International Development

Here is a list of other organizations involved in development work in Haiti:

Organization Name: United Haitians Association of SW Florida
Address: 2250 Fowler St.Ft. Myers, FL 33901
Phone: 239-458-8992
Email: info@unitedhaitians.org
Website: http://www.unitedhaitians.org/index.html
Description: Our mission is to raise awareness in promoting the Haitian culture, the art, the music, the customs, the Creole language. We strive to help raise the standard of living and educate the Haitian people in the areas of Teaching English, Job Training, Translation & Interpretation, Computer Literacy, Auto Driving, Help for the Elderly.

Organization Name: The Haitian-American Grassroots Coalition
Address: P.O.Box 381416, Miami, Fl. 33238
Phone: 305-785-4248
Website: http://hagcoalition.freehosting.net/index.html
Description: The Haitian - American Grassroots Coalition is an umbrella Haitian advocacy organization made up of 15 local organizations in Miami ranging from grassroots entities to professional organizations like the Haitian Lawyers Association, community - based organizations like HAFI, labor organization like UNITE for Dignity, youth groups like the Haitian-American Youth of Tomorrow (HAYOT), and other advocacy groups like the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center.

Organization Name: Operation Green Leaves
Address: P.O. Box 5254, Coral Gables, Florida 33114
Phone: 305-644-9000
Fax: 305-642-8805
Email: nadine@oglhaiti.com
Website: http://www.oglhaiti.com/index.php
Description: OGL is committed to work at the grass root level with the Haitian people to help them create a sustainable environment and promote economic development in affected areas of Haiti. OGL is also committed to provide environmental education and awareness to South Florida's Haitian-American Community. Operation Green Leaves is dedicated to the Environmental Education of the Global Haitian Community and the Reforestation of the Island Nation of Haiti.

Organization Name: Project Haiti - University of Florida
Address: Mail: PO Box 10001, Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: 352-273-5015
Email: mjpa@vpha.health.ufl.edu
Website: http://medinfo.ufl.edu/~haiti/
Description: Project Haiti is a humanitarian and educational program conceived by several international oriented medical students at the University of Florida College of Medicine since 1996. Through the project, US medical students travel to several Haitian cities during Spring Break and reach out to needy Haitians by:setting up temporary clinics, bring desperately needed medicine and supplies to distribute, visit orphanages to vaccinate children, and provide health education about nutrition and STD prevention.

Organization Name: The Foundation for the Advancement of Higher Education, Inc.
Address: P.O. Box 12646, Miami, FL 33101
Phone: 305-609-6053
Email: fadhied@fadhied.org
Website: http://www.fadhied.org/home.html
Description: The primary mission of FAdHiEd is to develop a community college system in Haiti. Toward this end, the foundation has (a) determined the level of satisfaction with Haiti's current educational system among high school junior and senior students, (b) determined the level of satisfaction with Haiti's current educational system among business and industry owners and professionals, and (c) proposed a design for a community college system that would serve a long-range plan in the different regions of the country. The efforts to establish a community college system is modeled after the open-access community college system that has been established in the state of Florida. The development of a community college plan is designed in accord with the responses of Haitian educational leaders.

Organization Name: Florida Haitian Student Association, Inc. (FHSA)
Address: 3305 Ocean Breeze Place, Valerico, FL 33594
Email: fhsa@fhsai.org
Website: www.fhsai.org
Description: The Florida Haitian Student Association, Inc. (FHSA) is a non-profit organization organized for charitable and educational purposes as set forth under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Among FHSA's goals are to promote the importance of education amongst the Haitian, eliminating prejudice and discrimination in the Haitian community, and bringing relief to the detainees/refugees

Organization Name: Organization for the Rehabilitation of the Environment
Address: ORE Inc., 3750 Main Highway, Miami, FL 33133, USA.
Email: mailto:mail@oreworld.org
Website: http://www.oreworld.org/
Description: ORE is working to improve environmental, agricultural and economic conditions in rural Haiti. Our development projects involve high revenue tree crops, improved seeds, cash crops and marketing programs. Working directly with farmers, we are able to provide practical solutions to deforestation and subsistence farming. We offer commercial quality plant materials and the technical assistance needed for successful production and marketing.

