HANDS UP FOR HAITI
HOW TO SUPPORT OUR MISSION
TO BRING LIFESAVING CARE TO THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF NORTHERN HAITI
ONE-TIME
Give a one-time gift in any amount!
No gift is too big or too small: Every gift will help build a better future and save a life!DONATE ONE-TIME
MONTHLY
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HUFH's monthly giving program: Monthly gifts help ensure programs that last!DONATE MONTHLY
** Other ways to give & Build a Better Future:
RATHER GIVE THROUGH THE MAIL?
We welcome any gifts through mail via check, cash or money order:
Hands Up for Haiti
PO Box 913
Mt. Kisco, NY 10549
CANADIAN?
If you want to donate to a Canadian organization on HUFH's behalf,
please donate to Bridges of Hope by clicking on the link,
and designate
Hands Up for Haiti.
There are so many creative ways to support us.
What are your ideas?
WHAT YOUR GIFT WILL PROVIDE:
$50 Prenatal vitamins for a pregnant woman to help prevent birth defects.
$110 Entire course of Medika Mamba treatment for a malnourished child.
$250 A community nurse for an entire month.
$500 Hospitalization and surgical care for a child.
$750 Install the "Starlink" internet system to improve communication in our clinics
$1000 Salary for 10 community health workers for one month.
$1500 Medications to treat all children in our Kairam Clinic for Children for one full year.
$5000 Provides total support for one core maternal-child health program for one month.
PROGRAM SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES:
Fighting Malnutrition - Medika Mamba Program: treats more than 600 children each year who are severely malnourished. Education spreads through the community, lowering the malnutrition rate for entire villages.
Annual budget $75,000. Average cost to treat each child: $110 for 8 week cost and $165 for 12 week cost (includes medical evaluations)
Prenatal Care, Education and Nutrition Program, reduces Haiti's infant and maternal mortality rates, the highest in the Western Hemisphere, by providing monthly check-ups, laboratory and ultrasound screening, and education for expectant mothers. We expanded our program to include hospitalization for emergency C sections and complications.Annual budget $80,000.
Helping Babies Survive (HBS):Our HBS program trains traditional birth attendants in newborn resuscitation skills and in how to recognize danger signs in the first 48 hours after birth, and teaches local medical professionals to be teachers in their own country. Trained to date 850 traditional birth attendants; 375 medical professionals.
Kairam Clinic for Children (Kairam Clinique pou Timoun) provides acute and preventative care for newborns to children 3 years of age. 400 annually at 4 sites. Infants in the first year are examined regularly, vaccines given, and parents educated on good nutrition and breastfeeding. By promoting good nutritional and health practices for newborns, we can ensure they will never need to enroll in our malnutrition program. This initiative builds a health care bridge for our communities: providing care during pregnancy, right through childbirth into infancy, and then into childhood.
Annual budget $30,000
Child Emergency Hospitalization and Surgery: covers the medical and surgical costs for children with life-threatening illnesses; approximately 50 each year need hospital care and 15 need surgery.
Annual budget $11,600. $200 - $400 pays for the average emergency hospital care or emergency surgery a child needs.
Hypertension Screen and Treat: to combat the often fatal public health effects of severe and unrecognized hypertension, trains local health care providers in a simple easy-to-use protocol and provides the necessary supplies and medications.
Annual budget $11,000. Cost per screen and treat: $30
95 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to programs which benefit the people of Haiti.
Your donations help us organize and facilitate our medical missions, support our ongoing in-country projects, provide funds for our clinics, obtain much needed medicines and medical equipment for our Haitian colleagues, and provide support for both our professional and community education programs within Haiti.
DONATIONS OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
One of our primary goals is to supply medical and laboratory equipment and supplies to our Haitian clinical staff.
