How We Help:
IGH helps our brothers & sisters in Haiti by sending regular shipments of
Bulk Food, Over-the-Counter Medical Supplies, Clothing & School Supplies to
xxx in Gonaives, Haiti. |
U.S. Operations:
Our US operations is based in Columbia, MD, just outside Washington, D.C.
It is from here the logistics of:
- Define upcoming Aid Campaigns, determine goods for shipment (bulk
food, over the counter medical supplies, clothing, school supplies, etc.)
and target ship date. During 2002/2003 we were sending goods every other
month. We hope to increase this to monthly by mid-2004.
- Organize fund raising events and work with local businesses to raise
needed monies and solicit donations of food, clothing & equipment.
We bulk
order food and other supplies, pack & box goods obtained locally, and
coordinate shipping via a warehouse in Rivera Beach, Florida.
- From the warehouse in Florida, everything is loaded up on pallets and
shipped to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Haiti Operations:
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Our Haiti Operations is based out of the xxx Church in Gonaives,
approximately 70 miles north of Port-Au-Prince Haiti.
The xxx mission has been in Haiti since xxxx and is supervised by
Fr. Venel Suffrard, a xxx priest with the xxx order.
What we Provide:
- Bulk food items: Rice, Sugar, Flour, Pinto Beans, Corn Meal,
Vegetable Oil, Bulgar Wheat, etc.
- Over the counter Medical Supplies: Baby Formula,
vitamins, bandages, aspirin, antiseptics, etc.
- School and Educational Supplies: paper, pencils, art supplies,
small office copier, etc.
- Other misc. items: Summer clothing, toys.
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