The development projects in Haiti are to increase farmer income, produce nutritionally enhanced food, and to improve the environment with commercial fruit trees. Practical agricultural training and hands-on technical assistance are essential means to achieve these goals. The three core development projects we have developed to achieve these goals are improved seeds, high value tree crops, and vegetable and tuber crops.

ORE is also involved in variety of activities designed to improve the quality of life in rural Haiti. These include protection of drinking water systems, promoting schools and low cost housing projects in areas threatened by environmental degradation.

Organization Name: United States Embassy in Port-au-Prince
Address: Boulevard Harry Truman no. 5, Bicentenaire Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Hours of operation: 7:00a.m. to 3:30p.m., From Monday to Friday
Phone: 509-222-0200
Fax: 509-223-9038
Email: acspap@state.gov
Website: http://haiti.usembassy.gov/index.html
Description: Janet A. Sanderson was confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Haiti by the U.S. Senate on February 16, 2006. Ambassador Sanderson, a member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister Counselor, recently served as U.S. Ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. During her appointment, she worked to build bilateral cooperation with that strategically located country and oversaw the normalization of the U.S. diplomatic presence in light of an improving local political and security environment. Ambassador Sanderson served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Amman, Jordan (1997-2000). An economic officer by training, her other assignments included Economic Minister-Counselor in Cairo (1993-1997), Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan (1989-1992), and Petroleum Attache in Kuwait (1982-1984). She served as the Agency for International Development Liaison Officer in charge of U.S. assistance programs in the West Bank and Gaza in Tel Aviv (1980-1982), and started her career as Vice-Consul/Economic Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In Washington, Ambassador Sanderson served as the desk officer for Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (1984-86) and subsequently as the desk officer for the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (1986-1988). Ambassador Sanderson is the recipient of numerous awards including the Department's Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards and the 1996 Herbert A. Salzman Award for International Economic Performance. A resident of Tucson, Arizona, she entered the Foreign Service in December 1977. She graduated from the College of William and Mary with a B.A. in Government and has a M.A. in National Security Studies from the College of Naval Warfare, Newport, RI. Ambassador Sanderson speaks French, Arabic and Bengali.

Organization Name: Haitian Lawyers Association
Address: HAITIAN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
C/O Jeff P. H. Cazeau, Esq.
Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.A
2525 Ponce De Leon Blvd
Coral Gables Florida 33134
Phone: 305-854-0800
Fax: 305-854-2323
Email: http://www.haitianlawyers.org/contact_us.aspx
Website: http://www.haitianlawyers.org
Description: HLA, which was founded in 1989 and reassembled in 1997, is a voluntary bar organization whose primary objective is to promote the general welfare of the Haitian community in South Florida. With a membership of over 65 attorneys and judges, HLA is has made great progress is accomplishing this objective. HLA has accomplished this objective through its public access television show - Kozé Legal and through HLA sponsored community activities. Also, HLA fosters awareness and commitment to the civil and political rights of Haitian people through advocacy and legal representation.

Organization Name: Haitian Resource Development Foundation
Address: 854 Marina Drive
Weston, Florida 33327
Phone:>(954) 659-7953
Fax (954) 659-7957
Haiti (509) 441-5225
Email:Dr. Aldy Castor, President
castor@hrdf.org
Website:www.hrdf.org
Description:The Haitian Resource Development Foundation is an NGO and is recognized by the Haitian government by reference number "RE:No. MPCEFP/1993/94/17" and is registered with the archives of the Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation. The Foundation was founded in 1987 and is considered a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization by the United States.
The Foundation is constantly searching for individuals and organizations that would like to contribute to the development of Haiti. We coordinate projects and volunteers in the following areas: Agriculture; Arts; Communications; Education; Sports & Recreation and many more. Please contact us for further information.

Organization Name: Haitian American Leadership Organization
Address: Haitian American Leadership Organization
P.O. Box 827832
Pembroke Pines, FL 33082-7832
Phone:
1.866.844.HALO or 305.759.0085
Email: HALO@MedEZ.com
Website: http://www.haitianlawyers.org
Description: Several concerned members of the Haitian-American community in Florida have started the Haitian American Leadership Organization, Inc., (HALO), as a non-profit organization with the goal of unifying and empowering the Haitian diaspora.

