Our Accomplishments
We have established a 501C(3) tax-exempt corporation known as the Christian Haitian American Partnership (CHAP), and made a commitment to provide assistance through a poor Haitian priest, Pere Val. We have raised and donated more one half million dollars. Our partners in this effort include area Rotary Clubs and Rotary International, the Chapin Foundation in Myrtle Beach, churches, schools and individuals with a big heart. For more than a dozen years, we have assisted Haitian hospitals with numerous medical and dental teams. We have donated $1 million in medications.
6,000 children and 30,000 adults in Third World Countries die everyday from drinking contaminated water. This is a pervasive health hazard in Haiti. We have received 2 Rotary Matching Grant totaling $150,000. We have completed our first major project in Croix des Bouquets. We have dug a deep-water well, and have provided a pump, diesel generator, elevated water tank, septic system, solar panels and electricity. A similar second project in Gorman is in progress.
Our Education Initiative
Haitian parents know that education is the most important tool to permit their children to escape from the grasp of poverty, and achieve financial stability. On mission trips, we often see children studying under scattered street lamps, because their homes have no electric power. But, there are no public schools in Haiti; private schools are primitive at best with few supplies and austere buildings. One year of education costs $240 - an unreasonable expense for the average Haitian family, earning less than $2 per day. Pere Val is responsible for 5 schools with over 1,500 students. Teachers earn $1,740 per year. Because of tuition shortfalls, many teachers go for months without money to support their own families.
We are committed to provide the funds for 750 of the poorest children and orphans to attend school, but we cannot do it alone. We appreciate your commitment to adopt a Haitian child for a year. A single contribution of $240, or a monthly contribution of $20, will assure a needy child a seat in a classroom for a year.
This packet provides information and pictures of your child and the environment in which they live. The school superintendent, Bienvenu (which means Welcome in Creyole) has assured me that correspondence will be provided between the needy child and the host family, to report progress in school and personal experiences.
As a result of a Haitian education, we have witnessed many who have escaped the oppressive poverty to lead happy, productive lives as doctors, lawyers, engineers and teachers. Your care and concern will have a dramatic, enduring effect on the life of one of the poorest people on the face of the earth.
May God bless you bountifully,
Dr. Bill Greene
Contact us at GUDOC96@HOTMAIL.COM.
Send donations to
The Christian Haitian American Partnership
P.O. Box 70132
Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
Checks are made out to CHAP; they should include the child’s I.D. number.
To learn more about our work, you will find videos, articles and photos on our website ChicoraRotary.com ( then go to Haiti ).
To keep abreast of current events in our education initiative, visit CHAPHAITI.ORG for photographs and stories about our children and their schools.
Haitian parents know that education is the most important tool to permit their children to escape from the grasp of poverty, and achieve financial stability. On mission trips, we often see children studying under scattered street lamps, because their homes have no electric power. But, there are no public schools in Haiti; private schools are primitive at best with few supplies and austere buildings. One year of education costs $240 - an unreasonable expense for the average Haitian family, earning less than $2 per day. Pere Val is responsible for 5 schools with over 1,500 students. Teachers earn $1,740 per year. Because of tuition shortfalls, many teachers go for months without money to support their own families.
We are committed to provide the funds for 750 of the poorest children and orphans to attend school, but we cannot do it alone. We appreciate your commitment to adopt a Haitian child for a year. A single contribution of $240, or a monthly contribution of $20, will assure a needy child a seat in a classroom for a year.
This packet provides information and pictures of your child and the environment in which they live. The school superintendent, Bienvenu (which means Welcome in Creyole) has assured me that correspondence will be provided between the needy child and the host family, to report progress in school and personal experiences.
As a result of a Haitian education, we have witnessed many who have escaped the oppressive poverty to lead happy, productive lives as doctors, lawyers, engineers and teachers. Your care and concern will have a dramatic, enduring effect on the life of one of the poorest people on the face of the earth.
May God bless you bountifully,
Dr. Bill Greene
Contact us at GUDOC96@HOTMAIL.COM.
Send donations to
The Christian Haitian American Partnership
P.O. Box 70132
Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
Checks are made out to CHAP; they should include the child’s I.D. number.
To learn more about our work, you will find videos, articles and photos on our website ChicoraRotary.com ( then go to Haiti ).
To keep abreast of current events in our education initiative, visit CHAPHAITI.ORG for photographs and stories about our children and their schools.
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