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Help Haiti Now is a mission of charity and education with a three-fold purpose: to provide basic needs of healthcare and medicine, educational support, food, clothing, and shelter to Haitian people in abject poverty; to foster self-help in health, nutrition, hygiene, sanitation, and respect for the environment; and to increase public awareness in the United States of conditions and the lack of human necessities in developing countries.
Rachel Quirk established Help Haiti Now in 2005 as a nonprofit charitable and educational organization which holds 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt status. Help Haiti Now is an all-volunteer organization and operates with minimal administrative costs. Rachel is supported in this project by her mother and sister.
The needs and objectives for establishing this effort arose when, with a small medical team, Rachel Quirk traveled to Haiti for one week in May 2005. She was greatly disturbed by the distress and despair of the people.
Ms. Quirk returned to Haiti June 13 - July 12, 2005 to teach English to a home of orphans and a youth church group. During this time she thoroughly evaluated how and whom she might be able to help. She identified two rural communities in dire need of resources and financial support: Goyovier and 87th Place. Help Haiti Now supported these operations for over four years.
NOW - In response to the urgent need for shelter for orphaned children since the Haitian earthquake (1/12/2010), Help Haiti Now has established a home for 14 children just north of Montrouis. Help Haiti Now is also helping support another 250 relocated people from Port Au Prince in emergency shelter in Montrouis. Supporting these projects is now our focus.
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