The 100 Beds for Haiti Blog

new arrivals

2011-02-07T11:04:00.000-08:00

After nearly three months, we are very happy to report that our last shipment of hospital beds and medical supplies has arrived in Haiti! Our partners at Hôpital Sacré Coeur recently shared the following photos with us:

It is exciting to see these 70 beds in place and even more exciting to know that our efforts are supporting the essential work of our partners at the hospital.

The arrival of these beds at HSC is complemented by a recent expansion of the hospital’s physical plant, which now includes a maintenance building and storage warehouse, situated adjacent to a prosthetic lab and a solar powered water purification system. As our partners at HSC enter their 25th year of improving healthcare in Haiti, we are also happy to report news of an upcoming conversion and expansion of on-site facilities to include a library and a housing compound for additional volunteers and students.

Despite the many media reports focused on the difficulties in creating change in Haiti, we are proud to have worked with an organization that has made the most of opportunities born of the January 2010 earthquake by improving and extending the quality of care available in the north of Haiti. Moreover, as we close the chapter on this project, we are thrilled to recognize that we have successfully accomplished, and surpassed, our initial campaign goal of supporting this organization, by bringing a total of 130 beds to Haiti in the past twelve months.

None of this project could have happened without your support, encouragement, and generosity. We thank you and hope you can share our sense of accomplishment, knowing that our small project to bring hospital beds to Haiti is making a real impact upon Haiti’s healthier future.

one year later

2011-01-12T12:44:00.000-08:00

I am one of many finding it hard to believe that today marks the one-year anniversary of the 2010 Earthquake. The staggering losses caused by the 7.0 magnitude quake that shook Haiti to its core are still hard to comprehend: almost 300,000 people lost their lives, 400,000 were injured, and more than 500,000 homes and buildings were destroyed, leaving approximately 1.3 million people homeless. As though the immensity of the challenges facing Haitians, no strangers to prior suffering, weren’t Sisyphean enough, recovery needs in Haiti have been compounded over the past year by ongoing political instability, a damaging hurricane season, a devastating outbreak of cholera, and the unmet promises from the international aid community.

In reflecting upon these grave realities today in January 2011, it is hard to not feel incensed by the continued distress in Haiti, just as it was impossible to not feel shocked and horrified in January 2010. However, the sentiments of outrage and convicted compassion that brought about the 100 Beds campaign in the first months of last year, have been met with feelings of appreciation, accomplishment, and hopefulness at the beginning of a new year.

Never would I have imagined that, in less than a year’s time, an idea emerging from a sense of powerlessness in the face of tragedy would be transformed into a sense of powerfulness and into an initiative compelling hundreds of others to help get hospital beds where they were most badly needed. I am one of many inspired by the generous and collaborative efforts of people like you contributing to Haiti’s recovery, that have helped us move from 0 to 100+; beyond the website, the events, the awareness raising, and the surpassing of our initial goal of sending 100 hospital beds, I know that I am not alone in being impressed by the concerted work of a few people to accomplish something tangible, green, and compassionate. For all of these efforts, I would like to extend my thanks to each of you that have helped make this project a reality over the past year, through which worn-out cots and mats have been replaced with durable hospital beds, to help support Haiti’s healthy recovery.

In the past year our partners at Hôpital Sacré Coeur have treated over 1000 earthquake victims and their families, as well as 1000+ cholera victims, through surgeries, prostheses, and first class care. On this day, as we continue awaiting the delivery of our latest shipment of beds and medical supplies to HSC, we reflect upon the work of our partners, and strong Haitian communities, that directly support living and healing with dignity through more than temporary solutions.

Despite the enormity of needs and the challenges faced in Haiti today, one year later, I am comforted by these varied small achievements, remain determined to see Haiti's healthy and prosperous future, and implore others to keep fighting because there is still so much work to be done. On today’s momentous anniversary, I’d like to ask you to remember those that lost their lives and livelihoods, and to think of those that persist and fight to survive. Please continue to support Haitian recovery through direct contributions to ongoing relief efforts and by appreciating the important message that comes forth in the story of Haitian survival: one of our shared humanity, our abilities to collaborate to create change, and the essentiality of perseverance.

shipment number three - 60 more beds for Haiti!

2010-11-10T15:14:00.000-08:00

While Hurricane Tomas drenched Haiti with sheets of rain and heavy winds on Friday November 5, the 100 Beds team was creating a stir of our own as we prepared our third shipment of beds for our partners in Milot.

Two storage containers full of hospital bed frames and a shipping container at Lexington Health Care Center

The exciting day began with the collection of 60 hospital bed frames generously donated by the Lexington Health Care Center, a Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lexington, Massachusetts. Thanks to the logistical help of Mission and Relief, our team was able to load two 40 foot shipping containers with 60 frames. One container was filled completely with 45 frames and is being shipped directly to Haiti from Massachusetts. A second container was packed with the balance of 15 bed frames, before it was driven to make a second pick up, in New Jersey.

transloading bed frames into the shipping container

Our friends and partners at Medical Angels, an organization that collects medical equipment and caregiver supplies to redistribute them to people and organizations in need, very charitably provided the complimenting 60 hospital bed mattresses. Volunteers from the 100 Beds team connected at the Medical Angels facilities in Hackensack, New Jersey to help load these mattresses and additional medical supplies and equipment into the second container, which will ship to Haiti from New Jersey this week.

volunteers helped load supplies into the shipping container before it was sealed for shipment to Haiti

Thanks to the generous support from Medical Angels, we were ultimately able to send Hôpital Sacré Coeur far more than 60 beds. Our shipment of donated medical supplies included bedside tables, reclining medical chairs, wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, diapers, blankets, liquid food & protein drinks, rehydration supplements, gauze, latex gloves, dressings, respirator systems, lancets, orthopedic bandages, catheters, tracheotomy care supplies, anti-diarrheal drugs, vitamins, and batteries.

in addition to 60 beds, our shipment included medical equipment and supplies

Our biggest thanks and utmost appreciation is extended to both the Lexington Health Care Center and to Medical Angels, whose philanthropic donations made this all possible. Likewise, this exciting collaborative effort couldn't have happened without the invaluable logistical guidance from Mission and Relief and the ongoing support and encouragement from the friends and fans of the 100 Beds for Haiti campaign. We thank you so very much for your enduring commitment to supporting Haiti's healthy recovery and look forward to sharing updates with you about the arrival of these beds to Hôpital Sacré Coeur.

some members of the 100 Beds team back in NYC celebrating after the move

If you would like to view more photos from our exciting day, please visit our flickr site here.

updates: many movements!

