Give a Life!

Give another human being the chance to have a healthy life.

Right now, someone’s loved ones are praying that their child, parent, or grandparent won’t die or be disabled because of a lack of medical care. In Haiti, without a local hospital with skilled medical professionals, many people die.

Parents die leaving their children to take their chances living on the streets. In the prime of their life, women and men become disabled with injuries or diseases that went untreated. People go blind for want of preventative care or simple treatments.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

Since 1986, Hôpital Sacré Coeur has served a total of over one million patients in northern Haiti with dedication, skill and love. Through full-service medical and public health education outreach programs, over 100,000 people a year receive the treatment and education necessary to live healthy, productive, and hopeful lives.

Mothers birth their children in safe environments. Breadwinners receive the medications they need so they can continue feeding their families. Children have the opportunity for a healthy future.

A core of dedicated, skilled staff secures Hôpital Sacré Coeur’s place as a Haitian success story.


Your sponsorship of Hôpital Sacré Coeur staff will make remarkable success possible.

* You directly impact the delivery of quality healthcare.
* You provide employment which keeps families cared for and together.
* You help improve the quality of — and in many cases save — countless lives.

Start a new giving tradition. Give a Life!

Sponsor the work of a medical professional at Hôpital Sacré Coeur, be an Angel of the Day, or step up to be the Champion of the Month. Give someone, who just happened to be born in a low resource country, the chance to have a life.

Giving doesn’t get more meaningful than that.


SPONSOR A PHYSICIAN FOR ONE YEAR

Without skilled medical care, people in Haiti suffer needlessly, face life with physical compromise and often die.

Your gift will ensure that a highly skilled physician works full time for a year at Hôpital Sacré Coeur delivering life-saving medical care to the poor. Whether in the field of pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, cardiology, orthopedics, emergency medicine or internal medicine, the MD who benefits from your generosity will serve an average of 150 patients a week—that’s 150 people each week who have a chance to have a healthy life!

Your gift will provide employment for a highly trained professional and will give Haitian men, women and children the chance to regain the physical wellness needed to put food on their family table, pursue an education, and give back to their communities.

The cycle of needless suffering and death can be abated through your meaningful and impactful giving!

If you are interested in sponsoring a Hôpital Sacré Coeur Physician for one year at $30,000.00, please download this form to mail in your donation.

(We cannot accept Physician Sponsorship donations online because PayPal limits single transactions to $10,000 or below.)


SPONSOR A PHARMACIST FOR ONE YEAR

With the proper medication, many suffering people feel blessed relief and a vast improvement in their health. In any hospital, medical personnel and patients look to the pharmacist for procurement, management and appropriate distribution of medications and medical supplies. Hôpital Sacré Coeur’s team of pharmacists fills more than 329,000 prescriptions each year.

Your generous gift will provide full time employment for one year for a trained pharmacist at Hôpital Sacré Coeur’s busy pharmacy. In turn, the bottle of pills, operating room gases, and wound care dressings sent into action, by your sponsored pharmacist, will bring heavenly relief and more hopeful futures for the more than 6,600 in-patients and more than 62,000 out patients who walk through the hospital doors each year.

Your generosity will provide crucial components to aid in the healing process.



Use this PayPal button to sponsor a Hôpital Sacré Coeur Pharmacist for one year at $10,000.000


SPONSOR A DENTIST FOR ONE YEAR

Pain from the teensiest of cavities can fell the burliest of men from sheer agony. Imagine going through life without any dental care. Unfortunately, in Haiti, dentists are few and far between. Fortunately, Hôpital Sacré Coeur has a rare, full service dental clinic.

Your gracious gift places a qualified dentist in the clinic, full time for a year. Thanks to YOU, children and adults in Northern Haiti won’t have to live with dental pain, broken teeth, abscesses, or debilitating gum disease.

Accident victims, who visit the hospital’s emergency room, will have immediate access to dental repairs. People with serious jaw and lower facial disabilities will have the option of a more normal life.

Your impactful generosity will be felt by many Haitians!

Use this PayPal button to sponsor a Hôpital Sacré Coeur Dentist for one year at $9,500.00


SPONSOR A NURSE FOR ONE YEAR

Everyone knows the bulk of day to day patient care lies in the hands of the nurse. And a nurse’s hands are busy! They provide skilled delivery of medications, treatments and wound care. They keep track of vital statistics and make sure any changes receive prompt attention. And, the nurse finds time to offer the words of encouragement, the compassionate listening ears, and the fluff of a pillow or tuck of a sheet that all add up to a higher level of comfort for each patient.

Your kind gift places one nurse at Hôpital Sacré Coeur for one year; a year’s worth of medical skill, caring and comfort for the average of 780 patients and their families each Hôpital Sacré Coeur nurse sees in one year.

That’s a lot of nursing back to health . . . all thanks to YOU!

