What We Do
Medical & Dental Clinic
HOM converted an abandoned building into the St. Pierre Healthcare Clinic. In November of 2005, the clinic opened full time and is now staffed by sixteen full and part time employees. These include a family physician, a dentist, a pediatrician, and two lab technicians.
Patients are charged 150 Haitian Gourds ($1.14) for doctor consultation and medicine. For patients with no money, there is no charge. For lab analysis, there is a charge of 150 Haitian Gourds ($1.14) to 200 Haitian Gourds ($1.52). Lab work is free for those who have no money.
Our challenge is to continue providing operating expenses for the clinic, which amounts to $3,700 monthly.
Schools
HOM provides support to schools that total 1,500 students in the Mirebalais area - St. Pierre, St. Louis, Trianon, and Desvarrieux. Support comes in the form of teacher salaries and school supplies, construction projects, fluoride treatments and mobile medical/dental visits.
Mobile Health Clinics
On previous mission trips, working with the staff of our medical/dental clinic, each year we have traveled to the surrounding communities of Desvarrieux, Trianon, Noyau, and the city of Hinche and conducted mobile medical and dental clinics.
Fluoride Treatments
Oral hygiene demonstrations and treatments of fluoride and anti-parasite medicine are given to 1500 school children in five or six schools. Children with severe tooth decay can be sent to our Dental clinic.
Mission Trip Photos & Videos
Mission Trip Photos & Videos
See a collection of photos & videos from our mission trips:
Mirebalais School Support
February 2024
Letter from Fr Pere Alphonse on School Support:
Dear all,
I greet you in the name of the Living God. I believe that, despite the difficult situations, God keeps you alive and healthy. I thank Him so much for that.
For the past two years Port-au-Prince has become a zone with almost no government: there most parents have lost their jobs and their children can no longer go to school. Now the conditions in the Capital have become much more serious. Some of the people fleeing Port-au-Prince have come to Mirebalais with almost nothing. We provide aid. The children attend school without paying tuition and I have not yet finished paying teachers' salary for the school year 2021-2022.
There are students who come to school from far away and who do not have money to get something to eat. We have considered what to do and we would like to give the students a daily hot meal. Things are difficult for us!
We are knocking at your door. As good Samaritans could you help us do this? A child who does not eat will not be able to learn well. As the Haitian proverb says: "Sak vid pa kanppe" (a hungry belly has no ears).
Please help us! God will give it back to you a hundredfold.
Thanks already for your partnership.
God bless you!
Fr. Pere Alphonse
St. Pierre Episcopal Church
Mirebalais, Haiti
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Letter from our President:
Dear friends of Haiti,
Fr. Alphonse sent us the above letter in the fall of 2022 and re-sent it last month letting us know that conditions are even worse now.
He struggles to keep the schools open so children can learn instead of being on the streets. He thinks that gangs recruit the young people who roam the streets. (His letter has been edited for clarity and space.)
If you can help, please use the DONATE button below and select either
‘Greatest Need’ or ‘School Support’.
OR mail donation to: Haiti Outreach Mission; 5700 Crooks Rd, Suite 100; Troy, MI 48098
I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Dominique Monde-Matthews M.D.,
President, Haiti Outreach Mission