2010-11-04T16:01:00.000-07:00

On the heals of a cholera outbreak that left nearly 450 people dead and more than 6500 hospitalized, Haitians are preparing for the arrival of yet another threatening disaster, Tropical Storm Tomas. Yet not all things headed to Haiti are so ominous! After two months of organizing offers and coordinating partners across the northeast of the US, we are very excited to be updating you from Boston with news that our next donation of beds for Haiti is ready!

Some of us from the 100 Beds team have traveled to help pack up hospital bed frames in Massachusetts. With help from logisticians in Pennsylvania and volunteers from New York, these frames will be matched with mattresses in New Jersey, and then shipped to our partners in the Caribbean on a shipping line from the Mediterranean!

On the eve of our next major shipment of beds to Hôpital Sacré Coeur in Milot, Haiti, we are incredibly grateful for the support and encouragement received from friends and collaborators across the country and around the world. Your financial generosity, and the incredible commitments of volunteers near and far, have made this amazing process possible and it’s really quite moving to see all of these efforts coming together.

It is our hope that everything goes well with our packing and shipping tomorrow, and we look forward to sharing pictures and stories from this next step with you soon. Keep your fingers crossed for us and for our friends and partners in Haiti, with wishes that they weather the upcoming storm, and await our next shipment of beds, with resilience.

Love and Beds in the Time of Cholera

2010-10-26T15:37:00.000-07:00

Apologies for the long break from posting, but we wanted to share some developments with everyone who has supported the 100 Beds campaign through an incredible year so far.

Foremost, the recent Cholera outbreak in Haiti continues to to be of grave concern to our partners in Cap-Haitien and Hôpital Sacré-Coeur. CRUDEM and the hospital continue to take in patients, which only reinforces the need to deliver more viable beds. While there has been some good news regarding the veracity of the crisis, there is still a greater danger of the outbreak spreading to the still-reeling populace in Port Au Prince.

So far, 259 Haitians have died, with another 3,300 afflicted. Partners In Health has provided a thorough news round up, here, and official Haitian government and UN statistics are available within the Cholera Situation Update, here.

We at 100 Beds have been collaborating with new partner organizations, including Medical Angels, to help secure more quality beds as well as emergency medical supplies. We continue to reach out to new sources for the next shipment and should have some good news to share very soon. As always, you can donate to the campaign here, and help us BEAT our goal of sending 100 beds to support the continuing recovery of Haiti and her people.

Imagine This: a track and video supporting Haiti

2010-09-13T05:39:00.000-07:00

It takes a certain type of person to dedicate their craft to helping educate others and create social change, and the 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign has relied on this type of creative generosity and talent from the very beginning of this project. We are thrilled to share the newest contribution of this type of compassion and talent, from the amazingly talented JGROMMA, a music producer, emcee, and singer living and making music in New York City.

JGROMMA has written and performed Imagine This, an awesome track that he has dedicated to the people of Haiti affected by the January 2010 Earthquake. Touched by the ongoing recovery efforts, JGROMMA will generously donate all proceeds from the sale of Imagine This to the 100 Beds For Haiti Campaign. Please take a moment to hear the track and watch this great video, arranged by Daren McKelvey using photographs from friends of the 100 Beds Campaign.

"Imagine This" by Jgromma from 100BedsForHaiti on Vimeo.

Support our campaign and purchase this track for $1.29 via iTunes or Bandcamp. Stay tuned for more amazing music coming from JGROMMA and learn more about his work on his myspace and facebook pages, follow him on twitter, and catch more of his videos on youtube.

35 More Beds Arrive in Haiti

2010-08-27T11:46:00.001-07:00

Our second shipment of 35 beds arrived in Haiti this month, bringing our grand total of delivered beds to 70!

Initially the beds-- a second generous donation from the Bethanien Hospital in Germany -- were scheduled to arrive in July. However, do to the overwhelming traffic of aid and supplies headed into Haiti, our beds were delayed for a few weeks in Caribbean.

And if you are wondering how well the first shipment of beds were received: not long after the beds were installed and patients were transferred into the first shipment of 35 beds, we received word from Jacques Raymond Delnatus, HSC CFO, that patients immediately felt safer and more secure in the new beds. We wish them all the the best in their recoveries!

We are now well within our goal of sending 100 hospital beds to HSC, and through the generous donations of sponsors from our various fundraising events, outreach, and online donations, we should have some pretty exciting news soon! Stay tuned!

Only 30 more beds to go!

breaking records for beds

2010-08-19T12:52:00.000-07:00

Great news! The 100 Beds for Haiti campaign and its supporters have set a new world record!!

During our July 16 fundraising event, A Night of Art, Film, Dance and Fun: Raising Funds for a Healthy Haiti 6 Months After the Earthquake, we challenged attendees to help us set a world record with the The Universal Record Database:

Using the neat new product SQUARE, we collected credit card donations via iPhones throughout the evening. The attendees at our Manhattan event donated a total of $401.72 using SQUARE, setting a new record for Most Money Raised Using Square At A Charitable Event!

Thanks for the cool tool, SQUARE, and thanks to all the attendees and donors that helped set this record!

Think you can beat our record? Give it a go, or set your own new record at URDB!

comings and goings

2010-08-19T11:49:00.001-07:00

In early July we sent our second shipment of hospital beds to Haiti: the 35 used beds were donated by the generous Bethanien Hospital in Germany and were scheduled to arrive in Haiti in early August.

Much like the delays from traffic jams and winding security lines during the heavy summer travel seasons across the US and Europe these days, our exciting shipment encountered some delay in the Caribbean due to the huge amount of cargo destined for Haiti during the busy summer months.

After three weeks of delay, while our partners at Hôpital Sacré Coeur have continued caring for patients on makeshift cots and temporary beds, we are very happy to announce confirmation that our shipping container has arrived! The precious container was discharged this week in Cap Haitien and the beds will reach the hospital soon.

We hope that all our supporters and fans are enjoying a great summer of smooth sailing and fun travels, and that you will stay tuned for more updates and pictures!

and the thanks continue...

