Morehouse School of Medicine hosting event to raise funds for Haiti mission trip
The Morehouse School of Medicine’s International Health Council, will host a fund-raising event Wednesday to raise money to send volunteers to Haiti on a medical mission which will provide healthcare to underserved areas.
The International Health Council will sponsor its annual medical mission to mobilize health clinics in the rural Central Plateau of Haiti from July 14-20. The IHC is partnering on the project with Medishare’s Community Health Project, which will bring medical supplies and medication.
The trip will include 14 students, doctors, a team of translators and public health workers.
The fundraiser will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Gordon Biersch in Midtown Atlanta.
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