Sustainable Healthcare for Haiti

Sustainable Healthcare for Haiti’s (SHH) mission is to help improve the lives of the children of Haiti – currently focused on the children and young adults of Fondation Montesinos / Saint Dominiques orphanage. We provide assistance in the areas of healthcare, education, food, housing, life skills & professional development, and above all, a safe, family, and faith-based environment. We strive to prepare the children and young adults as best as possible to live sustainable and successful lives on their own.

Sustainable Healthcare for Haiti (SHH) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to enhancing the quality of life for Haitian children. We can affect long-term health and well-being outcomes in under-served communities by addressing the relationship between individuals and healthcare. We enable children to see education and healthcare as a fundamental need to be fulfilled regardless of finances and family status, by promoting ownership of the well-being, and creating a welcoming place of comfort, safety, and opportunity. We take a holistic view of health, focusing on the medical, educational, developmental (professional and life skills), and spiritual needs of each child. Anyone familiar with Haiti’s challenges over the past 20 years knows we can’t bring peace and stability to the entire region —but we can protect and support the most vulnerable, one child at a time.

There are currently 82 young adults and children of Saint Dominique’s orphanage from the ages of 4 to 21 who are living in 3 different houses along with nuns and staff. One house is for the boys and girls under 18, while the two remaining houses are transition houses for the young adults (boys and girls live separately) as they learn to cook, clean, work, etc. in preparation for living in Haiti independently. Every donation goes towards helping these amazing kids and young adults live a successful, sustainable, and long life.

The orphanage, along with a 650-person school (K-12), was established in 2010 by Father Charles Moise in Titanyen, Haiti on top of a hillside overlooking Route 1 after the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake. Due to recent unrest and gang violence, the children had to evacuate Titanyen and are now living in Port-Au-Prince.