Use this PayPal button to sponsor a Hôpital Sacré Coeur Nurse for one year at $6,000.00



SPONSOR A SUPPORT STAFF MEMBER FOR ONE YEAR

Hospitals are busy places that require lots of trained professionals to deliver full service patient care. Technicians fill the laboratory, specialists draw blood, housekeepers keep the rooms spotless, and aides assist nurses. And that is just the tip of the long list of people who dedicate their working lives to keeping people alive and making people well at Hôpital Sacré Coeur.

Your generosity will provide a year’s employment for one of the unsung heroes and heroines of Hôpital Sacré Coeur who diligently work behind the scenes to keep the hospital running smoothly.

You give the gift of employment and in turn they will devote their attention to doing the best they can to keep Hôpital Sacré Coeur one of Haiti’s best run hospitals.

Use this PayPal button to sponsor a Hôpital Sacré Coeur Support Staff Member for one year at $3,000.00


BE AN ANGEL OF THE DAY AT HÔPITAL SACRÉ COEUR!

A lot happens in the course of a day at Hôpital Sacré Coeur. Patients arrive at 6 am, many having walked 10 miles or more, to get the medical attention that is in regrettably short supply in Haiti. All day long people stream into the hospital; mothers to deliver their babies, patients visiting one of the many clinics, and others in need of emergency care. In one day and under one roof, patients consult with the doctors, complete all of their laboratory tests, return to the doctors for results and receive medications from the pharmacy.

A day can mean life or death for those who come to Hôpital Sacré Coeur seeking care.

More than 100,000 people a year visit the Hôpital Sacré Coeur campus. Over 400 full and part time employees dedicate themselves to making sure their healthcare needs are met and each patient is treated with the upmost dignity, respect and compassion.

Please help keep the hospital properly staffed to face whatever medical needs walk through the door.

There is a Haitian proverb that says “Men anpil chay pa lou” – Many hands make the load lighter. With your generous sponsorship of a day (or more), you ensure that Hôpital Sacré Coeur stands ready to change the lives of hundreds of impoverished Haitians for generations to come.

Angel of the Day Sponsorships can be given as gifts in memory, in honor or to celebrate special days such as birthdays, anniversaries or feast days. Treat a loved one or yourself to this very special gift. Community groups, schools, churches and families may consider fundraising to collectively sponsor a day or more at Hôpital Sacré Coeur.

An acknowledgement card will be sent to the sponsor and recipient.

donate3Use the donate buttons below to be an Angel of the Day with a donation of $4,000, or be an Angel of the Half Day with a donation of $2,000.


SET A BROKEN ARM FOR 4 CHILDREN

Children bump, skid, stumble and crash their way to adulthood and every parent logs a notable amount of time in the emergency room or doctor’s office while the latest misadventure gets patched up. Rarely does the bumbling of children turn unalterably tragic, except in Haiti.

In a nation smothered in poverty, poorly nourished and malnourished children do not have the strong immune systems to speed on the healing process. A general lack of vaccinations such as tetanus turns every cut into a potential death blow. Sources of injury and incapacitating infections lurk on every makeshift play area.

Without skilled medical care and treatment facilities, many a Haitian boy’s and girl’s life has been cut short, simply because they were a typical child. At Hôpital Sacré Coeur, children’s injuries get patched up with excellent medical care. With your loving gift, you cover the costs of a broken arm repair for 4 children.

Thanks to you, tears are dried, and the children are out the door to enjoy the delights of simply being a child. Isn’t that a precious gift!

Use this PayPal button to set a broken arm for 4 children at Hôpital Sacré Coeur for $888.00


PROVIDE A DIABETIC CHILD WITH INSULIN FOR ONE YEAR

Each of the more than 120 pediatric patients at Hôpital Sacrè Coeur — aged 5 months to 24 years — lives with Type 1 diabetes, an affliction with no cure. Each youngster must receive multiple insulin injections daily in order to live. There is no wriggle room with Type 1 diabetes: without insulin, the child dies. It is that tragically simple.

Thanks to the immensely successful Pediatric Diabetes Program at Hôpital Sacré Coeur — one of the very few in the nation — these children receive insulin, medical management, group support and training.

With your gift, you will provide one child with a year’s worth of insulin, a glucometer and related supplies, hospital medical care, and even transportation to and from Hôpital Sacrè Coeur. Each child also gets a specially crafted clay pot to keep their insulin climate controlled — a necessity where refrigerators are a luxury few can afford.

Quite simply, you give the gift of life to a child!

Use this PayPal button to provide a diabetic child at Hôpital Sacré Coeur with insulin for one year at $600.00


PROVIDE PAP SMEARS FOR 75 WOMEN

Cervical cancer is a leading cause of death for Haitian women and the Pap Smear is a critical diagnostic tool. Unfortunately, the test is not widely available to women because of the lack of Pathologists, the experts who interpret the test, and the shortage of laboratories to prepare it. When women are able to get a Pap Smear, it often takes 3 – 6 months to receive the results.

