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A Plan for Haiti’s Schools

Posted August 18th, 2010 by frajotte

New York Times - Editorial
August 16, 2010
A plan to build a new education system in Haiti is one of the most encouraging things to emerge from the rubble of the Jan. 12 earthquake.

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Visitation Clinic Mourns Death of Staff Member

Posted August 12th, 2010 by frajotte
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The Visitation Clinic lost one of its well-loved staff members, Tasilia Vengelus, fondly known as "TAZI," who died last week after an unexpected illness. 

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Fr. William Bevington Breakfast Raises over $17,000 for VHF

Posted July 20th, 2010 by frajotte

A breakfast to honor former Board president and long-time supporter, Rev. William Bevington of Hendersonville, TN was a huge success, and donations amounted to over $17,000 for VHF. 
Those who gathered for the breakfast included the Most Rev. David Choby, Bishop of the Diocese of Nashville; State Senator Douglas Henry; femaile vocalists Katrina Ray and guests from throughout the Nashville Diocese.  Presentations were made by Theresa Patterson, Founder of VHF;  Edward Johnston, former Board member; Fran Rajotte, Director of Development and Communications; Art Judy, Executive Director of VHF; Tom Negri, General Manager of Loew's Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel; and Fr. Wil Steinbacher, who offered the closing prayer.  Fr. Bevington offered his thanks and was presented with an enlarged framed photo of him riding a donkey in Haiti.  The mat around the photo was signed by guests during the breakfast.
"We are so grateful to Fr. Bevington for all he has done for us," said Rajotte.  "Not only has he allowed us to honor him with this breakfast and raise a significant amount of funds for VHF, but several years, at his retirement, Fr. Bevington requested that in lieu of gifts that donations be made to VHF in his name.  He is a great priest and a great friend."

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Tony Pezzi, Parsons Engineering

Posted August 17th, 2009 by frajotte

Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti

Posted May 29th, 2009 by frajotte

IJDJ works with the people of Haiti in their non-violent struggle for the return and consolidation of constitutional democracy, justice and human rights, by distributing objective and accurate information on human rights conditions in Haiti, pursuing legal cases, and cooperating with human rights and solidarity groups in Haiti and abroad.
IJDH draws on its founders' internationally-acclaimed success accompanying Haiti's poor majority in the fields of law, medicine and social justice activism. We seek the restoration of the rule of law and democracy in the short term, and work for the long-term sustainable change necessary to avert Haiti's next crisis.

Alan Dooley, Architect

Posted July 24th, 2008 by frajotte

Alan Dooley has been involved with the design of Visitation Hospital since 1999.   He designed the Visitation Clinic, which opened in January 2008. 
Dooley has now begun design of both the Ambulatory Surgery Center and Hospital campus.  Dooley also serves as a member of the VHF Board of Directors. 
He has 20 years of widely varied experiences as a custom reisdential and commercial architect.  He is also a 3-D specialist, and has a current interest in sustainable "green" design.
Dooley attended the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and worked his way through college spending summers in construction with current Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, when Senator Corker ran a small company in Chattanooga.  He also worked for Earl Swennson Associates, Nashville.
He can be contacted directly via E-mail at Dooley@comcast.net

Salesian Missions

Posted June 11th, 2008 by frajotte

http://www.salesianmissions.org

Salesians is a missionary organization, based in New Rochelle, N.Y.  It was founded by Don Bosco for the purpose of teaching young people various trades that will help them find decent jobs and become self-sufficient, contributing members of society.  Today, they continue their mission of caring for the poor of the world with missionaries in over 131 countries.

University of Notre Dame Filariasis Project

Posted June 6th, 2008 by frajotte

http://www.haiti.nd.edu

Under the leadership of Fr. Thomas Streit, the University of Notre Dame's Haiti Project and VHF are working together to educate the people of Haiti on lymphatic filariasis.   Plans call for an eradication of lymphatic filariasis by the year 2013 through a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and through VHF and parishes, who are a part of the Parish Twinning Program of the Americas.  Co-fortified iodized salt and medications are being administered. 

OXFAM

Posted June 5th, 2008 by frajotte

http://www.oxfam.org

 Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working together with over 3,000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice.  Oxfam seeks increased worldwide public understanding that economic and social justice are crucial to sustainable development. 

Parish Twinning Program of the Americas

Posted March 28th, 2008 by rudy

Parish Twinning Program of the Americas

http://www.parishprogram.org
PTPA is a Catholic-affiliated 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which has helped to develop over 350 “sister parish” relationships between churches in the US and Canada and church communities in Haiti. This program’s outreach was extended in 1998 and now has 50 twinnings in Mexico, Central & South America, the Philippine Islands and Cuba. Since 1978 parishes have been providing resources and aid for healthcare, educational, pastoral, and economic purposes for their sister parishes throughout Haiti and other countries in Latin America.  With nearly 1,000 people traveling to Haiti each year, PTPA is the largest citizen-to-citizen network linking Haiti with North America. American and Canadian parishes have sent over $30 million in monetary relief over the years and shipped tons of medicines, medical and school supplies and other goods. The organization and its parishes have brought numerous children and adults to the US for life-saving medical care since 1988.  PTPA parishes have also sent hundreds of medical missions to Haiti since 1989 with more than 60 parishes participating in organizing medical teams. Medical missions have also now been extended into Honduras. When it became apparent in 1999 that a hospital was needed to serve the numerous medical teams in Haiti, PTPA established the Visitation Hospital Foundation (VHF), a separate 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based out of Nashville, Tennessee, which is also providing healthcare for the community of Petite Rivière de Nippes and the entire de Nippes region. Visitation Clinic, the first phase of the full-service hospital, was completed and dedicated on January 19, 2008.

The Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases

Posted March 28th, 2008 by rudy

http://ctdrt.bio.nd.edu/
The Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (CGHID) is an administrative structure at the University of Notre Dame that brings together a diverse group of faculty, staff and students from several different Colleges and Departments in the University whose research and teaching is focused on human pathogens and their invertebrate and vertebrate vectors, the diseases caused by these organisms, and the impact of these diseases on human society.

Vehicles for Charity

Posted March 28th, 2008 by rudy

http://www.vehiclesforcharity.org
Vehicles for Charity was founded with the purpose of providing a win-win situation, one charity helping another. Our mission is to generate funds that allow all of the charities listed on this site to fulfill their goals and missions. Vehicles for Charity is owned and operated by the Metropolitan Association of Retarded Citizens, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization formed in 1968 to support developmentally disabled individuals and their families.

GoodSearch

Posted March 28th, 2008 by rudy

http://www.goodsearch.com
We all have a cause we care about - whether it's finding a cure for cancer, saving the environment, finding homes for abandoned pets or so many other worthwhile endeavors. But what we don't all have is the time or money to support these efforts as much as we'd like. So, what if we could raise money for our favorite charities and schools by doing something we do every day — searching the Internet?

Donate to Visitation Hospital

Posted October 16th, 2008 by visiton

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