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By the numbers

Active since

2010

1,000+

People served each year

5

Community events per year

5

Active programs

2025 Milestone

785

pairs of glasses distributed free to children ages 3 to 16

“A child who cannot see clearly cannot learn fully. When we place a pair of glasses on a child’s face and watch them see the world sharply for the first time: that is what we mean by development.” AHCD Vision Care Program, 2025

Our history

From crisis to community.

2010

In the aftermath of the January earthquake, a group of women doctors founds AHCD and provides emergency care, food, and clothing to displaced families sheltered at the Petits Frères de Sainte Thérèse courtyard in Rivière Froide.

After 2010

In partnership with Secours Populaire Français, the Frères de Rivière Froide school is rehabilitated and a program of school medicine, education, and community development begins.

Growth

Regular consultations and community education, children's social activities, an access road linking Bois Djoute to the Carrefour road, and a community water treatment center.

2025

785 pairs of glasses distributed free to children ages 3 to 16.

Today

Five active programs serving more than one thousand people each year.

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