2010-07-22T13:32:00.000-07:00

We are still reveling in all the positive feedback from last week's event and wearing big smiles of gratitude towards all of our supporters and collaborators that made this event possible. On behalf of the entire 100 Beds for Haiti campaign and our partners at Hôpital Sacré Coeur, 100 thanks are extended to:

Our fantastic venue and hosts:

Our three beat-slinging and dance-inducing DJs:
Justin Miller, of DFA records
DJ SABO, of Sol*Selectas/Bersa Discos/Mo'Glo' Radio 91.5 FM,

DJ Max Pela, of Afrobeta Bodega/Uhuru Afrika

The great graphic design and photographic talents lent by
TYTHEdesign
Color Me Katie

Excellent sound and visual elements supported by:
Kiss Brooklyn
v.KA$H (888 Life) visuals
Dubspot electronic music production, DJ School
Barry Heyman entertainment law
Daren McKelvey video production

Greg Mailloux

The wonderful friends, artists, and companies that supported our auction and helped create a fantastic ambiance throughout the affair:

the artist Rojmeck
HIMANE/Trashy Chic
The Team at Collective Hands Foundation (CHF)
Nadege Fleurimond of Fleurimond Catering
Kombit Bar & Restaurant
The Universal Record Database (URDB)
Square Up
Happy Faces Party Goods
The Mattress Insider
Facilities Management and Student Affairs at Columbia University Medical Center

Our generous alcohol sponsors and donors:

Bushmills Irish whiskey
Brooklyn Brewery

"Complimentary Bushmills Irish whiskey" - Share Bushmills Responsibly. 21+
"Beer has been lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery”

100 Thanks!

2010-07-20T09:26:00.000-07:00

A huge thank you to all who helped make our recent fundraising event, A Night of Art, Film, Dance and Fun: Raising Funds for a Healthy Haiti 6 Months After the Earthquake such a tremendous success!

Each one of our generous collaborators, selfless volunteers, supportive donors, and fantastically fun guests, made the Friday, July 16th 'bedefit' an incredibly special event. Between donations collected at the door and the bar, earnings from our impressive silent auction, and online contributions from our website and collected through Square, the 100 Beds for Haiti campaign raised over $8500 to get needed beds to our partners at Hôpital Sacré Coeur!

In the coming days we will post more details on the amazing individuals, organizations, and companies that were critical to making this possible, as well as an update on how your generous contributions are helping bring our campaign goals forward and bring beds to Haiti. For now, please take a moment to relive the awesome affair with these great pictures from the party:

click for even more photos!

100 thanks to each of you who made this possible!

Six Months Later: Haiti's Continuing Recovery

2010-07-12T19:20:00.000-07:00

It has been six short months since the disastrous earthquake struck Haiti, leaving unprecedented disaster and trauma for the nation of people who are no strangers to suffering. In an instant, the fragile health care system was shattered and overwhelmed by thousands of injured victims. It will take years, if not decades, to rebuild the country including its hospitals.

Today, on the six-month anniversary of this tragedy, the 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign continues responding to the ongoing need at Haiti’s Hôpital Sacré Coeur, where a shortage of hospital beds is compounding the extreme challenges facing health care professionals and the patients they are treating under the most difficult circumstances.

Together with an amazingly talented group of volunteers, I have dedicated these past six months to sending desperately needed hospital beds to the injured, sick and dying at this hospital: because of your help we have successfully shipped 70 beds to this hospital and we need your help to send 30 more.

Make a donation today and help us get the beds Hôpital Sacré Coeur badly needs.

Today I ask that you remember Haiti’s continuing recovery: please join us at our upcoming fundraising event in New York City this Friday or do your part today by making a secure, online donation right now.

Thank you for your support in helping us reach this vital goal, and on behalf of the patients and medical staff at the Hôpital Sacré Coeur, thank you for helping build a healthier Haiti for years to come.

35 more beds!

2010-07-09T12:35:00.000-07:00

As mentioned in our last blog update, we are thrilled by the arrival of the first 35 beds to Hôpital Sacré Coeur and very happy to announce that we have received a second donation of 35 hospital beds from the very generous Bethanien Hospital.

Unlike our first shipment of beds from Germany to Haiti, that saw a freight container pass first from a shipping port in Düsseldorf to a port in Miami, and then unto port in Cap-Haïtien, our second shipment of beds are traveling directly to Haiti! With the help of the Dutch division of Mission & Relief Logistics, the 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign has arranged for door-to-door shipping of these 35 beds through Rotterdam. This process should help us navigate the complexities of freight forwarding through customs and bring the donation of beds to Cap Haïtien by the end of July or the beginning of August.

Freight containers at port in Rotterdam: can you spy our shipment?!

With 35 beds delivered and 35 more on their way, we are so close to reaching our goal of delivering 100 hospital beds to Haiti. In addition to our thankfulness to the Bethanien hospital and our friends in Germany, we are very grateful to all you generous donors that are making this possible. Stay tuned for an update as these beds make their way to Haiti!

First 35 Beds Arrive in Haiti!

2010-07-07T21:14:00.000-07:00

Just a few short weeks ago, our first shipment of 35 beds to Hôpital Sacré Coeur (HSC) cleared customs in Cap Haitien and was delivered to the hospital in Milot. In his letter thanking 100 Beds for Haiti for campaigning, fundraising, and delivering the beds, HSC CFO Raymond Delnatus told us that "this donation was one of the most important shipments that we have received during the earthquake."

Certainly our efforts were the efforts of a campaign that has spread far and wide, receiving logistical and monetary support from all over the world! Yet, it has been almost six months since the deadly earthquake, and according to U.N. General Secretary Ban Ki Moon Haiti still has not received enough aid on the ground.

Speaking to a BBC News radio program out of Jamaica, Moon described that immediate humanitarian assistance is only being received at 60 percent of the initial pledged donations. While the 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign is proud of the donation we have made so far, we will not stop until our pledge of 100 beds to HSC are shipped and delivered!

Happily, we are within reach of our pledge! We've had a second donation of 35 hospitals beds from Krankenhaus Bethanien hospital in Moers, Germany and have secured a great shipping contract! This means we only need to secure a donation of 30 additional beds and to raise the funds to ship them there to meet our goal. We will post more on our second offer of 35 beds tomorrow, along with shipping details and dates and our plans to raise the funds for the remaining beds.

