HOPE Volunteers Outside Hospital Setting

During the first phase of Project HOPE’s response to the Haiti earthquake, we provided more than 75 medical volunteers to serve on board the USNS Comfort and distributed more than $15 million of medicines and medical supplies to hospitals and medical facilities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

As we transition our relief efforts to address the intermediate and long-term needs of the Haitian people, we invite you to enjoy these photos of our second rotation of volunteers depicting their lives beyond the medical setting on the floating hospital ship.

Project HOPE volunteer Joyce Li dons safety gear in preparation for a helicopter flight aboard the USNS Comfort Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, February 22, 2010.

The helo team prepares to receive a visiting helicopter on the flight deck of the USNS Comfort off of the coast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, February 17, 2010.

Project HOPE volunteer Emily Ferguson, center, dons life jackets with the rest of her team in the Two Aft ward, during an emergency drill aboard the USNS Comfort off of the coast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, February 17, 2010.

USNS Leroy Grumman, left, and USNS Comfort link up for an Underway replenishment (UNREP), about 150 miles out to sea from Haiti, Monday, February 22, 2010. Lines connect the ships, which are moving at 14 knots, while supply lines pump fuel and water from the Grumman to the Comfort. The Comfort received 1 million gallons of fuel from the Grumman and nearly filled its water tank.

Project HOPE volunteer Alysia Monaco takes a catnap during a break from the ICU aboard the USNS Comfort off of the coast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, February 22, 2010.

Project HOPE volunteers and others watch a sunset while returning to Port-au-Prince from a day at sea aboard the USNS Comfort, Monday, February 22, 2010.

Photos by photojournalist and HOPE volunteer, Allison Shelley.

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