Several programs with Triangle connections work to alleviate the effects of poverty on the people of Haiti. All accept donations through their Web sites.
Hearts With Haiti : with offices at West Raleigh Presbyterian Church, supports three children's homes in the country, two for former street boys and one for disabled girls and boys. Children who grew up in the homes often work as adults to expand the programs within them.
Family Health Ministries: run by a Durham OB/GYN and his wife, a nurse practitioner, works to improve health, nutrition and education in Haiti.
Hearts and Hands for Haiti : run by Stan Wiebe out the basement of his Raleigh home with guidance from Raleigh-area supporters, works with children and families in Gonaives.and is trying to raise $120,000 for immediate crisis relief and home rebuilding.
Merci Center: an outreach program of the North Carolina conference of the United Methodist Church and supported by congregations throughout the state, warehouses and distributes disaster relief supplies where they are needed. Preparing to ship items to Haiti.
Haiti Fund Inc. is a self-help agency that works with farmers in one rural watershed to improve growing practices and assist in reforestation.
The Haiti Connection is a Raleigh-based organization that builds coalitions for educational, medical and spiritual projects in Haiti.