Not so at Hôpital Sacré Coeur! Pap Smears are a routine procedure with results delivered that day.

Imagine the relief a woman feels, knowing the results and having any issues addressed quickly and at the same facility. For Haitian women, this rare reality is miraculous.

Your gift will provide 75 women with the miracle of getting a Pap Smear. The relief you provide to these women is truly priceless!

Use this PayPal button to provide PAP Smears for 75 women at Hôpital Sacré Coeur for $500.00


COVER THE COSTS OF A NORMAL DELIVERY FOR 5 BABIES

Currently 80% of Haitian pregnant women are delivering babies without a skilled birth attendant. These infants often arrive on the dirt floor of a flimsy shack. An unsterile knife or machete cuts the umbilical cord. Without proper equipment and skilled attendants complications are not properly addressed. No wonder Haiti has an exceptionally high infant and maternal mortality rate.

Hôpital Sacré Coeur offers a rare, stark contrast to this way of birth. Excellent obstetricians and maternity medical staff, sterile delivery and operating rooms, a neo-natal intensive care unit, and a robust pediatrics department all work together to keep birthing a health child a healthy, joy filled occasion.

Your compassionate gift covers the cost of a medically safe and dignified birth for 5 precious babies.

Use this PayPal button to cover the costs of a normal delivery for 5 babies Hôpital Sacré Coeur at $300.00


COVER THE COSTS OF A CHILD’S EMERGENCY APPENDECTOMY

Many parents know that moment of panic when their child’s presumed stomachache presents as possible appendicitis. Their heart beats faster than the clock. Moments count. A burst appendix spells serious complication and even death. In the US, the child is rushed to the emergency room — in most of Haiti that is a rare option.

Thankfully, Hôpital Sacré Coeur has one of the best ERs in the country, top notch pediatricians and surgeons, and even an ambulance to speed the child to urgent care.

Your generous gift covers the cost of an emergency appendectomy for an extremely sick and scared child.

Without doubt, the parents will be singing your praises for helping their child dodge a potentially fatal bullet.

Use this PayPal button to cover the costs of a child’s emergency appendectomy at Hôpital Sacré Coeur for $250.00


PROVIDE 75 WOMEN WITH AN OB-GYN VISIT

Women’s health contributes greatly to the cornerstones of family and community vitality. Regular visits to a gynecologist and, for those pregnant, an obstetrician go a long way toward ensuring a woman is healthy. Due to a severe lack of OB-Gyn specialists in Haiti and a lack of personal resources, typically Haitian women seek medical help when their conditions are farther advanced than women in developed countries.

In northern Haiti, women find answers and blessed relief at Hôpital Sacré Coeur. Equipped with a variety of diagnostic tools, caring and competent medical staff and comforting surroundings, women get their questions answered and their health issues addressed in a timely manner. The women, their families and their communities’ benefit from their renewed and sustained good health.

Your exceedingly generous and compassion gift covers the cost of 75 women getting an OB-Gyn visit. That’s 75 extended families and their communities that benefit from a woman in peak shape and condition. Talk about having a significant, positive impact!

Use this PayPal button to provide 75 women at Hôpital Sacré Coeur an OB-Gyn Visit for $125.00


BE THE CHAMPION OF THE MONTH AT HÔPITAL SACRÉ COEUR!

Being born in a low resource country is no reason to be sentenced to a life without access to skilled medical care. At Hôpital Sacré Coeur, we are honored to relieve unnecessary suffering and cheat death of a much too early claim on someone’s life. Haitians are a hard working, resourceful, compassionate and resilient people. Every day they teach us how to live in gratitude and how to love one another no matter the circumstances.

Not a week goes by when many of the nearly 350 staff members of Hôpital Sacré Coeur voluntarily work extra hours and go the extra mile to serve the patients and their families. Hôpital Sacré Coeur is not just one of the largest employers in the northern region of Haiti; it is a place where nearly 350 employees live out a vocation and mission to care for their neighbors. To the people of the region, Hôpital Sacré Coeur is a living miracle. As one villager said, “We cannot conceive of Hôpital Sacré Coeur not being open. The thought of it, terrifies us.”

With your extraordinary donation, you ensure that the hospital is fully staffed with dedicated professionals for one month. In turn, thousands of people experience the answer to their prayers and receive the medical care they and their families need to continue their lives and to be a blessing to others.

For less than the cost of a luxury sedan, like the BMW 7 series or a Mercedes S Class, you have the unique honor of staffing an entire hospital for a month and directly impacting the lives of thousands of people. Without a doubt, your generosity will save a life; probably many lives. Talk about significant impact!

If you are interested in being The Champion of the month for $110,000, please download this form to mail in your donation.

(We cannot accept Champion of the Month donations online because PayPal limits single transactions to $10,000 or below.)