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We support several ongoing projects in
and around Dumay, Haiti, providing
essential services and employment
to some
of the world’s most destitute peoples.
For about $100,000 per year, our
organization makes a world of difference
for thousands of people in two villages
in Haiti.
All our projects are supported by
volunteer work, community fundraising,
and grant funds. One of our
biggest fundraisers is
Art
from the Heart, an annual silent
auction of Haitian arts.
Below is a list
of our projects and their approximate
annual cost. You can also take a
look at the pages about the
Dumay School
and the
Medical
Clinics we support, the
Medical Missions we undertake, and
the
Community Library we are helping
develop. There's also information
about our activities look at the
2006 Report
and the 2005 Report.
Virtually all administrative costs and
supplies are contributed by our
volunteers: 99% of the money contributed
to Healing Art Missions goes directly to
benefit the people we serve. Find
out How to
Help.
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Dumay
School |
USD $17,640/year |
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We fund a K-8 school in the
village of Dumay. It
provides education and lunch
program for 550 children,
and employs 15 adults. |
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Medical Clinic |
USD $100,000/year |
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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. |
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Clean Water |
USD $2,520/year |
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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. |
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Medical Missions |
USD $4,500/trip |
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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 4-10 people include
medical doctors, an
optometrist, nurses and a
pharmacist. Team members pay
their own airfare and room &
board. We schedule 2 team
trips each year. |
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Pharmacy |
USD $24,000/year |
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We replenish pharmaceutical
and other medical supplies
for the Dumay Medical
Clinic. |
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HIV Treatment Project |
USD $600/year/patient |
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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. |
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Cataract Surgery |
USD $150/patient |
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We cover the cost of surgery
on one eye, in Haiti.
Dumay patients are referred
as needed. |
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Art and Culture |
USD $7,500/year |
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Each year we present Art
From The Heart, annual
silent auctions of Haitian
art— in Granville, OH,
Asheville, NC, and 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. |
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Community
Library & Adult Literacy
Project |
USD $3,000 (so far) |
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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. |
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Transportation |
$6,000 /yr |
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Transportation -- of
pharmaceutical and other
supplies, of patients,
doctors and staff, of
visiting medical teams, and
other items as needed -- is
becoming more and more
significant as a cost. |
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Solar voltaic
photo-voltaic power system
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$7,500 to install in 2008 |
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Power interruptions are
common. They are
always a nuisance and
sometimes a danger -- and
they often increase other
costs, since they require
patients to visit again
another day, or might waste
a physician's visit.
This power system will give
us some degree of
independence and eliminate
the costly interruptions
caused by power failures. |
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