Writing us this morning, Dr. Peter J. Kelly, President of The CRUDEM Foundation and HSC, expressed his gratitude for these donations as well:

The 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign has been inspiring and life-changing!! The CRUDEM Foundation/Hopital Sacre Coeur is honored to be the recipient of the work of such talented and dedicated people who care so passionately for the well-being of our Haitian sisters and brothers! The addition of quality hospital beds aids in patient healing and enhances their overall quality of care. You have helped us in meeting our goal to create a healthier Haiti, one dignified life at a time! God bless you all!

Very touched by the letter of gratitude from Raymond Delnatus, we've included it below for you to read as well:

Dear Judith Kaine,

I am Raymond Delnatus the CFO of Hospital Sacre-Coeur, I hear that you are the Director of the effort to send the beds down for our Hospital. Long time ago I kept looking for the donor of those beds because this donation was one of the most important shipments that we have received during the earthquake. On behalf of the Hospital Administration and the patients I thank you for this important donation that we have ever received, and I do not know without those beds how the 598 victims and patients that we have received could have been treated.

May God bless you all and you can continue to help the Crudem Foundation and the Hospital to take care of the Haitian people.

Attached are some photos to show you how we used the bed for the patients at the Hospital.

Thanks again for all you are doing for our Hospital.

Ray Delnatus

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Awards Haitian NGO

2010-06-20T13:57:00.000-07:00

At their annual conference on global health, The Global Health Council presented the prestigious Gates Award for Global Health to GHESKIO - Groupe Haïtien d’Étude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infectieuses Opportunistes, for its nearly three decades of work fighting AIDS and for its Herculean job in helping people survive after the devastating earthquake in January.

President Clinton, who visited GHESKIO while in Haiti earlier this year, described, "Despite the fact that its own headquarters were damaged, GHESKIO almost immediately began housing the homeless, treating the sick and injured, and returning HIV positive patients to their lifesaving medications. For these people, GHESKIO’s services and dedication meant the difference between life and death, health and infirmity, and hope and despair."

In it's 10th year, The Gates Award for Global Health was established by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to reward and exemplify organizations which have developed processes for improving health, especially in resource poor settings, with measurable results.

To learn more about the Global Health Council, the Gates Foundation Award or the annual conference on global health, please visit http://www.globalhealth.org/

Basics for Haiti at the Root of Humanity

2010-06-20T12:55:00.000-07:00

The New York Times Editorial Board wrote an excellent piece on what basics Haiti needs to re-build from the earthquake, and turn itself around into a more stable nation. At the top of any "basic human rights" check list comes transparancy, equality, and equal protection under the law. Keeping women and children safe, and planning for more free and fair (and uncorrupted) elections will help to empower the Haiti people and allow for re-building to happen from the ground up with Haitians leading the charge. It is our responsibility as more prosperous and more powerful nation neighbors and throughout the global community to provide the tools either via infrastructure support, education, training, and material donations to help take away Haiti's crutches and allow it to stand as a nation on its own. Strong and solid healthcare infrastruce will alleviate many of the physical and mental barriers that will also help empower Haitians who are still recovering from January's devestating earthquake.

Donations Needed to Ship Another 35 Beds to HSC

2010-06-09T19:15:00.000-07:00

According to Handicap International there were an estimated 800,000 disable people in Haiti before the earthquake and estimated 2,000 to 6,000 people were left with some kind of disability by the earthquake. In response to the growing number of disabled people, HSC built a new prosthetic lab, which is now up and functioning. As of June 6, HSC staff and doctors were able to fit its first 6 patients. Another 80 patients with amputations are waiting to be fit, and volunteer prosthetists continue to actively train the Haitian staff in their skill.

The 100 Beds for Haiti's first shipment of 35 bed s from Germany have made their way to Miami, Florida, and will be headed to Haiti this week! And it also means that we've reached a little more than 1/3rd of our goal of sending 100 beds to Haiti. In this same light, we were recently informed that there are an additional 35 beds in Germany, which have been donated from a few hospitals. In order to get these beds from a warehouse in Germany to Milot, Haiti, we need more donations to cover the shipping costs. If you haven't had an opportunity to donate, please visit our website www.100bedsforhaiti.com to send us your donation today!

Dr. Peter Kelly, President of Crudem/ Hopital Sacre Coeur recently shared with us this story while working at HSC last month:

At the last nightly meeting before I left I was told of a volunteer who recruited other volunteers and patients to go to the ICU and fix the hair and clean a young woman with a cervical spine injury who is paralyzed from the neck down. This poor woman has been in our ICU waiting for spinal surgery to stabilize her spine so she can be moved to a rehabilitation facility. It took 5 volunteers to stabilize her while a fellow patient cleaned and braided her hair. Other volunteers cleaned her legs and feet and massaged them with lotion. When they were finished they were rewarded with a beautiful smile from the patient that lit up the whole room. It was her first smile since arriving!!

HSC continues to receive critical patients, and again, the need for beds--not cots or make-shift beds-- is overwhelming for overall patient recovery. Whether to make new amputee patients more comfortable in their recovery, or support patients in both pre-operation and post-operation, real and stable beds will is an important link towards overall physical and psychological recovery.

Report from the Ground: CBS News Reports on HSC

2010-05-31T13:18:00.000-07:00

The CBS affiliate in Washington DC ran a story on two volunteer doctors, Dr. Jamie Freishtat and her husband, Dr. Rob Freishtat of Potomac, Maryland where they continued to provide emergency medical relief to earthquake victims and rehabilitation support to many amputee patients four months after the earthquake at HSC.

2010 Might Be the Worst Hurricane Season Yet

2010-05-28T13:58:00.000-07:00

The Gulf received some extra bad news this week with predictions that the region will likely see 8 to 14 major hurricanes this year. Such a serious hurricane season poses a great threat to efforts in Haiti to rebuild after the January earthquake. Experts are concerned that a hurricane could create a secondary disaster and are urging Haitian and world leaders to take steps now to reduce risks and invest in disaster preparedness. By taking steps now to prepare for what is sure to be an above average hurricane season, experts believe Haiti can help keep this hurricane season from ending as tragically as the 2008 season. Haiti never fully recovered from the 2008 hurricane season which claimed over 800 lives. Years of deforestation, poor building codes, and the destruction caused by the January earthquake have left Haiti particularly vulnerable to hurricanes. Trees help stabilize soil and absorb rain water which is why Trees for the Future has been working to reforest much of Haiti since 2002.

As Haiti braces for what could be a record breaking hurricane season, Hôpital Sacré Coeur needs your help now more than ever. Please donate if you can!

