WASHINGTON, DC – The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Chair of the Haiti Task Force, Ambassador Albert Ramdin, joined the OAS Staff Association in a ceremony to handover a check to the Hope for Haiti Foundation, a Haitian NGO working in the areas of education and health care in Haiti.
Ambassador Ramdin thanked Mr. Rene Gutierrez, President of the Staff Association for its continued support to the people of Haiti. Ramdin also described the OAS immediate activities and long-term plans for working with the government and people of Haiti.
Ambassador Ramdin
Assistant Secretary General Ramdin praised the timing of the contribution of staff association, coming on the eve of the OAS led High-level Inter-American mission to Haiti, September 3-6, 2009 to discuss future coordination and to highlight Haitian success stories. Ambassador Ramdin also commended the continued interest and support of the international community in Haiti, and the efforts of the Haitian Diaspora.
On the other hand, the President of the Staff Association stressed the importance of active community participation and the need to support the efforts of civil society institutions such as Hope for Haiti Foundation. In thanking the OAS, Jean Elade Eloi, founder and Head of the Hope for Haiti Foundation highlighted the invaluable impact that the support of the staff association continues to have on the lives of several children and their families in Haiti.
OAS Staff Association contributes to the Hope For Haiti Foundation
The Hope for Haiti Foundation has been working in Haiti for the last 10 years in the areas of education and medical care in Zoranje and its vicinity, in the southeast of Haiti. It provides education assistance to more than 350 children and medical care to more than 100,000 people.
René Gutíerrez, Presidente de La Asociación del Personal de la OEA
Jean Elade Eloi, President of Hope for Haiti Foundation
