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The H.E.A.T. Foundation Health-Education-Agriculture-Technology

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The H.E.A.T. Foundation
311 North Robertson Boulevard; Ste 175   OR   244 Fifth Ave, Suite 2370
Beverly Hills, CA 90211                                    New York, NY 10016

                            Tel: 310-281-3333

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Message from the Board of Directors:

The H.E.A.T. Foundation’s Board of Directors which include: Harry Prophete, MD., private Medical Practice in New York City; Mr. Max Louis-Jacques, System Engineer with NYCT, Ms. Phyllis Richards, Educator/Professor New York Board of Education, Ghislaine de Sanon, Registered Professional Nurse, Educator and Entrepreneur, Jaquie Jones, Agent/Tax Advisor, Los Angeles wish to extend their gratitude to all the generous supporters who have been keeping the oil burning on behalf of Haiti. As many organizations are slowly leaving Haiti, The H.E.A.T. Foundation is digging its heels deeper in helping the Country MOVE FORWARD! The H.E.A.T. Foundation views this crisis as an opportunity to help build and empower communities that will be stronger than ever before.

Therefore, on behalf of the precious Island Nation of Haiti, we again thank you for your enduring support!

The H.E.A.T. Foundation currently has approximately 3,000 students who have been displaced by the earthquake enrolled at local schools in Thomonde (Haiti's Central Plateau).

The most immediate needs are to give children and families the much needed logistical, support to meet their basic daily needs, such as food, school lunch, shelter, medical, hygiene. The H.E.A.T. Foundation has organized with local schools in addition to the the schools and orphanages under its umbrella in the Plateau Central Region, to enroll children displaced by the earthquake. The H.E.A.T. Foundation has also implemented procedures to identify bonafide orphans and children separated from families, also to provide temporary shelter, food and medical care.

1. The H.E.A.T. Foundation currently has over 140 acres of land in Thomonde, which is located approximately 2 hours Northeast bound from Port-au-Prince (a short drive from the “Zanmi La santé / Partners in Health compound). The National Highway #3, most of which is recently asphalted, is in very good condition, The Thomonde River is relatively clean and many other small streams are on the property and some public running water in town. Prior to the earthquake, the property was being developed for agricultural and a goat dairy farm projects. There is a large amount of shade/fruit trees that have been added, as a result of the re-forestation program that has been instituted.

2. The H.E.A.T. Foundation is responsible for three elementary schools in the community surrounding the property (Academie Internationale de Maria-Mercedes Familia (1,2,3). The goal is to merge two of them due to their proximity, expand them to accept many more of the displaced students who currently have no access to any kind of education. It is also its goal to establish a Polytechnical High School as part of the community development. There is currently no other high school in the immediate area. In the central part of Thomonde, The H.E.A.T. Foundation is responsible for over 3000 displaced children and families being cared for through alliances with local schools and host families in the Central Plateau region. In addition, it also cares for 120 university students from Port-au-Prince, currently living in a small IDP camp in Mirebalais.

3. The H.E.A.T. Foundation has a strong alliance with Ecole AWMC, the largest school in Thomonde, which has accepted the largest number of displaced children from Port-au-Prince. Many of those children are bonafide orphans. We are working very closely to rebuild and expand the elementary schools under that alliance to accommodate the current and the anticipated influx of students in the fall of 2010. The High School is also a primary focus of ours. It needs to be rebuild and we look forward to rebuild it as an exemplary Technical High School as well and to attract the technical expertise to that region of Haiti.

4. Montrouis (Trou Baguette) is another site, located 45 minutes northwest bound from Port-au-Prince. A one hour boat ride to the Island of La Gonave, where The H.E.A.T. Foundation collaborates with the small but functioning hospital and staff. Ecole Bon Samaritain and House of Hope are also under the supportive umbrella of The H.E.A.T. Foundation. Plans are being evaluated to build a High School and a medical clinic in that region. The nearest hospital is one hour in either direction. Most recently, two of the children from the orphanage were very sick and during the drive to and from the paid hospital with no real access to decent medical care, we all agreed that this is a need that can no longer ignore.

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