A Persian Mother and Physicians's Reaction to Human Tragedy...

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A Persian Mother and Physicians's  Reaction to  Human Tragedy...
by faryarm
26-Jan-2010
 

Mona Tahsin, is an old family friend; She is a mother of three small children and a practicing physician.

I started seeing her entries on FB; All her friends and I around the globe, are following her  live messages being sent from her mobile; as she continues this courageous humanitarian journey to help the earthquake stricken people in Haiti.//edition.cnn.com/interactive/2010/01/world/haiti.360/index.2.html

I find inspiration from her courage and faith that propels her to take action in face of huan suffering; I post her latest messages as she fights her way through the human carnage..

Mona Tahsin 11:14 AM: At the border now... Chaos... dirt, dust, camera men... solders with machetes... Lots of beggars everywhere.... chaos, chaos and more chaos...

 

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Mona Tahsin Stunning Journey through the mountain villages.... dirt-roads, banana and coconut trees; almost having to push the bus at one point... 30 min away from Haitian border. So many mixed emotions...

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Mona Tahsin 7:13 AM: the drive throuh the mountains going well. Haven't slept in 3 days, but it's OK. We're all 'excited'.... seems like we are all compensating for the dreading feeling of what's to come.... being a witness to human suffering. 2 more docs joining us tomorrow!!! Keep the comments coming... SO uplifting!!

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Mona Tahsin5:41AM: Yahoooooo..... large bus loaded to the top... Haiti: here we come!!!!!! We are SO encouraged, moved and inspired by all your support from all over the world!!! Thank you!! Thank you!!!!!!

 

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Mona Tahsin 3:09 AM: finally everyone made it!!!!! All 14 of us here!!! Will try and get some sleep now, and 5 AM the bus comes to go to Haiti. Between the 14 of us we have hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of donated medical supplies!!

 

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Mona Tahsin 1:10 AM.... 5 members of our team still not here... we're leaving for our 6-hour drive into Haiti in 4 hours... Hope they arrive soon!! (i'm turning into Mother Goose!!)

 

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Mona Tahsin Just bought 200 gallons of water, a huge diesel generator, and food for this week. Watching CNN to get the latest updates.... news about child-trafficking and stealiing kids w/o really knowing for sure if they are orphans.... very disturbing...

 

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Mona Tahsin Friends in Santo Domingo made us a delicious meal.... may be the last cooked meal in the next week... So much love we are seeing here!!!

 

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Mona Tahsin Arrived in Santo Domingo. Doing great!! Picked up by bahai friends. Needed 3 trucks to transport all of us + supplies. Will drive to Port-au-Prince at 6 AM. So far so good!!!

 

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Mona Tahsin 5:25 AM.... Loading up a friends truck... 15 collossal bags full of hundreds of thousands dollars worth of medical and humanitarian aid...

Yesterday at 1:21am 

 

Mona Tahsin

 FANTASTIC women at my home, helping me pack all these supplies for Haiti!!!! They are simply a God-send!!! I am blessed beyond belief!! Haiti..... here we come.

Mona Tahsin Feeling overwhelmed... don't know where and how to start packing up all these wonderful donations for Haiti...

Sun at 10:12pm · Comment · Like

Mona Tahsin Feverishly trying to sort through all the loving donations of medicines, medical supplies, food, tents, etc. for our Humanitarian Trip to Haiti tomorrow.... I am SO deeply touched by how much of a community effort this has become!!!!!

Mona Tahsin BLOWN AWAY by my neighbor Barbara , who just volunteered to come on our humanitarian trip to Haiti, just to carry 2 extra bags for us with medical supplies!!!!!

Sat at 10:10pm · Comment · 

Mona Tahsin Anyone who has LARGE suitcases (which they don't mind donating) please bring them to me today or tomorrow (10 nuson Street), so I'll be able to take all these medicines and supplies to Haiti on Monday! Thanks so much!

Mona Tahsin Our Trip to Haiti is coming together: we have doctors, a nurse, project liaison and a full-time photo-journalist documenting the trip. SO grateful for everyone's support!! We need more antibiotics, painkillers, bandages. Call me:

January 21 at 10:35pm 

Mona Tahsin We are going to Haiti on Monday!! so far, 6 medical professionals gathered. We will set up field hospital near 2 orphanages. Got help from DR-United Nations who will provide transportation from DR to Port-au-Prince. We need TENTS, CASH, and first-aid medical supplies which we will transport ourselves over there. Also w...

Mona Tahsin THANKS TO YOU ALL for your encouragement of Maryane and my medical-humanitarian trip to Haiti. So far, just us, but we already have people in Haiti who are helping us and we have their requests: tents, baby-food, cash, water, medicines. Anyone who feels moved to help with these items, call me . We will deliver these items to them.

Mona Tahsin My friend & I are putting a medical team together to go to Haiti on Monday: anyone who wants to join us for 5-7 days, please call me at 

 

Mona Tahsin So upset hearing the worsening news out of Haiti... Why do the Int. Relief Organizations make it SO hard for doctors like me to join and help??? Its redicilous... I could have been there already!

 

Mona Tahsin THANKS TO YOU ALL for your encouragement of Maryane Fike and my medical-humanitarian trip to Haiti. So far, just us, but we already have people in Haiti who are helping us and we have their requests: tents, baby-food, cash, water, medicines. Anyone who feels moved to help with these items, call me  We will deliver these items to them.

January 21 at 9:36am 

 

Mona Tahsin My friend & I are putting a medical team together to go to Haiti on Monday: anyone who wants to join us for 5-7 days, please call me at.....

Mona Tahsin So upset hearing the worsening news out of Haiti... Why do the Int. Relief Organizations make it SO hard for doctors like me to join and help??? Its redicilous... I could have been there already!!

 

January 18 at 10:37pm 

 

Mona Tahsin "I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him....."

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (nobel-prize acceptance speech)

January 18 at 9:26am

Mona Tahsin  My body is in New York; my heart is in Haiti.....

January 15 at 10:20pm 

Mona Tahsin Anyone who knows of a medical relief organization in need of doctors for Haiti, please let me know ASAP! Thank you!

 

January 15 at 5:49pm via Facebook for iPhone

 

 

Wishing her a success and a safe trip back home to her husband Jahan and their beautiful children. 

 

faryar 

 

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