Nemours is an internationally recognized children’s health system that owns and operates the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE, along with major pediatric specialty clinics in Delaware, Florida, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. In 2012, it will open the full-service Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Florida.
Established as The Nemours Foundation through the legacy and philanthropy of
Alfred I. du Pont, Nemours offers pediatric clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention programs to all families in the communities it serves.
Haitian Outreach
Haitian Relief Stories
Local nurse volunteers in Haiti
When the devastating January 12 earthquake hit Haiti, nurse Amy Desiderio couldn't get to the country fast enough to help the countless patients in need.
Big challenges for a tiny survivor
Challenges for 16-month-old Antoine Woodlyn, earthquake survivor faces are steeper than doctors realized and will require significant long-term support.
Haitian boy arrives in Delaware
Wodeline Augustine and Antoine were one of seven parent-and-child teams making these trips Thursday. Some arrived in flip-flops and shorts, but warmer clothes -- sweat shirts and jackets -- were waiting for them. Antoine was wrapped in a blanket given to him by the Philadelphia Eagles, which had provided the plane that brought four of them north from Florida. He had brand-new Eagles socks on his tiny feet.
Nemours Sends Medical Team to Haiti
When Miami Children’s Hospital, in coordination with Project Medishare, requested assistance, Nemours associates jumped at the opportunity to volunteer. On February 2, 2010, a 12-member team, comprised of Nemours health care workers from Delaware and Florida, was dispatched to Haiti.
More Delaware Medical Teams to Help in Haiti
A team of Nemours doctors, nurses and other health care workers will travel to Haiti this week to lend a hand with ongoing efforts to aid victims of last month's earthquake.