Article used with permission from The 100 Beds for Haiti Blog
Just a few short weeks ago, our first shipment of 35 beds to Hôpital Sacré Coeur (HSC) cleared customs in Cap Haitien and was delivered to the hospital in Milot. In his letter thanking 100 Beds for Haiti for campaigning, fundraising, and delivering the beds, HSC CFO Raymond Delnatus told us that “this donation was one of the most important shipments that we have received during the earthquake.”
Certainly our efforts were the efforts of a campaign that has spread far and wide, receiving logistical and monetary support from all over the world! Yet, it has been almost six months since the deadly earthquake, and according to U.N. General Secretary Ban Ki Moon Haiti still has not received enough aid on the ground.
Speaking to a BBC News radio program out of Jamaica, Moon described that immediate humanitarian assistance is only being received at 60 percent of the initial pledged donations. While the 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign is proud of the donation we have made so far, we will not stop until our pledge of 100 beds to HSC are shipped and delivered!
Happily, we are within reach of our pledge! We’ve had a second donation of 35 hospitals beds from Krankenhaus Bethanien hospital in Moers, Germany and have secured a great shipping contract! This means we only need to secure a donation of 30 additional beds and to raise the funds to ship them there to meet our goal. We will post more on our second offer of 35 beds tomorrow, along with shipping details and dates and our plans to raise the funds for the remaining beds.
Writing us this morning, Dr. Peter J. Kelly, President of The CRUDEM Foundation and HSC, expressed his gratitude for these donations as well:
The 100 Beds for Haiti Campaign has been inspiring and life-changing!! The CRUDEM Foundation/Hopital Sacre Coeur is honored to be the recipient of the work of such talented and dedicated people who care so passionately for the well-being of our Haitian sisters and brothers! The addition of quality hospital beds aids in patient healing and enhances their overall quality of care. You have helped us in meeting our goal to create a healthier Haiti, one dignified life at a time! God bless you all!
Very touched by the letter of gratitude from Raymond Delnatus, we’ve included it below for you to read as well:
Dear Judith Kaine,
I am Raymond Delnatus the CFO of Hospital Sacre-Coeur, I hear that you are the Director of the effort to send the beds down for our Hospital. Long time ago I kept looking for the donor of those beds because this donation was one of the most important shipments that we have received during the earthquake. On behalf of the Hospital Administration and the patients I thank you for this important donation that we have ever received, and I do not know without those beds how the 598 victims and patients that we have received could have been treated.
May God bless you all and you can continue to help the Crudem Foundation and the Hospital to take care of the Haitian people.
Attached are some photos to show you how we used the bed for the patients at the Hospital.
Thanks again for all you are doing for our Hospital.
Ray Delnatus
