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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, November 18, 2016 | 18 Charity is helping in Haiti by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Representatives from 19 pharmaceutical companies stand beside 16 pallets of medicine they have donated. The products were flown to hurricane-ravaged Haiti. Also present are Ward 6 Town Councillors Tom Adams and Natalia Lishchyna as well as Health Partners International Canada Director of Product Planning Linda Campbell, Food For The Poor Canada representative Samantha Mahfood and Hugh Scott of Innovative Medicines Canada. | David Lea/Metroland An Oakville-based charity opened its doors Nov. 8 to showcase more than $1 million worth of medicine, which will soon be saving lives in hurricane-ravaged Haiti. For the last 26 years Health Partners International Canada (HPIC) has worked to increase access to medicine for the most vulnerable communities in the world. The group accomplishes this goal by soliciting donations from the Canadian pharmaceutical and healthcare industry and partnering with medical teams, volunteers and humanitarian organizations for short-term medical missions. Early this month, HPIC directed media to its Portland Drive warehouse, where 16 pallets of medication, weighing on average 580 pounds each, were ready to be airlifted to Haiti. "This is a work of mercy. Bringing medicine to people who really need it. There are children dying of totally preventable diseases. It's horrible," said Christina Parsons, HPIC communications director. "What we have here is a variety of medicines supplied by 19 different companies. It's about $1.3 million worth of medicine. That's enough to treat 50,000 people." The medicine was taken from Oakville to a Montreal airport Nov. 8 and from there it was flown to Port-au-Prince, Haiti where the Canadian charity Food For The Poor will see that it gets to the clinics and doctors who need it. The medication being delivered includes see Pharmaceutical on p.19 Maria "No Student Goes Hungry at School" www.dchalton.ca VOLUNTEERS ARE THE LIFELINE OF OUR SERVICE Thank you to the United Way of Oakville. Your support enables us to help people cope with loneliness, crisis and emotional stress. THANK YOU UNITED WAY OF OAKVILLE. Your work improves lives & helps build our community Halton Food for Thought 4145 North Service Rd., Suite 200, Burlington, ON L7L 6A3 www.haltonfoodforthought.com Canadian Mental Health Association Halton Region Branch Mental health for all Association canadienne pour la santé mentale Filiale de la région de Halton La santé mentale pour tous P 905-315-6842 "Volunteering on the lines is a rewarding experience that has allowed me to touch the lives of others in a meaningful way." We thank the United Way of Oakville for their support! Contact us for more information about our services, including mental health training and free walk-in counselling 1-877-693-4270 · info@cmhahrb.ca www.halton.cmha.ca Behind every changed life is someone who made it happen, thank you for being that someone.