 to volunteer!

(BBC 22/01/2010)
Prosthetic organisations and charities worldwide have warned of the huge task facing Haiti as it struggles to rehabilitate hundreds of thousands of amputees resulting from the island's earthquake.

Doctors say they are already struggling to cope with the sheer numbers of people needing amputations after being trapped in rubble. Some surgeons estimate that as many as 200,000 Haitians will end up losing one or more limbs.