The New York Daily News: Hurricane Season

The Tribute

World Bank Cancels Haiti's Debt

2010-05-28T11:17:00.000-07:00

Haiti no longer has to repay $36 million so it can concentrate fully on their recovery efforts. This debt cancellation was made possible by contributions from Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.

CNN World Bank Cancels Haiti Debt

35 Beds Headed to Haiti!

2010-05-06T23:14:00.000-07:00

While it has been about a month since our last post on this blog, there has been a lot of work going on behind the scenes. Through the generosity of our supporters around the world, 35 hospital beds are headed to Haiti!

Our first shipment of 35 beds will begin its voyage from Germany to Florida this Saturday, May 8, and from there, the beds will make the much shorter journey to Haiti and Hôpital Sacré Coeur. Representing the vision of this campaign, this exciting event was made possible by the collaborative generosity of individuals and organizations, working together from near and far: the donation of 23 beds from the Krankenhaus Bethanien hospital in Moers, Germany and 12 beds from the Klinikum Lüneburg hospital near Hamburg, Germany; the coordination of transportation and packing of the beds by DPD, a world leader in international parcel delivery services; the freight shipping and delivery to Florida by Hellmann Worldwide Logistics; and the tireless commitments and coordination efforts by Marc Maleika in New York, and Philipp Anhalt and Tim Ulrich in Germany, all demonstrate great dedication to helping improve health outcomes in Haiti and have been essential to making this happen.

Krankenhaus Bethanien Hospital in Moers, Germany

We spoke with Philipp Anhalt who gave us a little insight on how he initially got involved in the campaign and how he was able to mobilize his own network of clients and colleagues to send the beds to Haiti.

"About two months ago I received an e-mail from one of my dearest friends announcing the launch of the 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign. Cool idea, I immediately thought, and forwarded it to my friends urging them for support. At the office, I told my colleague Tim who was also immediately excited about the idea. Since our company ITA Consulting located in Hamburg, Germany specializes in the logistics industry, we considered ourselves to be in an ideal position to support charity campaigns and therefore had already spent numerous hours discussing potential approaches to get involved. However, our initial enthusiasm had maliciously been eroded by daily routine and thus our ideas never came even remotely close to life.

So we jumped at the opportunity that the 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign presented us and decided to make a contribution. Thinking about the goal of the campaign to raise 100 hospital beds, we came up with the idea to contact German hospitals and ask whether they would be willing to donate discarded, though functional, beds. From there on the operation was up and running. In no time we managed to acquire 35 beds from various hospitals across Germany, the majority of which were destined for scrapping, and consequently had to be moved quickly. DPD, one of the leading parcel companies in Europe, swiftly agreed to provide straightforward support. They collected the beds and stored them at their Hamburg depot until further notice. We then aimed to find a forwarding company who would ship the beds to Florida. This turned out to be a far more cumbersome task then we expected. Even for such a supposedly simple product like used hospital beds, tons of rules and regulations had to be considered. We finally managed to arrange for the transport via Hellmann Logistics who offered to ship the beds at cost [to Miami, Florida].

DPD loading the donated hospital beds for storage before transportation

Now that the container is on its way, we would like to use the opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to all helping hands. We are particularly grateful for the support of DPD in the Duisburg and Hamburg depots. Also, big thanks to our management for encouraging us to take part in the campaign without further ado and for their active participation!

We thoroughly enjoyed working on this and look forward to the tasks to come..."

The 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign would like to express its sincere gratitude to all the partners involved and to all those who have generously donated to the campaign thus far. Your donations are essential to financing the transportation of these beds and getting them on their way to Milot where they are very much needed!

"We all can't give a lot, but all of us can give a little..."-vKa$h

2010-04-05T15:40:00.000-07:00

It doesn't take much to make a difference and when 100 Beds for Haiti decided to partner with Soul Clap to raise money during YoYoYo 90s Jam: Heal the World edition, we set out to accomplish two things: raise money and spread awareness. Like many places that have suffered enormous and crippling natural disasters, it is our collective response as individuals, citizens and communities to rebuild Haiti and make it a stronger and healthier Haiti. Thanks again to everyone who came out to support the campaign on March 23 at the Middlesex Lounge in Boston. If you missed this event, don't worry, we have more coming down the pipeline! Watch the video below to get a glimpse of who are supporters and we can't wait to see you at the next event!

YOYOYO 90's Jam: Heal The World Edition w/100 Beds For Haiti from 100BedsForHaiti on Vimeo.

Dance Therapy

2010-03-31T13:03:00.000-07:00

If only recovery could be as easy as a Lady Gaga song: "just dance, gonna be okay!" As a form of physical therapy, patients came outside and the universal language of song and dance brought the best out of the Hatian earthquake victims and the volunteers. For many patients this was the first time venturing out of the hospital setting to let lose and dance off some of the stress from an earthquake that left many learning to live and walk in new circumstances.

Fundraiser Update From Last Night!

2010-03-24T10:02:00.001-07:00

Thanks to everyone who came out on a rainy Tuesday night in Boston to the YOYOYO 90's JAM: Heal The World Edition! We raised $437 as a result of your generosity! A big shout out to Shane Flanagan, Cassidy's brother for all his work with our site and helping with donations at the door @Middlesexlounge, Misch from Misch Mash and Colleen for their support (they just got back from HSC in Haiti!), Chris, who went to high school in Haiti if I remember correctly, and is returning back to help his father and his people in May or April; also to Chris's friend Jack Alexandre (pictured w/ me) who runs the 1804 Foundation out of Boston (he was blown away that we were doing this as he had just been to the hospital as well); Eli and Charlie of Soul Clap for their big hearts and partnering with us on short notice - and once again proving they are the most consistently entertaining djs in Boston; and big ups to VJs Evan Lukash (v.Ka$h) and Catherine Sauer for the mind-blowing 90's throwback visuals, including a classic clip of Full House's Jodie Sweetin doing the running man; and to Nolan of Middlesex lounge for letting us film; my friends Aaron Stackhouse and Dinna Yap who are busy raising money for their own great cause this Thursday, 6:30-8:30pm at Boston Bowl in Dorchester. And a big thank you to DJ • Producer • Designer Randy Deshaies for donating his time and ink for some 100 beds posters.. Ok enough patting on the back... there is still so much work to do! And from what Jack Alexandre showed me on a facebook post, we as concerned world citizens only know 1/10th of the damage and devastation.. I will follow up with him shortly.. ALSO, look for a video from the fundraiser last night and nicer pics of the party courtesy of really cool boston event photographer Steve Osemwenkae, so check back soon!

