Projects
What we're up to...
LemonAid well and truly hit the ground running. Within the first few months the trustees had identified 3 key priorities for their work on Lagonave.
1. Clean drinking water is extremely scarce on the island and we want to deliver clean drinking water to each of the 120,000 inhabitants on the island.
2. There is currently one functioning hospital on the island of Lagonave, built in the 1950’s with just 33 beds and was designed to serve a population of just 10,000. We want to provide a new surgical suite and a Paediatrics clinic staffed by a full time island based paediatrician.
3. Access to first class medical treatment on the island is scarce and access to expensive vaccines is almost non existent for most children on the island. We want to provide essential vaccinations and health checks for every child on the island.
A number of programmes are underway just now; please click to see in detail how each one is being worked through.
Overseas
Haiti
Earthquake Relief
After an eventful 44 hours of travelling and an extended negotiation period at the Haitian border the LemonAid medical team made it to Lagonave, Haiti with over 1500kg of medical supplies. The 20 strong mobile clinic team including interpreters has been leaving at 7am each day since Monday for the ardous two and a half our drive to Gros Mangles a town about 31km from…read more
Road Works
Whilst visiting Lagonave in January 2007 it became apparent that the lack of roads would make accessing remote towns and villages with medic teams, drilling rigs and supplies almost impossible. The Lemon Aid team, however, had a desire to bring water to the remote communities on the island of Lagonave. Whilst researching availability of drilling rigs in Haiti the Lem…read more
New Hospital Works
There is currently one functioning hospital on the island of Lagonave. It is open 24 hours per day 365 days per year. It is staffed by excellent doctors and nurses who carry out life saving work every single day. The hospital serves as the only place on the island which can carry out caesarean sections and minor surgery. Built in the 1950s by the Wesleyan Mission, th…read more
Medical Programme
In discussions with NGOs on the island of Lagonave is became apparent that access to first class medical treatment on the island was scarce. The hospital was at breaking point and in general Haitian doctors did not want to travel to remote parts of Lagonave to work. It was also highlighted that access to expensive vaccines was almost non existent for most children on …read more
Water Installation
Water In January 2007 on a visit to the island of Lagonave, one of the Lemon Aid team was taken to visit a 600 strong primary school in a town of Troullijene. This town is about 18km from the main island town of Anse a Gallet. Troullijene is one of the most desperate places on the island of Lagonave. Within the town itself there is NO access to clean drinking water A…read more
Goat Programme
On the island of Lagonave there are two communities that are particularly desperate for investment. Troullijene and Gros Mangles are situated about 18km from the main island town of Anse a Gallet and the people of those towns live in abject poverty. The daily search for water usually involves a round trip walk of over three hours in searing heat. Food is scarce and th…read more
