Jesus Father of the Poor Clinic, Inc. is a Christian funded 501(c)(3) organization whose Mission Statement is as follows:
“To provide financial support, quality health services, and facilities to enhance the medical and personal well-being of the many underprivileged children and families in Haiti.”
Our vision is to help pregnant mothers, children, the elderly, and the needy who come to the clinic for help.
Through your donations we can achieve our mission!
Effective donations can break the cycle of poverty for the world’s neediest people. Preventing and fighting illness can keep children healthy and in school. Effective healthcare allows people to continue supporting their families when they might otherwise have to care for sick children, or themselves, be disabled by debilitating illness. Your donations provide those living in extreme poverty with the essential medicines, supplies, and resources necessary to attain a better standard of living.
All donations wholly support the work of the charity and its primary mission, the support of the Clinic. We do not go through any government agency. Donations are tax deductible as allowed under the law.
Jesus Father of the Poor Clinic began in Haiti with a vision of better health care for the women and children there and blossomed into care for all who came to the Clinic.
But, the Clinic is still in its infancy!
The challenge now is to hire and train help, and to obtain supplies and equipment while still trying to operate on approximately $75.00 per day.
Father Russell Wright, a Roman Catholic Priest, who was visiting Port-au-Prince and, quite by chance, happened to be introduced to the Clinic, was so inspired by the enthusiasm that he brought the vision back to SW Florida.
RECENT NEWS
May 2024 Updates
Congratulations! We have just celebrated our 7 Year Anniversary! Our specific purpose, to provide services and support to Jesus Father of the Poor Clinic in Haiti and the People of Haiti. We began by helping support a new initiative of the Congregation of the Mission, known as the Vincentians or Lazarists, to help the people of
things you should know about haiti
POVERTY
Poverty in Haiti affects its people in many aspects of everyday life, including housing, nutrition, education, healthcare, infant mortality rates, as well as environment. Haiti has constantly been plagued with low levels of living conditions, with many Haitians moving into the capital city of Port-au-Prince in a bid to escape poverty in the more rural areas of the country.
Levels of poverty in Haiti are generally regarded as among the most severe in the western hemisphere. Close to 60% of the population lives below the national poverty line. Twenty-five percent of Haiti’s people live in extreme poverty. Haiti ranks 59.5 in the Gini Coefficient index, with the richest 10% of Haitians receiving 47.83% of the nation’s income, while the poorest 10% receive less than 0.9%.
INFANT MORTALITY
Haiti’s infant mortality rate is 59 deaths for every 1,000 live births, according to the country’s most recent demographic and health survey (DHS).
According to the most recent estimates by UNFPA and partner UN agencies, a woman in Haiti has a one in 80 chances of dying due to pregnancy or child birth, compared to the region-wide risk of one in 510. There are many reasons women and infants in Haiti face these inflated risks. Chief among them are crushing poverty, poor health infrastructure and lack of access to health care. About half the population has no access to basic health services at all. The country made notable progress in health indicators, with infant mortality decreasing 44% since 1990, faster than the global average, according to the 2014 United Nations Development Program report.
CHALLENGES
Haiti is one of the world’s poorest countries and the poorest in the Americas region, with poverty, corruption, poor infrastructure, lack of health care and lack of education cited as the main sources. There is a strong correlation between corruption and poverty and Haiti ranked first of all countries surveyed for levels of perceived domestic corruption. The International Red Cross reports that seven out of ten Haitians live on less than US$2 a day. Most people have no transportation or access to Haitian hospitals.
The World Health Organization cites diarrhea diseases, HIV/AIDS, meningitis, and respiratory infections as common causes of death in Haiti Ninety percent of Haiti’s children suffer from waterborne diseases and intestinal parasites. The Incidence of tuberculosis in Haiti is more than ten times as high as in the rest of Latin America. Approximately 30,000 Haitians fall ill with malaria each year.
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