Dance Your Socks Off!

2010-03-23T05:08:00.001-07:00

Tonight is our first event for the campaign! We are so excited that Boston-based Soul Clap has chosen the 100 Beds for Haiti as their featured charity for "YoYoYo 90's Jam: Heal the World Edition". The monthly throwback dance party and DJ set will be held at the Middlesex Lounge in Cambridge, Mass (315 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 617.868.6739) starting at 9pm tonight. 100 Beds for Haiti team members Daren and Shane will be on hand and collecting donations at the door, so look out for them. Remember this isn't just about dancing but meeting our goal to send 100 hospital beds to HSC!

If you are wondering who exactly Soul Clap is and what a 90's jam entails, well, Stuff Boston said it best:

"Between failed attempts to make “The Rachel” work on our locks and unrequited crushes on Luke Perry, let’s just say the ’90s were an awkward time for many of us. But damn did the decade have some danceable music — otherwise the YoYoYo ’90s Dance Jam, the monthly throwback bash from the boys of Soul Clap, wouldn’t still be going strong almost five years after its founding."

Soul Clap is well known for their productions, remixes, creative DJ sets and some of Boston's best dance music events. Each summer they organize Dancing On The Charles (one of Urb Magazine's six best outdoor parties in the Us) and every Wednesday they host Midweek Techno (Boston's longest running techno night). You can also listen to their live broadcasts on The Adventures of Soul Clap Podcast. In other words, these guys know how to make any wall flower get up and move (or should I say, groove!).

Check out a few of Soul Clap's remixes on their site, and you will certainly be ready to show us your best moves tonight! Bring your friends, your best 90's look (ripped jeans- check, baby doll dress- check, check!), and support for 100 Beds for Haiti!

Joining the team and searching for beds

2010-03-17T10:16:00.000-07:00

Dear blog,
This is my first blog post ever! My virgin attempt to join the wave of the new media future! Thought I'd break the ice by filling you in on my recent activities this week related to this exciting new fund raising campaign. But wait - first I want to mention how excited I am to be part of this project. When I walked into the first advisory committee meeting on Feb 15th for 100 Beds for Haiti campaign I felt instantly a little tingle of excitement - all these unknown, bright, caring faces - who are these people that Judy has brought together under the auspices of actually being proactive in the face of such a profound humanitarian crises? Before that I was moping around the apartment, procrastinating writing my thesis (which is focused on empowerment and hand washing education in Haiti) and wracking my brain trying to make sense of the whole thing still weeks - months later. I wondered why I felt so powerless to do anything beyond sending money to my friends there and cultivating conversations about what made Haiti so vulnerable in the first place. At any rate, blogs are supposed to be short I think. So the invitation to join this campaign, once I met the organizers, was a total wake up call and I am really, truly thrilled to be part of this. Selfishly, I expect to learn, mostly from these other people on the campaign, and from this experience getting to watch (and participate in) a fund-raising initiative as it unfolds from the very moment of conception.

So to update on my latest task: As you may have noticed on our website, we have not posted any dollar amount attached to a single bed. This is because we're researching and negotiating ways to reduce the cost of our beds and of the shipment to Haiti. Working at Columbia Medical Center, I offered to do some phone inquiries to see if I could reach the person at Presbyterian Hospital who is in charge of buying beds. Its just the kind of thing I like to do: sifting through the sands of bureaucracy, patiently waiting as the receptionist bounces me from one department to the next, learning the right words to say like "procurement" and "capital purchase." Finally last week, after a full two weeks leaving messages with at least ten different people, I hear back from one of them who is my gateway/breakthrough - he gives me names of bed vendors they work with reps, contacts, and a reference to the guy at NY Presbyterian who managed the bed replacement scheme of hundreds of beds at the hospital recently. I have a feeling this guy is my "key informant" as we say in health promotion. He and I have been playing phone tag but I'm narrowing in. Will let you know, blog, stay tuned for more...

Dispatch from Hôpital Sacré Coeur: Dr. Brian Liddy and the KAPHLUMPHH!!

2010-03-15T19:00:00.000-07:00

Dr. Brian Liddy, an anesthesiologist originally from California who now works in York, Maine recently spent a few weeks as a volunteer with Hôpital Sacré Coeur (HSC) after the devastating earthquake struck Port-au-Prince. Dr. Liddy documented his experiences working in Haiti and HSC through his own blog An Anesthesiologist's Journey to Sacre Coeur hospital in Milot, Hait i and the 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign recently caught up with him to ask him more about his experience working on the ground and to get his perspective on why the 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign is important for the short-term benefits and the overall long-term recovery efforts to rebuild Haiti.

100 Beds For Haiti (100 Beds): You're an anesthesiologist working at York Hospital in Southern Maine; what brought you to CRUDEM and Hôpital Sacré Coeur (HSC)?

Dr. Liddy (Dr. L): I have always been interested in travel to developing countries and international medicine. I have travelled extensively in Mexico, Costa Rica and Turkey. I was evaluating several places to go for my next Medical volunteer trip when the Haitian earthquake happened. I knew right away that I had to offer my services to the Haitians. For a disaster of that magnitude to happen to a country with no existing infrastructure? What a catastrophe. I saw all the news clips coming in and the suffering I observed in the Haitian people really affected me on a professional and on a human level.

I was connected with CRUDEM/Hôpital Sacré Coeur through a connection at the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). I felt like my skills would be particularly useful there because they had operating rooms that were up and running. Thus, I could do clinical anesthesia and spread out their workload a little bit. I was able to get 2 weeks off from work thanks to my colleagues and I went down.

100 Beds: Have you ever done humanitarian or disaster relief work before?

Dr. L: I spent 5 weeks traveling around rural Turkey about ten years ago as an ER physician. I helped teach the Turkish residents and Medical Students in eight or so different hospitals. It was a great experience.

I have never done disaster relief on the scale that I found in Haiti. I’m not sure many medical providers have!

100 Beds: What were some of your first impressions when you arrived in Milot and HSC?

Dr. L: Milot was actually much smaller than I expected. It was a very tight-knit, “homey” sort of community. Everyone was very welcoming in Milot. It was much cleaner than Cap Haitien, the city I flew into. Milot actually had some paved streets, a rarity in Haiti.

