HAPI

Helping Haitians rise through innovation, collaboration, learning, and leadership. Guiding principles & core beliefs:
1. Everyone has something to contribute
8.

Women and girls in Haiti suffer the threat of violence, endure grinding poverty, die from inadequate healthcare, and confront overwhelming odds to achieve higher education and earn a living wage. At HAPI, women and girls have access to health services, vocational training, and youth programs to empower them to build a healthy, robust foundation from which they can lift themselves out of poverty. Develop local leaders who will lead and manage with integrity and creativity to arrive at sustainable solutions for growth for their country.
2. Economic empowerment of women is a key strategy in accomplishing our goals.
3. A healthy economic and social community must be built upon a moral and spiritual foundation.
4. Haiti will benefit from decentralization of resources and the development of rural areas with businesses, education and health services which reduce emigration, particularly of young adults.
5. A strong Haiti must include greater education, social and economic opportunities for women.
6. Equality of relationships (gender, class, cross-cultural) must be restored in order to achieve a healthy, prosperous community.
7. Alleviating poverty is not about filling an empty plate: it is about increasing confidence, education, spirituality, creativity, learning how to resolve conflict, and respect.
9. Do not do for someone what they can do for themselves. Charity that goes beyond short-term relief enables generational
poverty; focus on justice and empowerment to help people 'thrive' not only 'survive.'
10. External 'help' cannot care more about the program or change than the persons directly impacted or the change will not be sustained. It's not about 'us'!

12/16/2025

Nurse Michaelle brings preventive cardiac care directly to families, reminding us that serving with compassion is an act of joy. At HAPI, this is the joy we live every day.

As we continue this season of hope, help us reach our $35,000 year-end goal so we can keep serving our community with love and dignity : https://bit.ly/4hEF0LN

12/14/2025

This Advent season, we celebrate with joy and deep gratitude. Thanks to you, we have raised nearly $20,000 toward our $35,000 year-end goal and surpassed our $15,000 GivingTuesday target. Your generosity is carrying hope forward — helping families in Mizak La Vallée live healthier, more secure lives through HAPI’s work in healthcare, education, and livelihoods

As we continue this season of giving please consider giving today and sharing this mission with someone you love. Donate here: https://bit.ly/4hEF0LN

Thank you for being part of HAPI’s Advent journey.

12/13/2025

12/12/2025

My name is Rose Meline Noel. I am twenty-eight years old, and I live in Mizak. I am the mother of a lovely three-year-old boy and I am currently working as a lab technician at Felisane Health Center.

I first learned about HAPI and the Felisane Health Center because the institution is located in the same community where I live. I became part of the team when the previous laboratory staff member needed an assistant. The chief doctor at that time selected me because he believed I was a good fit for the position. My inspiration to join this institution was my desire to serve the patients who come here, especially those who live in my community.

What makes the Felisane Health Center unique to me is the way we welcome patients. Pregnant women receive special assistance that is very different from other places. Once they register, they do not spend too much money when the time comes to give birth. We also organize a club for them where we explain what they should do and what they should avoid during childbirth. They also receive a small care package. The medications in the center are affordable as well.

I feel proud and satisfied when I finish serving patients. Some arrive very afraid of injections, but after I take care of them, they tell me that the shot felt gentle. Others who refuse to give specimens such as urine or stool later return to thank me because the exam results helped them receive the right treatment and relief.

My salary plays a very important role in my life. As the eldest daughter, I help meet some of my family’s needs. My income also allows me to take care of my young son. I live only five minutes away from the clinic, so I do not need to pay for transportation. This allows me to save money for other essential needs.

This Advent season, I invite you to support the work that is transforming lives at the Felisane Health Center trough this link: https://bit.ly/4hEF0LN. My story is only one example of what your generosity makes possible.

12/07/2025

Another impactful workshop yesterday!
Our theme: HIV/AIDS and sexual & reproductive health.
With Nurse Florence and Dr. Zéphir, students received clear, honest, and essential information to protect their health and future.

12/05/2025

At HAPI, we’re grateful for every moment when families find healing, students discover new possibilities, and youth take a step toward their future. None of this happens without the quiet, essential support of people like you.
This Advent, we invite you to give the gift of sustaining hope — helping us meet our year-end goal of $35,000 to keep clinics open, classrooms bright, and opportunities alive for our community. Donate here : https://bit.ly/4hEF0LN

12/03/2025

A big Thanks to everyone who has given throughout this GivingTuesday. Your generosity will carry hope into clinic rooms, classrooms, and homes across Mizak.
Your support reminds our staff, our families, and our entire community that they are not alone — that there are people sustaining the work that keeps them moving forward. We are deeply grateful.

As we approach the end of this day, there is still time to multiply that impact. If you haven’t given yet, or if you feel moved to give again, your gift can help us cross the finish line and reach our $15,000 GivingTuesday goal.
Every dollar tonight keeps hope alive and futures bright. Share your gift trough this link: https://bit.ly/4hEF0LN

12/02/2025

We are almost halfway there! Thanks to your generosity, we’ve already raised $7,160 — almost the midpoint of our $15,000 GivingTuesday goal.
Now we need your help to push even further. Let’s keep this momentum going and fill the thermometer together.
https://bit.ly/4hEF0LN

12/02/2025

GivingTuesday is finally here. And today, hope begins with you.

Across HAPI, countless lives depend on the invisible, essential costs that keep our doors open each day: electricity that powers our clinic and classrooms, fuel that brings our staff into the community, internet that keeps students connected, and salaries that ensure our dedicated team can continue serving with compassion. These are the quiet foundations behind every heartbeat checked, every lesson taught, every small business launched.
Today, your generosity strengthens all of it. With your help, we aim to raise $15,000 to keep health, education, acute needs, and livelihoods alive for the families of Mizak.
Give today and help us launch this with strength and hope. : https://bit.ly/4hEF0LN

12/01/2025

Sustaining hope, keeping futures bright!
We are one sleep away from GivingTuesday. Your generosity tomorrow powers the essentials that keep HAPI running to serve our community.
Give now to help us reach our $15,000 GivingTuesday goal : https://bit.ly/4hEF0LN

12/01/2025

GivingTuesday is tomorrow!
We are counting down to a powerful day of generosity that keeps HAPI’s mission alive. Your support fuels the unseen costs — salaries, electricity, fuel, internet — that keep our clinic open, our classrooms running, and youth programs thriving.
Tomorrow, help us reach $15,000 to sustain hope and keep futures bright. Use the following link to donate: https://bit.ly/4hEF0LN

11/27/2025

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

The three adults in this picture are part of HAPI’s hypertension program, and today they join us in wishing you a warm Happy Thanksgiving.

Today, we give thanks for the privilege of serving our community and reaching those in needs.

As we prepare for GivingTuesday on December 2, we invite you to help us to continue sustaining Hope and Keeping Futures Bright in our community. Let’s turn gratitude into action today by donating through this link : https://bit.ly/4hEF0LN

Address

P. O. Box 68227
Grand Rapids, MI
49503

Telephone

+16164469558

Website

http://www.haitianassets.org/

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