Empowering Women
A small grant goes a long way to keep a Haiti hospital open.
Providing healthcare to women in Haiti during COVID When COVID-19 struck Haiti, hospitals were closing due to insufficient rooms, masks and medications. Bénicie Pierre, CEO of the Saint-Laurent Healthcare Centre of Barbe and a leader within the Haitian Women’s Federation, planned to close the Centre but realized that pregnant women and sick babies would be at risk. When local NGO Rayjon Share Care Haiti learned of the Centre’s plight, it looked for funding to keep the Centre open, to educate people about COVID-19, and to treat patients. PWRDF supported Rayjon Share Care Haiti with a grant of $10,000. Pierre (second from left) upgraded and expanded the Barbe dispensary and clinic providing birthing rooms and space for the sick. 14
