The Haitian Academy is a not-for-profit institution of education, certified by the U.S. Treasury Department.
The Haitian Academy Earthquake Relief Update Updated February 7th, 2010   Friday February 5th, 2010   A team from the organizations Samaritan's Purse in coordination with First Response Team of America were present at the campus of The Haitian Academy with heavy equipment to start a two-day long effort to take apart a portion of roof on a building used to house staff members and guests on the campus.  The team carefully worked to tear down the roof while trying to prevent damage to the remainder of the building.   Once they had completed, the team proceeded to clean up the construction scraps and to transport them to an other site on the campus where they will be recycled in the future.    We at The Haitian Academy would like to thank Samaritan's Purse and Frist Response Team of America for their help and contribution towards helping us reestablish the safe environment that existed on campus before the January 12th earthquake.         This morning, a group from Jackson Ville Baptist Association arrived at the hospital clinic of the University of The Haitian Academy (UHA) to provide medical care to patients in the community.  This team composed of three medical doctors (Dr. Mike White, Dr. John Brown, Dr. Leo Vieira), two nurses (Chris Reppart, Joe Bradley), and an engineer (Ron White) came to Haiti on a 6 day volunteer mission trip.  This team headed by Dr. Mike White worked all day with UHA’s hospital clinic staff providing care and medications to over 60 patients.  In the afternoon, Dr. John Brown made the necessary adjustments to our damaged surgery room and successfully completed three minor surgeries with the assistance of a medical doctor from UHA's first promotion.         Updated January 25th, 2010 The Haitian Academy Earthquake Relief Update
Dear Friends, From the bottom of our hearts we would like to thank you for all the love and support you have shown us. Below is the latest news from the Haitian Academy campus. The campus population has grown to 200. Food for the Poor has provided us with 5 tents, rice, beans, 60 blankets or so, and snacks for the children. Diesel has become so expensive that we need to focus on obtaining an alternative source of energy. We are working on getting inverters because electricity is crucial. We met the head of the Crisis Committee (CNSSS), Dr. Claude Surena and the General Director of the Health Department of Haiti, Dr. Timothe Gabriel.Together we worked on a list of medicines needed to continue providing medical assistance. PROMESSE is the outlet from which those medicines are distributed. There are further discussions taking place so that the Hospital Center of the University of The Haitian Academy can be used to provide further health care assistance to people in need. More than ever our efforts to help Haiti is needed today.  We posted a few pictures below. We will continue to keep you updated. Thank you
Classical school wall and window damage
Classical school rest room damage
University Hospital Center drop ceiling damage
Bakery Oven Damage
	Photography by D. Seidel

Dear Friends:

All the boarding school children, supervisors, University boarding, patients, and guests are split into groups. The majority of the groups are camped out on the soccer field. This is also where we prepare their food. Many of the patients from our clinic on campus are camped out on the side lawn where we continue to care for them.

We treat the patients with the medicines that we have, but are unable to purchase more. Every day we send a team to the airport and to the Health Department in search of medical supplies in order to keep our medical services available. We are getting ready to receive some tents, from which we will continue to serve the injured and wounded from Cabaret, Arcahaie, Port-Au-Prince, and the Minoterie factory (Les Moulins D’Haiti).

Our doctors and staff are also operating out of a small burn clinic nearby. We have been taking care of badly burned employees of the Minoterie (Les Moulins D’Haiti), the nearby flower mill.

On campus, we are 130 (and growing) to feed, and there is no propane gas for sale.

We have electricity problems. Since the earthquake, we rely on our generator for electricity and purchase diesel everyday in order to keep it running. There is very little diesel available and our funds are low.  Our only solution not to find ourselves in total darkness is to use solar energy. We found new solar panels, Inverters, and Trojan batteries available for purchase. We are putting together the cost of a system that will serve the campus in the most efficient and economic manner. We will keep you updated.  

The walls of the classical school have been damaged. Thank God no one was hurt. The structures and the concrete roofs are not damaged. Part of the drop ceiling of the University’s hospital center fell, including the AC system, some external walls of the emergency room, and the partition of the consultation room. Today we had two major cleaning shifts at the clinic.

We definitely need monetary support. Any donations will be greatly appreciated.

Our security team is operating on campus 24/7

Marie-Pologne J. Rene
President / Founder
Haitian Academy, Port-au-Prince, Haiti


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January 13th, 2010

The Haitian Academy - Earthquake Safety Announcement

We would like to inform the concerned public that both students & staff members at The Haitian Academy are safe and sound after the tragic earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12th 2010.

We appreciate your thoughts and prayers and will keep you informed on the situation.-