Friends of Humanity held a board meeting this past weekend to review the status of ongoing projects at House of Hope and Beraca Medical Center. President Renel Noel reported on the Sanitation Project and other matters.
- To date, the septic tank has been completed. This was done at a cost of $8,000 and involved many hours of hand-digging the trench as powered equipment is not available. Construction in Haiti can be difficult because all materials have to be shipped in at great expense.
- We will now begin to install the toilets. This is a huge improvement as no indoor toilets are available at the Medical Center for the patients, creating sanitation issues. The cost per toilet installation is $3,000 to $5,000… again, due to the difficulty of bringing in construction materials. We will be traveling to Haiti on December 27, 2016 to begin laying the pipe. All work is done by volunteers, who are now being assembled by Renel.
- We are grateful for the support of the Rotary Club of Miami Shores and Great Health Works, which each donated $500 to support our Sanitation Project. We are also grateful to Judge George Wilson. Ms. Madana, and Officer Keith of the Miami Shores Police Department for their generosity. The laundry at Beraca Medical Center will benefit greatly from the donation of commercial washers and dryers provided by a laundromat owner. Before, laundry for the hospital and orphanage was done by hand.
- We are looking for a sponsor to underwrite the re-printing of our fundraising brochure. The good news is that we have sent out many of these brochures. The bad news is that we only have a handful of remaining copies.
- We are also looking for new board members. If you have an interest in making a difference in northwest Haiti, and in helping the children of House of Hope orphanage, we welcome your participation.
- Finally, we note with sadness the passing of Mr. Morris Broad, who donated generously to Friends of Humanity Corp. through the Broad Foundation. Our sympathies are with his family.
We gratefully acknowledge Sandra and Victor Fuller and the Fuller Family Foundation for their belief in this mission and for leading with a very generous donation.
We gratefully acknowledge Eli and Edy Broad and the Broad Foundation for their generous support of our work.
We thank Connie and John Cioffi and the Cioffi Foundation for their generosity.
Thank you to Neiman Marcus for their support at our recent fundraising event. Read more about it under News and Events.
Thank you to Mr. George Wilson for generously donating $1,000 and 100 bags of black beans to feed the children of House of Hope.
We thank Ms. Madana who continues to donate large amounts of food each month for House of Hope orphanage.
We are grateful to Ken and Judy Langner of Lake Stevens, WA for pledging a donation of $600 a year for three years.
We would like to thank Tina Cornely and her nonprofit, Bridging Humanity, for collecting diapers and goods for House of Hope. 
We would like to thank the Rotary Club of Miami Shores for their ongoing support. 
We are grateful to Great HealthWorks for a donation of $500 toward the Sanitation Project.
Winston Delawar Photograhy/Suzanne Delawar Studios graciously donate photography as our official photographers at all events.