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Association Haitienne de Dévelopement Humain

Haitian Association for Human Development, Inc.,

(A.H.D.H.)

haitiahdh.org


April 12, 2010

AHDH is back from its blessed 47th medical mission (since 1986), its second since the disastrous earthquake that hit our beloved Haiti last January. As usual,

AHDH's Summer 2010 Medical Mission, our 48th, which, with His Grace, will take place from Friday June 25th to July 11, 2010.

Team I will depart on Friday June 25th and will return on Sunday July 4th 2010.

Team II will depart on Friday July 2 and will return on July 11, 2010.

January 23, 2010

Thanks to the generosity of our angel from New Orleans Mr. John Georges who provided air transportation to our medical team, AHDH went on its 46th mission to help the earthquake victims following the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010.

Thank you Mr. Georges!!!!

                  

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AHDH Winter 2009 Medical/Educational Mission to La Vallee de Jacmel!

                      

                          Our team of volunteers at the Hospital St. Joseph

All three operating were running and were able to do 50 surgical procedures. We had two anesthesiologists and six surgeons on the premises (ophthalmology, general surgery and ob-gyn)

                 

Thank you! Mesi Ampil! to Amed!

Amed donated this ambulance that will be of great help to the people of La Vallee.

A.H.D.H.

The Association Haitienne de Dévelopement Humain/Haitian Association for Human Development, Inc., (A.H.D.H.) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in November 1986 by a group of Haitians in New Orleans who decided to pool their professional, intellectual, economical and cultural resources in order to

  • Promote the welfare of Haitians by contributing to and/or instituting humanitarian programs (health, education, hunger etc..) in Haiti and in Louisiana.
  • Share the Haitian cultural heritage with the community of Louisiana by participating in local cultural traditions and/or by creating our own cultural events (art exhibits, theatre, documentary, films, radio/television programs, celebrations of our Independence Day, Flag Day etc.).

For too long, deplorable statistics have stigmatized the first Black Republic without any substantial improvement. In the Western Hemisphere, Haiti still has the lowest income per capita ($240), the highest illiteracy rate (76%), the highest infant mortality(130/1000 live births) and a life expectancy of 48 years. We know this reality can change if enough concerned individuals are involved and A.H.D.H. wants to provide the opportunity.

We never fantasized about the possibility of solving all these problems but we have set some reasonable goals, and those goals have been expanded along the years as we met more and more successes, enjoy the support of more and more people from Haitian as well as American communities, moved by the same ideals of making this world a better place to share resources and cultural diversity.

On the cultural front, as the first free black nation in the western hemisphere, we celebrate our Independence Day each year on January 1 – our bicentennial anniversary was on January 1, 2004 – Flag day on May 18th, is celebrated with mass, Haitian artists, and Haitian/American scholars speak on the Haiti-Louisiana extraordinary connection, e.g. the contribution of Haiti to the Louisiana Purchase, etc.

On the health front, we organize health fairs in New Orleans, and channel our fellows in need through the US health care system.

In Haiti, in 1986, we joined forces with a very well organized local Haitian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), CODEVA (Coude-a-Coude pour le Dévelopement Valleen), with its U.S. based sister organization, Fraternite Valleenne, and our medical mission in Haiti is today expanding by leaps and bounds. See Medical Care

We remain very excited about A.H.D.H’s impact on the Haitian community in Louisiana and in Haiti.

We welcome suggestions and new members. As a member you will have the opportunity to enjoy cultural exchange and educational activities while contributing to a humanitarian cause. For more information go to haitiahdh.org

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