Foundation in the News

The following appeared in the Grand Island Independent. While it isn't 100% accurate, the article features Kristin Hamner and included a nice plug for FFP at the bottom.


Haiti: So much need
By Sarah Schulz
sarah.schulz@theindependent.com

Something about the small, sobbing boy in the back of the makeshift ambulance caught Kristin Hamner's eye.

She walked over to him to offer comfort and when he grabbed hold of her hand, he held fast.

"This poor little boy," she thought.

He was burning up with fever, so she left to get him some Tylenol. He screamed as she walked away.

When she returned, so did his firm grip on her.

"I stayed with him, holding his hand as the doctors cut off bandages," she wrote on her Facebook page. "When opened, it exposed a severe gash down his entire arm which was full of infection and gangrene was already setting in. They immediately took him to surgery to amputate his arm to save his life. I found out later that he had lost all six members of his family and was now alone in the world and missing an arm."

Hamner has dozens of stories about her time on the Dominican Republic/Haiti border, helping those injured in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti on Jan. 12. On Thursday, she returned to her home in Santo Domingo to fly to Miami for a weekend conference. Today, she will return to the island of Hispaniola and to her work on the border.  Read more. . .