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Heal Haiti

The Pan American Development Foundation and its partners are working on immediate relief, recovery and reconstruction in Haiti. Donations will be used for all three, key phases in Haiti.

PADF, the natural disaster relief arm of the Organization of American States, has more than 150 people working Haiti on economic development, disaster mitigation and protecting human rights. PADF is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization based in Washington, D.C. To learn more about PADF and its work in the hemisphere, visit http://www.padf.org/.

School for Abused Haitians Struggles After Quake

For 250 abused and neglected children who previously only knew the slum conditions outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Nicole Muller César is a hero. Her school, the Institute for Human and Community Development was a safe haven.  Read More

MoneyGram International Responds to Chile Earthquake

MoneyGram International (NYSE:MGI), a leading global money transfer company, announced today a grant to the Pan American Development Foundation and free transactions for consumers in the U.S. sending cash donations to the American Red Cross, to help support recovery efforts from Chile’s devastating earthquake. Read More

More Than 57,000 Meals to be Distributed

Eight shipping containers of corn and other urgently needed food will be distributed in the coming days to Haitians who lost their homes in the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, the Pan American Development Foundation announced Friday. Read More

Displaced Earthquake Victims Enjoy Cinema Under the Stars

Thanks to the Sinema Anba Zetwal, or the Cinema Under the Stars caravan, victims of Haiti’s devastating earthquake finally had an excuse to get lost in a world that was far removed from their own troubled reality. They could sit back, relax, and focus on the stars: Those that were both on screen and up in the sky. Read More

Six Week Report

Since the devastating earthquake that tragically killed more than 230,000 Haitians, we have witnessed amazing acts of heroism, sacrifice and dedication. Read More

Help on Wheels

Motorcycle enthusiasts will roll through Los Angeles Feb. 27, raising funds and awareness in “Ride 4 Haiti,” an event organized by Quantum Leap Entertainment, Scorpion Customs and Haitian-born actor Jimmy Jean-Louis to benefit Hollywood Unites for Haiti and the Pan American Development Foundation. Read More

Earthquake Victims Receive Milk Supply

More than 20,000 Haitian earthquake victims will receive a glass of milk daily for two months thanks to a major donation from Colombian organizations to the Pan American Development Foundation. Read More

Fundraising Effort Checks into Airports

"Haiti needs you," a large sign tells the travelers rushing to their terminals or shuffling toward baggage claim after a flight. Throughout airports in Latin America, signs and banners repeat that simple phrase in an effort to remind people that more than one month after the tragic earthquake, the people of that Caribbean nation are still in desperate need of help. Read More

Haiti Needs to Rebuild

Thirty days after the catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 230,000 people in Haiti, the Pan American Development Foundation renewed its call for financial support as the nonprofit and its partners are implementing plans to get Haitians to work, to rebuild their homes and to take care of their families. Read More

Celebrity Chef Gives Back to His Country

"There's nothing else that I would rather do than to do the best I can to give back to my country; the country that I love," said Chef Ron Duprat, of Bravo's Top Chef.  Chef Ron has combined his love of food with his gregarious personality to launch Hearts for Haiti.  Participating restaurants around the country will donate up to 10 percent of their Valentine's Day proceeds to Haiti earthquake relief and recovery efforts.  Read More

Former Combat Medics Battle a New Foe

Guy-Gerard Gachelin had never seen anything like it before. Tens of thousands of people were everywhere on a golf course in Village Museau, Haiti. Some were seriously injured but many just sat still in disbelief. The earthquake had claimed everything: All of their possessions; their homes; even loved ones were lost in the rubble. They had no other place to go after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake had devastated them and their country.  Read More

Jimmy Jean-Louis Part of We Are The World

Actor Jimmy Jean-Louis, who has been at the forefront of Haiti disaster relief, joined in the remake of the We Are the World song and video to benefit the survivors of the 7.0 earthquake.  Read More

Chevron Makes Major Donation to Haiti Relief

Chevron has donated $450,000 to the Pan American Development Foundation's Haiti disaster relief and recovery effort, a major contribution that will have a significant impact on the nonprofit's in-country work. Read More