Current Programs
Medical Disaster Relief:
Clean Water for Haitian Children— AMHE Foundation, in collaboration with the Haitian Physicians Association and the Haitian Red Cross, has committed itself to providing the Haitian population with a continuous supply of LifeStraw® personal and family filters, aimed at preventing water-borne diseases in time of disaster. The outcome of this initiative will be the establishment of an extensive partnership and alliance between the Haitian National Red Cross and the AMHE Foundation to expand and improve services for the populations that were severely affected during the most recent hurricane season. Over 130,000 families, particularly the children, are at risk of contracting water borne diseases as the basic infrastructure for water treatment and sanitation is practically non-existent.
Communities’ Mental Health:
Meeting Haitian Communities’ Mental Health Needs in Brooklyn and Queens Communities – Counties Brooklyn and Queens, New York
AMHE sponsors a cultural competency training tool for mental health practitioners who service Haitian immigrants and Haitian American patients in Brooklyn and Queens, New York. Through this project, the AMHE (the Association) will develop and implement a cultural competency training curriculum for mental health professionals who come into contact with the population of Haitian descent living in Brooklyn and Queens, New York. The project will provide a valuable tool that can be used for the training of care givers in other healthcare fields.
Visiting Professor Program — AMHE Foundation sponsors regular visits by groups of Haitian-American physicians to Haiti and the Dominican Republic to provide free care to the poor, to lecture and conduct technical workshops for physicians and students at the Medical School of the University of Haiti. These teams comprised of generalists, pediatricians, internists, hematologists, gastroenterologists, urologists and general surgeons. In 2007-2008, over 4000 patients were treated for a wide range of conditions, including malnutrition, anemia, hypertension, epilepsy, low back pain, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, pelvic inflammatory diseases, and skin disorders..
La Maison des Etudiants (The Student Center) — AMHE Foundation helped in the construction of the Student Center at the State University of Haiti and, over the years, contributed continuously to its day-to-day functioning. The Center represents a unique amenity in a country that offers little if any support to its less-fortunate or, for that matter, to its institutions. It is a proud achievement and a model that ought to be nurtured.
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