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Centre Hospitalier de Fontaine Foundation

Centre Hospitalier de Fontaine is a private nonprofit hospital (CHF) started by Mr. Jose Ulysse in 1991. CHF is located in the commune of Cité-Soleil, Haiti. For over 30 years, CHF has been self-funded by  Gheriane Kareen.  The hospital was funded by the Ulysses family, who invested up to 40% of their profits. This unsustainable funding model resulted in the death of Mr. Ulysses' mother, who had CHF and passed away due to oxygen deficiency.

 

CHF Foundation's mission is to "first and foremost save lives by improving the quality and accessibility of healthcare, education, and fair employment opportunities in low-income, highly marginalized, underdeveloped Haitian communities globally through a strong network of economic and service partners." To summarize they Identify schools and hospitals that are underfunded and serve marginalized communities.

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  1. Identify their strengths and weaknesses.

  2. Develop, launch, and oversee healthcare, education, and workforce development programs to build on their strengths and improve their weaknesses.

  3. Match these programs to foundations, corporations, and C-suite executives who want to help Haiti but need help knowing where to begin.

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Currently, the CHF Foundation supports one hospital: CHF Hospital, one K-12 grade school, and one post-secondary school in Cité-Soleil, Haiti. Their focus is on highly marginalized communities because they believe that if organizations don't work in inner cities for any reason, they will continue to be breeding grounds for numb, violent individuals. CHF Foundation's annual fundraising objective is $200,000, which will be distributed equally among our healthcare, education, and workforce development programs. The CHF Foundation is seeking long-term economic partners to aid its efforts to move its local partners and communities relying on their services towards sustainability, thereby reducing their dependence on aid.

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Urgently needed

Energy 

  • 30 solar panels,

  •  60 batteries,

  • (two )4 or 5 kilowatts inverters.

Education

  • 30 new or lightly used Laptops or tablets

  • 1-year + subscription to Starlink Internet

  • Classroom & recess Supplies ( Kindergarten - 12th grade)

  • Arts & Crafts supplies and musical instruments

Patient Care

  • Portable/movable ultrasound machine,

  • movable x-ray machine,

  • NICU vitals monitoring equipment,

  • mobile adult vitals monitoring equipment

  • On-Site Oxygen Generators

Workforce Development

  • Electric Sewing Machines

  • Multi-needle embroidery machine

  • Overhead projector, speakers, and microphones

  • 1-year + Starlink Internet subscription

Humanitarian

  • Installation of SaniSwiss water purification system at CHF to provide drinking water to all patients and allow drinking water distribution during its mobile clinics.

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About Founder

Gheriane “Kareen” Ulysse is the Haitian-American founder and executive-director of the Centre Hospitalier de Fontaine Foundation (CHFF) with five (5) years of experience working in high-risk, marginalized, underdeveloped communities such as Cité-Soleil, Haiti. She is next in line to continue and scale up her father's 31-year old hospital Centre Hospitalier de Fontaine or Fontaine Hospital (CHF) and workforce development legacy in Cité-Soleil, Haiti. The father-daughter duo's work has been featured in Associated Press, ABC news, Le Point-Metropole, and Ayibopost, to name a few.

Kareen’s wildest dream for CHFF is to :

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Build , and oversee operations of at least one private regional hospital in all 10 departments in Haiti. Build and oversee operations of at least one college in all 10 departments Facilitate Research at CHF Develop , and launch revolutionary education programs to make affordable quality education accessible to all.

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