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Handicap International Recruiting for Haiti |
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Handicap International is Recruiting Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists to provide direct care in Haiti Therapists are needed in hospital settings to help people recover from their injuries, avoid secondary complications, and prevent or mitigate long-term disability. Some therapists will provide community based services in displaced persons camps. Positions will be opening February 1st, 2010, and contracts will range from one to eight months. Direct care positions require a commitment of at least 6 weeks. Project managers need to commit to at least 8 months. Please follow this link to the full description and contact details (in french at present). With best regards Paul Vermeulen
Directeur
HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL
11, avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Genève Tél.: +41 (0)22 788 70 33
Fax : +41 (0)22 788 70 35
Skype : pvermeulen www.handicap-international.ch |
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Haiti - Earthquake update |
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For the past two days across Canada people have been following  closely events as they are unfolding in the aftermath of an 7.0-magnitude earthquake that has devastated Haiti's capital city Port au Prince on Tuesday. Canada has strong ties to this Carribbean community and for many of us, it has been difficult to watch and wait. As rehabilitation professionals, the implications of a tragedy such are this are apparent as we think not only about the lives lost but of the cascade of events that will transpire, the lives forever changed and the long-term impacts that this event will have on community. The impulse for many is to offer support and assistance in the relief effort and eventually in helping to rebuild on new foundations. On behalf of the International Health Division, I encourage you to think about how you can help. Now is an opportune time to assist as the Canadian government has generously agreed to match donations made to a number of well-established aide and relief organizations in order to have a bigger impact in assisting Haiti. Please see below several organizations where you can donate to assist in this relief effort. 
Additionally, as many of you are aware, Shaun Cleaver, Past-Chair of the IHD has been working for a number of years in Haiti within several rehabilitation capacity building roles. Shaun recently returned from a prolonged stay in Haiti and has been following events quite closely, connecting with friends and rehabilitation colleagues in Haiti about the situation on the ground as communications have permitted. Shaun not only wrote the country profile for Haiti on our website but has also given permission for us to share with you the update message he sent out most recently to friends and colleagues. I have attached this letter for your interest and have provided a link to the hospital that Shaun mentions in his letter. Thank you for your interest and support. Kind Regards, Julie Hard, MScPT Chair, International Health Division Canadian Physiotherapy Association |
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My Experience Out of the Zone |
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By Hana Alazem, Physiotherapy Student, Queen's UniversityI am a physical therapy student who loves kids, new experiences, traveling the world, and learning new things. These passions led me and a colleague to sign up for an international placement in the rural south of India last fall.  |
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New Dispatches (Volume 2, Issue 7) now available!! |
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Suspension of Handicap International Canada Recruitment
*English message below. Chers collaborateurs et collaboratrices,
Suite à une restructuration de notre organisme, Handicap International Canada a dû suspendre ses activités de recrutement d’expatriés canadiens. Malheureusement, Lyne Caron ne travaille donc plus au sein de notre organisme. Toutefois, nous reconnaissons qu’un grand nombre de professionnels québécois et canadiens détiennent une solide expérience dans nos domaines d’intervention ou correspondent aux profils que nous recherchons. Merci de rediriger leurs requêtes vers les sites de Handicap International France (http://www.handicap-international.fr/rejoindre-lassociation/index.html) et Handicap International Belgique (http://www.handicapinternational.be/Emploi_r204.html). Merci de votre précieuse collaboration. Sincères salutations, Nancy DeGraff Directrice / Director |
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