We're proud to announce our ongoing work to help rebuild and strengthen faith-based health care in Haiti. Catholic Healthcare West has joined with a number of other Catholic health ministries in the the Campaign for Rebirth and Renewal, which will bring modern, quality health care to our Haitian brothers and sisters.
Through the campaign, we have already made a $500,000 donation to Catholic Relief Services to support the rebuilding of Hospital St. Francois de Sales for the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince. This hospital, established in 1881, was long the primary health care provider for the poor of the Haitian capital. It was almost totally demolished in the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti Jan. 12, 2010.
The new 200-bed, 126,702-square-foot facility will serve as a teaching hospital, a center of excellence for infectious disease care and the primary referral hospital for the other faith-based hospitals in Haiti.
We're going to be raising a total of $9.55 million which will be used by CRS for the rebuilding of St. Francois de Sales and for creating and strengthening a network of seven faith-based hospitals across the island nation. Already, CHA-member organizations have contributed more than $9 million to the campaign.
Campaign Contributors to date
Ascension Health, $1.5 million
Catholic Health East, $1 million
Catholic Health Initiatives, $1 million
CHRISTUS Health, $1 million
St. Joseph Health System, $1 million
Trinity Health, $1 million
Bon Secours Health System, $500,000
Catholic Health Partners, $500,000
Catholic Healthcare West, $500,000
Sisters of Mercy Health System, $500,000
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System, $400,000
PeaceHealth, $200,000
BayCare Health System, $100,000
Catholic Health Association, $100,000
Diocese of St. Petersburg, Fla., $50,000
Total: $9.35 million