We have noticed that a lot of our talents and resources are left in the shadows and unexploited. We are providing a platform for our thought leaders and experts from all academic, professional, and technical backgrounds to network and to share their knowledge with our community.

We believe that by promoting networking and unity we will be in a better position to help our local community and Haiti. In an attempt to remedy this significant shortcoming, we decided to start with two community projects.

Organization Name: Haitian American Professionals Coalition, Inc.
Address: 1040 N.W. 10 Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311
Phone: 954-728-9200
Fax: 954-728-8660
Email: HAPCoalition@aol.com
Website: http://www.pikliz.com/HAPCPROFILE.htm
Description: The mission of the Haitian American Professionals Coalition (HAPC) is to mobilize and link professionals of diverse occupations in order to effectively address issues relevant to the community and to provide opportunities for growth and development.

HAPCis a 501(c)3 non-profit volunteer organization which was established in 2001. Currently HAPC is comprised of acore assembly of volunteer professional associations, organizations and individuals, business leaders, media and community members that seek to advocate and promote the well being of Haitian communities in Florida, United States and abroad.

Organization Name: Haitian American Nurses Association
Address: P.O. Box 694933, Miami, FL 33269
Email: info@hana84.org
Website: http://www.hana84.org/
Description: The purpose of the Association is to provide nurses the opportunity to unite as a group, to share and promote ideas of interest to the group, and to become effectively involved with the issues and services relevant to the health and welfare of the community.

Organization Name: Healing Hands for Haiti
Address: Healing Hands for Haiti International Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 521800
Salt Lake City, Utah 84152-1800
Phone: 801-408-5401
Fax: 661-885-4441
Email: avela2@cox.net
Website: http://www.healinghandsforhaiti.org/index.html
Description: We are dedicated to fostering the expansion and quality of rehabilitation services for the benefit of physically disabled adults and children in Haiti. We operate on the principle that the best way to serve the people of Haiti is to enable them to serve themselves. We do this through the following 4 points of emphasis: Rehabilitation education; Clinical treatment; Disability prevention; and Increasing public awareness of disabilities and rehabilitation in Haiti.

Organization Name: Lambi Fund of Haiti
Address: Lambi Fund of Haiti PO Box 18955 Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-833-3713 Haiti: 509-245-9445
Email: Click here
Website: www.lambifund.org
Description:Founded jointly in 1994 by Haitians and Americans, the Lambi Fund of Haiti is a unique grassroots organization whose mission is to assist the popular, democratic movement in Haiti. Its goal is to help strengthen civil society in Haiti as a necessary foundation for democracy and development.
The Lambi Fund of Haiti takes its lead from the peasant and women's organizations with which we collaborate. The Lambi Fund is based on the premise that the Haitian people understand how development is best achieved in their country. Therefore, the Lambi Fund follows the lead of grassroots organizations in program and priorities. The Lambi Fund never dictates to a community organization what should be done. Through discussion and reflection, the peasants decide what is best for their community and present the project to the Lambi Fund for support.

Organization Name: USAID/Haiti
Address: Dept of State-USAID, 3400 Port-au-Prince Place, Dulles, VA 20189-3400 USAID/HAITI
17 Blvd. Harry Truman
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
P.O. BOX 1634
Phone: 509-229-3084
Fax: 509-229-3200 Email:
Website: http://www.usaid.gov/ht/index.htm
Description: To address the immediate needs of the transitional Haitian government and the Haitian population following civil disturbances and a change in political leadership in February and March 2004, the U.S. Government (USG) developed the Haiti Response and Reconstruction Program for $425 million. In FY 2004 and 2005, USAID managed approximately $336.3 million of these resources to support the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) to help restore and sustain a climate of peace and security, revitalize its tattered economy, provide essential social services and improve conditions for democratic processes to take place, including free and fair elections held in the beginning of 2006.
A USG contribution of $198.8 million is projected to support the newly elected Government of Haiti (GOH) for FY 2006, of which USAID would manage approximately $156.6 million for the following programs: economic growth and employment generation, institutional support for the newly installed GOH, expansion of health, humanitarian, and educational services; and strengthening democratic institutions particularly the newly elected legislative and local government bodies.