Connecting Hope And Medicine to People in Haiti

Established in 2014, this Minnesota nonprofit has evolved from Bi-annual volunteer trips, serving in rural mobile settings to a permanent clinic building run by 4 Haitian Staff in Village Trianon, a mountain clinic NE of Port au Prince.

Your donations are gratefully accepted and 100% ( no American paid staff) goes toward sustaining weekly clinics.  A fair-wage stipend goes to 4 Haitian medical professionals who serve and manage the clinic; 1 dentist, 1 MD, a Registered Nurse and 1 medical assistant.  All supplies and medications are purchased and shipped which makes this a FREE clinic to all.   

CHAMP's Average patient visit cost:                                                                        Medical - $23/appt      Dental - $15/appt  

      (Consider paying for a clinic appointment as a donation!)

Added benefits (2024) include 3 ultrasound machines for more accurate diagnostics and testing kits for urine and blood. 

The dental practice has requested a portable X-Ray machine to advance diagnostics and treatment                                                    (This $3,500 item is over and above our budget goal of $30,000)

6 out of 10 Haiti hospitals are closed: Recent escalating violence and gang control is creating supply access and staffing challenges.  "Children are being deprived of critical health supplies and meds" (UNICEF May '24) 

Our CHAMPs doctors report a solid migration pattern of families leaving Port au Prince, in search of shelter and healthcare in mountain villages near Trianon and Mirabalais.                          

Dr. Petuel DDS: "Families travel several kilometers by foot to                          seek dental and medical attention at CHAMPs Clinic.                   I don't want to turn patients away without being seen"

3/2024.  CHAMPs Clinic was forced to close doors in Trianon too, as staff safety and travel was compromised; (roadblocks and violent gang resistance, paralyzed travel and businesses).  They re-started after only a 7-week hiatus, yet even as the year closes, they are not exempt from travel risk or potential violence against their families or our clinic.  

The commitment of our 4 Haitian staff is not underestimated!   We credit their persistence to help their people and improve health outcomes. They are the best front-line providers to recognize disease inherent to their own Haitian culture and demographics. Hypertension, diabetes, skin infections, along with water-borne GI infections are commonly treated. 

Since 2019 Trianon has enjoyed a FREE POTABLE WATER SOURCE using a solar powered cistern and filtration system.  The cost was $17,000 to CHAMPs.   It services up to 7000 people in the village, where each family retrieves water with their own buckets.  

Annual sustaining costs of Water, supplies, medicine, staff stipends and *SHIPPING is $30,260.  (2024)

*Shipping cost has been an added consideration over 5 years of non-travel from the U.S.  We have diligently researched options, including water port entry with shipping barrels (in Port au Prince) to air transport.  The marked travel risk inside the capital has led us away from contact with Port au Prince, to our current partnership with "Mission Flight International." All supplies go directly to the Pignon Central plateau Air strip just miles from the clinic.  But cost $4.82/lb (from Rochester, MN to Village Trianon) remains high.  2024's total weight was > 1,550 lbs --> $7500 in shipping costs/yr)

CHAMPs takes pride to understand families in systemic poverty.  We strive to optimize health care access AND purchasing methods that will support Haitian economic welfare.  

Know that we appreciate your trust in CHAMPs to responsibly pay forward your generosity.