NSVI Development Director Dr. Doug Stein developed an interest in Haiti shortly before his first trip to the Philippines with NSVI in February, 2010. He was invited to go to Haiti in April 2010, 3.5 months after the devastating earthquake that struck the capitol Port-Au-Prince and surrounding areas. He was somewhat new to both NSVI and Haiti, and he did not wish to impose upon his hosts in Haiti by inviting others from NSVI. But it was clear after his first trip that the goal of his hosts in Haiti (controlling population growth by preventing unwanted pregnancies through vasectomy) was identical to the mission of NSVI. And Haiti is certainly closer to the US than are the Philippines!

Following that first trip in April 2010, NSVI sponsored Dr. Stein and Suarez on two more trips. Dr. Stein has provided pictorial summaries of both of those missions on his own website which you may access in a new window by clicking the links below or the links in the menu bar above.

Dr. Stein’s preliminary trip to Haiti in April 2010.

First NSVI Mission to Haiti in August 2010.

Prior to the second NSVI mission, Dr. Fritz Lolagne and two Haitian-American men with vasectomies prepared a video to explain vasectomy (both technical and personal aspects) in Creole, a video that may be used by both men considering vasectomy and by counselors who explain vasectomy when internet access and DVD players are not available. It has been uploaded to YouTube in three parts.

Vasectomy Counseling video in Creole:

Second NSVI Mission to Haiti in May 2011.

We cannot continue without donor assistance. The Board Members of NSVI have given thousands of personal dollars to support the missions of NSVI. Our volunteers in the Philippines in Haiti are paid to barely cover expenses, but it hardly covers their time. Only a love of their homelands and a deep-seated belief that their services will enhance the lives of their countrymen inspires them to help year after year. Even if the Board had unlimited personal funds, the IRS requires that 501(C)(3) corporations demonstrate that substantial support comes from outside the organization. A donation to NSVI is support for children, who can claim more of a parent's emotional and financial support of he or she does not have to compete with numerous siblings. A donation to NSVI is a donation to the environment and wildlife, elements of which can be saved only until the competing hungry hoards of humans take back what has been set aside as a matter of their own survival. Please help us to continue our mission. In doing so, you'll make it your own!