The first thing that really struck me about HSC when I arrived was how ORGANIZED the place was! I was expecting chaos. After all, they had to expand from a 65 patient bed hospital to treating over 400+ in two weeks! The OR area had been converted from 3 to 5 working OR/procedure areas. I was expecting I would be doing surgeries outside in tents! The tents for patients had already been set up. The volunteer area had been expanded to hold all the extra volunteers. It was very impressive. It was a real, functional hospital in the middle of the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.

100 Beds: Before you left for Haiti you set up your own blog reporting your own experiences and observations working at HSC. It was really moving to read your different entries starting a few days before you left to your return back to the U.S. You also took quite a few photos of different patients both recovering and during surgery. What was it like to document your own experience on the ground?

Dr. L: Thanks! I really enjoyed writing the blog. It helped me decompress after the long, stressful days away from my family. I wanted to share my own experiences down there to give people a sense about what it was really like to work there. Most of what people see of Haiti on CNN or the other news channels definitely has a “spin” on it. The news networks are in the business of attracting viewers so they are going to find the most shocking or awe-inspiring stories to report on. They aren’t going to talk about the different types of rice and beans the volunteers share with the patients and such... or the roosters that keep the volunteers up all night (laughing).

The kids loved having their pictures taken. Most of the pictures I took of the kids were with cards that my kids’ classes made for them. They LOVED those cards! Even the teens. They were SO
into those cards!

100 Beds: On average, how many patients did you see a day and about how many surgeries were able to be performed each day?

Dr. L: Wow. That’s hard to figure but I would say in an average day I personally did between five and eight cases. The OR was doing at least 30 cases a day. I was there late February and they had done upwards of 800 cases for 2010. Last year they did 1200 cases in the entire year.

100 Beds: As a doctor working in a hospital in the U.S. with access to some pretty advanced technology, how were you able to adapt to the technology available to you at HSC? What were some of the most challenging aspect of diagnosing patients?

Dr. L: In anesthesiology, the main concern was safety. We tried to keep the anesthetics as safe as possible for the patients. Since we did not have access to the most modern anesthesia machines, we tried to do regional anesthesia (spinals and nerve blocks) as much as possible. Regional is pretty “low-tech” : although one of the Duke/Raleigh anesthesiologists that came down brought his own ultrasound for nerve blocks. That was pretty slick! (laughing)

The thing I found the most challenging was not being able to get ( or find) lab results on my patients. I knew they were ordered, but I couldn’t ever, for the life of me, find them. That tends to make things challenging. Your patient is hypotensive and tachycardic. Is it a result of the spinal or is it because their Hemoglobin 4? (Normal is 15)

100 Beds: You mention that Phillips Electronic donated a "fluoroscopy unit for 'real-time' X-rays in the operating room". What did this mean for the OR?

Dr. L: That was huge. We had the only fluoroscopy machine in all of Haiti! A fluoroscopy machine lets the surgeon see immediate X-ray images intra-operatively. When all the original, emergency repairs took place this was not available to the surgeons. As a result, the orthopedists were taking their “best educated guesses” as to how the bones would line up best.

Once they got the fluoro machine they could re-do the repairs with much better fixation and alignment for long term recovery. We were getting 4-5 patients flown in daily from all over Haiti to have their fracture fixations revised. The orthopedic team was absolutely pummeled when I was there.

100 Beds: You describe one patient, a 17-year old boy who among other injuries had a fractured skull with parts of the skull effectively dead from infection, and needed to be removed to prevent an even more serious infection like meningitis. The decision to operate was a complicated one because this particular piece of the skull rested over a large vein that drains blood from the brain (so any sort of tear could cause immediate death) and you had only one unit of blood that you were unable to test for HIV. How did you and your team evaluate this case, including the mitigating circumstances, and chose to operate?

Dr. L: Yeah, that was a tough one. He was the nicest kid too. He was an orphan but had such a great attitude about everything.

With him it came down to: without the surgery, he was certainly going to die from an extension on the infection intra-cerebrally. There was a much smaller risk of tearing his sagittal sinus and an even smaller risk of contracting HIV from the blood transfusion. So, even though the surgery and transfusion would entail some risk, “gonna die” trumps “slight risk of dying” to put it bluntly. So we elected to proceed. Luckily, he did fine and there were no complications.

100 Beds: Haiti has one of the world's highest HIV rates, did you find this to be an added challenge when treating patients?

Dr. L: We practice universal precautions with all our patients and assume “everyone could have HIV” in the US. So it didn’t feel any different in Haiti, although I must confess I was I bit more wary down there. The diseases I was more concerned about were malaria and tuberculosis (TB). Several volunteers I talked with contracted malaria on previous visits. That didn’t sound the least bit fun.

TB runs rampant in Haiti and it is, in fact, one of the leading infectious causes of death in Haiti. We took care of numerous patients with TB and probably many more that are undiagnosed. HIV is relatively hard to catch, TB is relatively easy to catch.

100 Beds: One passage from your blog struck me as particularly moving and in keeping with our 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign, I found extremely relevant:

“It is now 10 PM and having just transported our last patient of the day on an army stretcher, across the dirt road, in the rain, to his current home in Tent #5 where he will spend the night with 50 other patients, I’m going to pass out on my own cot. zzzzzzzzzzzzz”

HSC has about 73 patient hospital beds, and is treating well over 300 patients. Many of these patients are recovering in the Tent City set up across the road from the hospital, sleeping on cots; and, even you were sleeping on your own cot! Can you describe your response to the condition you were working and living in?

Dr. L: Ha ha. Yeah, I was pretty tired when I wrote that. We all realized that when we were heading down there, it was not going to be “Club-Med” and our accommodations were going to be somewhat spartan. We weren’t getting the best sleep in the world but none of us were complaining. We knew it was as bad if not worse for the patients. That patient that I described just had a revision of his lower leg external fixation device. So Sam, a medical student and I carried him across the street in the pouring rain and we were all soaked. The patient plopped himself down on his cot, KAPHLUMPHH!! He and his family thanked us profusely. All the other patients were peering out from their sheets to see what all the commotion was. I couldn’t help think, “I have absolutely nothing to complain about”. But, I really think he would have benefited from a real hospital bed. The cots are far from the least comfortable thing to sleep on (that prize goes to the luggage compartment floor in a Czech second class train) but post fracture fixation patients do require a bit of malleability in their resting quarters. They really need their fractures elevated and such.

