How You Can Help
Dear Friends of Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti,

As we have all heard many reports of the terrible disaster--a 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, the worst in 200 years. Up to 3 million people may have been affected. So far, hundreds of thousands of people have died.

We at Hôpital Albert Schweitzer (HAS) have been asked to help with rescue and relief efforts for this devastating earthquake which has ravaged homes, buildings, hospitals, and hotels near Port au Prince. Our hospital will set up as a special hospital for surgery and trauma and we will accept patients from the affected area in addition to our efforts as a Hôpital de Référence from our own area. This with require HAS to staff up and to add the beds, medical supplies, and vehicles necessary to bring earthquake victims in for the help they need.

We need your unrestricted financial help to do this. At this moment, we are not sure of the total extent of damage and the extent of our responsibility, but we will gauge our ability to help by the financial aid we receive from you, our friends.

If you are able to dig deeply into your hearts and help us, please do so immediately through making direct contributions to our hospital.

We thank you in advance for your continued and extraordinary support. We will do our part. It is our mission to provide healthcare to this poorest country in the western hemisphere.

Many thanks,

Lucy Rawson

President, Friends of HAS Haiti