“Konbit Sante shares our vision, so follow it. Konbit Sante dreams for us, so dream with it because we are the main character of its dreaming. Konbit Sante is our voice, so listen to it because it can articulate to you our needs, our hope.”
— Jean Gracia Coq, MD Surgeon and Medical Director Justinian University Hospital
Konbit Sante Wishes to Thank
We gratefully acknowledge the many contributions made to Konbit Sante during the fiscal year 2009 (September 1, 2008 through August 31, 2009).
Konbit Sante wishes to express appreciation for foundation grants from the following organizations:
Conservation, Food & Health Foundation
Direct Relief International
Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation
Francis Hollis Brain Foundation
GlobalGiving
Oxfam UK
Pan American Health and Education Foundation
Rotary International
SG Foundation
United States Agency for International Development (USAID/MSH/SDSH PROJECT)
Our thanks to in-kind donors who provided space to work, medical equipment and supplies, educational opportunities for our Haitian colleagues and much more:
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Congress of obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Cutting Edge, Inc.
Dr. Richard and Bea Broder-Oldach
J.B. Brown/Fore River Distribution
Carey & Company, Ltd.
CD&M Communication
Clean-O-Rama
Custom Communications
Drs. Charles de Sieyes and Carol Ward
Paul Dyment, MD
Flatbread Company
Florida Heart CPR
Len Freeman
Global Links
GOJO Industries
Chris Grasse
Lynn Hannings
Donald Haskell
Health Dialog
The Florida Association of Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and America
Franklin Memorial Hospital
Christopher Hirsch, MPH, RRT
Hotel Roi Christophe
InterMed
International Firefighters Assistance, Inc.
Lucas Design
Elizabeth McLellan/Partners for World Health
Maine Medical Center
Martin's Point Health Care
Mercy Hospital
Milestone Foundation
Judith Moll
MAP International
Murray, Plumb & Murray
Northern Data Systems
Orthopaedic Associates
Osco Pharmacy
Partners for Rural Health in the Dominican Republic
Pensky Truck Leasing
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
Portland Free Clinic
Robert Roswell
Elizabeth Rudenberg
Sigma Medical Equipment Services
Time Warner Cable
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Haiti Project
University of New England
USM School of Nursing
VNA Home health & Hospice
X-GEN Pharmaceuticals
Our special appreciation to those who have generously volunteered their time to travel to Haiti during the past year, and also to those who have rolled up their sleeves at home to make our work possible:
Warren Alpern, MD *
Sobia Ansari, MD, MPH *
Aileen Ash
John Atwood *
Leonard Brennan, DDS *
Nathan Broaddus *
Samuel Broaddus, MD *
Judy Carl *
Cathy Caron, RN
Dalinda Carpenter *
Greg Connolly, MD *
Kristen Connolly *
Brad Cushing, MD
Diane Devlin, RN
John Devlin, MD *
Katherine Flaherty, DSc
Judy Gatchell
Tiffany Keenan, MD *
Renee King, MD, MPH *
Gary LaClaire *
Polly Larned, RN *
Steve Larned, MD *
Ann Lemire, MD *
Brianna Bean Hirsch, MPH *
Carol Kuhn, MD *
Eva Lathrop, MD, MPH *
Buell Miller, MD
Lesly Nazaire *
Nancy Nickerson, RN, ANP *
Gretchen Preneta & UNE PA students
Robert Roswell *
Nicholas Risko, MPH *
Patty Rybak, RN *
Amy Robbins, MPH *
Curt Sachs
John Saucier, MD
Elizabeth Schroder
Leonard Seagren *
Linda Shumacher
Kim Simonian
Wendy Taylor *
Hugh Tozer *
David Verrill *
John Wilcox *
* traveled to Haiti