100 Beds: Haiti has a long way to go on its own road to recovery but from your own experience and observations what does an increase in support and donations from professionals volunteering their time and skills to monetary donations mean in terms of immediate positive changes?

Dr. L: Haiti is totally dependent, at this point, on foreign aid and organizations. Sadly, the Haitian government has not figured out how to truly help the people of Haiti themselves yet. If there is a silver lining to this earthquake, I hope it is that the Haitian government can begin to honestly work with foreign governments and aid organizations to re-invent Haiti’s infrastructure, schooling system and health care delivery. The will to help in Haiti is definitely there! In the meantime, Haiti will continue to benefit from people generous enough to donate their time and resources to help them rebuild their country. Aid is the only way things are going to improve at this point. The people of Haiti are phenomenal; kind, generous, friendly, caring. I’m already planning my next trip back there! I love it!

*All photos courtesy of Dr. Brian Liddy*

Welcome to Tent City

2010-03-12T08:37:00.000-08:00

Hôpital Sacré Coeur was built in 1968 by a Catholic congregation, Brothers of the Sacred Heart who established Center for the Rural Development of Milot (CRUDEM) to build roads, schools, wells and several co-operative ventures in Haiti. Over the years, on the back of surgeon Dr. Ted Dubuque and a grossroots movement stemming from St. Louis, MO, HSC grew from an 8 bed clinic to a 73 bed hospital as Haiti's best healthcare center.

In 1993, CRUDEM was established as a non-profit organization in the United States and took over the operations of HSC. Since then, HSC has served 56,701 Outpatient Visits, conducted 1,227 Surgeries, provided 12,840 Antiretroviral Clinic Visits, and organized 10,075 Community Health Patient Visits. Although Cap Hatien survived the earthquake relatively unscathed, hundreds of thousands of Haiti's from Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas have resettled in the area. In response, HSC works at full capacity in the hospital and has set up a "Tent City" just next to the hospital where less critical patients are being treated and recovering.

As you can see from the these videos, these patients are not recovering on hospital beds but cots and make-shift beds. The 100 Beds for Haiti campaign is working alleviate this problem, and as you will observe an additional 100 beds is critical.

The Entrance to Tent City

Inside one of the tents

We Want to Hear From YOU

2010-03-10T19:23:00.000-08:00

The 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign was founded upon the notion of the grassroots movement, and daily we are tapping into our own networks, tapping into our friends' networks, their friends' networks, their friends' networks... well, you get the idea. We have taken on this approach because we are aware of the strengths we bring to the campaign: passion, drive, commitment, intelligence, and diverse personal and professional backgrounds but we are also conscious of our weaknesses, too: we know that we won't always know how to immediately approach different aspects of the campaign but what we do know is that we can always find the answer.

It has been two months since the devastating earthquake first struck Haiti; hundreds of thousands of Haitians lost their homes, their families, and their lives. As individuals, we are all aware of the tragedy that struck Haiti but are we all always conscious of what steps are being made to improve the immediate situation--infrastructure, social services, food aid, transportation, and health care-- and ensure that it isn't just a band-aid that is placed over Haiti but long term solutions are set in place for long term redevelopment?

Since we can't all be conscious all the time, we see this as an opportunity to dive into all our networks--including yours, dear reader--to bring greater awareness, suggestions, ideas, concerns, movements, and partnerships to this campaign. Your feedback is our building block to not only ensure that this campaign reaches our goal of securing 100 hospitals beds for Hôpital Sacré Coeur but also provides us with the social consciousness that any campaign needs to succeed.

So what are you waiting for? Leave us a comment below in the comment section of this blog or join our list-serv and share your input and insights on how to make our goals materialize. We look forward to hearing from you!

300 Patients, 73 Beds

2010-03-09T09:54:00.001-08:00

I just stopped by our partner organization's blog, and it reminded me of the immediate benefit of the 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign. Hopital Sacre Coeur still has over 300 patients and only 73 beds to care for these patients:

We still have 300 patients in Hopital Sacre Coeur and still have over 50 volunteers a week. Our staff continues to work without complaint and we are receiving calls from around Haiti to accept patients. The most recent was for a patient who had a cervical spine fracture that left him paralyzed on the left side. This patient was deaf and taught sign language so his injury was especially incapacitating. Only the spine surgeons at Hopital Sacre Coeur could give him a chance to recover his mobility. (Read the whole post here)

The 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign's soft launch is Thursday but there are patients right now who need not only our contributions but our actions immediately affect the outcome of people we may never have the opportunity to meet.

The website is up!

2010-03-07T22:12:00.000-08:00

One of the most exciting yet challenging aspects to running a campaign like 100 Beds for Haiti is the collaborative effort of all the team members, and in true form to the our mission to deliver hospital beds to Hoptial Sacre Coeur (HSC) our team is scattered around the United States and the world. When we first envisioned this campaign, keeping Haiti, improving health services, and meeting a tangible goal, we knew we needed a website that would really reflect who we are and what we have set out to accomplish.

From our initial three person meeting at Think Coffee on 4th ave, NYC, we knew we were limited in our own knowledge of how to build a website. Tapping into our network of experienced and concerned friends and colleagues, we were able to build a website using the technical expertise and creative visions of people located in New York, Boston, and San Francisco to voluntarily build this site, giving us their time and resources to host the site.

As a grassroots campaign, we also established our method of mobilization and fundraising: building a team dedicated to volunteering their time and reaching out into their own personal networks is one of our core assets to spreading more awareness and delivering on our goal to send 100 hospital beds to HSC.

Happily and gratefully we've launched the site today! www.100bedsforhaiti.com will host all the information on what the 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign is, our mission, our partners Center for the Rural Development of Milot and the Hopital Sacre Coeur and most importantly where you can go to donate and give your feedback on the campaign! We will use this blog to update you with all aspects of the campaign including fundraising, campaign news, and reports from the ground in Haiti.

A big thanks to Philipp, Scott, Joanna, Brock, Evan, Shane, and the rest of the 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign! Check out www.100bedsforhaiti.com to learn more about the entire team!

Welcome to the 100 Beds for Haiti Blog!

2010-03-07T13:12:00.000-08:00

Check back here for regular updates about our campaign, the photo of the day and stories from Haiti.