We fund a K-8 school in the village of Dumay.  It provides education and lunch program for 550 children, and employs 15 adults.

We maintain general practice, ob/gyn, ophthalmology, and surgical care year-round at the Dumay Medical Clinic.  It provides essential medical care to the people in and around the village, and it which employs 15 professional and support people.

We support clean water for 400 people in the Demier region, to reduce death and disease from contaminated water.  We provide ongoing supplies and continuing education for a water purification program, build latrines, and provide continuing education resources to  by. The cost of constructing one latrine is USD $640.

Medical missions by U.S. volunteers treat approximately 1,000 patients each year.  During week-long sessions in Dumay and Demier, we treat acute and chronic medical conditions and perform minor surgeries and eye exams. U.S. volunteer teams of 12 -15 people include medical doctors, an optometrist, nurses and a pharmacist. Team members pay their own airfare and room & board.  We schedule 2 - 4 team trips each year.

We replenish pharmaceutical and other medical supplies for the Dumay Medical Clinic.

The project costs cover the cost of triple therapy medication and community health workers at $42/mo.  Each worker monitors, educates, and cares for two AIDS patients. There are other one-time costs of educating the community health care workers before they begin, and lab and x-ray testing for each new patient.

We cover the cost of surgery on one eye, in Haiti.  Dumay patients are referred as needed.

Each year we present Art From The Heart, two annual silent auctions of Haitian art—one in Granville, OH and one in Seattle, WA— and HAM’s CD of Haitian music, “Chante fe nou Kontan.”  This provides economic trade for artisans in Port-au-Prince and Croix des Bouquets, and expands awareness of Haitian life and culture in the United States.  100% of net proceeds support our work in Haiti.

We have begun a community library and adult literacy program for the people of Dumay. Costs involve building shelves and buying supplies and books, transportation, building materials.  As the project expands it will generate more local employment.