November
21st was a History making day
in the world of OT in Haiti. We held our first official meeting for the
National Haiti Association of Occupational Therapy (HAOT) We had 9 members
present and 1 joined by Skype. We elected our executive board...
President- Autumn Marshall
Vice
President- Ivens Louius
Secretary- Janet O'Flynn
Treasurer- Ashley Kahila
Delegate
for Haiti for WFOT- Consuelo Alzamora Muñoz
Alternate
Delegate: Autumn Marshall
We added a French name to our association, filled out our application to apply to the WFOT (World Federation of Occupational Therapy) so that hopefully in March Haiti will be a recognized as a associate member of WFOT! This is the first step in the process of getting FSRL OT program accredited through WFOT.
What an EXCITING day!
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| Delegate and Alternate Delegate for Haiti |
NEXT
STEPS: In March our Delegate and possibly our Alternate Delegate will head to
Columbia, South America to attend the next regional WFOT meeting in which our
constitution will be voted on for acceptance as well as the curriculum for the
new school in Leogane to receive accretidation. This is HUGE! That all in the
same year we can apply for Haiti to receive full membership with the WFOT which
means that Haiti has a National OT society and a bachelor level OT program that
meets the WFOT accreditation standards.
The
meeting was held at FSRL in Leogane. FSRL is the new (and first) 4 year OT/PT
bachelors program that has opened it Haiti. It was wonderful to take a tour of
the campus and to meet some of the students. So glad I got to meet the 2
student Heather
Meyer Gabaud and Papito have helped go to school.
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