FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT

Hero Foundation is 100% volunteer run, and 100% of your donation gets put to work helping save lives.

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Founded By US Military Veteran

501c3 Organization

What We Do

Disaster

Response

Survival

Training

Acute care

centers

Remote

Medical Aid

How to Support

Donate Equipment's  & Supplies

Send us tourniquets and IFAK kits to help us equip every cop and first responder in Haiti. Donate gear needed for disaster response, SAR and mass casualties. Support us with vehicles, equipment and supplies needed for our remote medical and rural urgent care centers. Donate funds to help us buy the medications, fuel, and critically needed equipment.

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Deploy With HERO to Haiti

Join our training efforts directly by volunteering with our team in Haiti. Our volunteers work alongside our full time local teams in daily EMS work, various police training at the police academy, and they serve with us during major incidents and disasters. The HERO volunteer teams are made up of military veterans, EMS professionals, law enforcement, and physicians.

VOLUNTEER

Our Current

Programs in Haiti

The HERO Foundation is committed to creating ways to lift the Haitian medical and security systems to meet the needs of all citizens. We are active in the hospital, pre-hospital, disaster and police agencies of Haiti, and we provide unique solutions to support these sectors in ways that meet both the immediate needs and long term goals for the future betterment of the country.


Here are the projects we are currently working on in Haiti:

01


Emergency Medical Services

HERO Foundation supports the free rescue work provided to the poor by our partner HERO Client Rescue SA. HERO is the first and only ACLS ground ambulance service in the country, and the program has become the highest level of pre-hospital care in the entire region of the Caribbean. 

02


Police Training

Our team provides targeted combat survival training to the Haitian National Police. These courses are based on the TCCC model, and adapted to meet the direct needs and the threats our police face daily in Haiti. We provide CAT tourniquets and IFAK's to each police officer we train. Our instructor team is also able to conduct courses in Armored Convoy Operations, Use of Force, Chemical Munitions, Interrogations, Surveillance and Counter Surveillance, and Advanced Application Firearms.

03


Ground Truth

Ground Truth is a radically pragmatic division of the HERO Foundation managed by our advanced team of former U.S. special forces, full time emergency managers, SAR professionals, communication and geospatial experts and remote medical personnel - all members of this division are thoroughly experienced in Haiti specifically, many of whom work in Haiti full time and can pre-position in advance of some events. Ground Truth provides a critical gap coverage during disasters, to support the US Military and other foreign aid agencies in the first 2 weeks of a major incident. 

04


Sierra Medical Center

HERO Foundation is actively participating in developing the country's first Level II Trauma Center network, with the capacity of advancing our International Telemedicine program while building an innovative Physician Management structure that will provide critical services to not only the patients, but also to the Doctors of Haiti. Our first centers are Sierra Medical Center, and Sierra Children's, currently being developed in Petionville. Additionally, HERO is collaborating to implement the country’s first network of Mobile Medical Exam Units.

YOUR GIFT

Goes Directly to Our Efforts in Haiti

Hero Foundation is 100% volunteer run, and 100% of your donation gets put to work helping save lives.

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Supply a Cop with IFAK

HERO provides training to the men and women on the front lines fighting terrorism fueled by the unprecedented gang crisis in Haiti. Help us keep these police officers alive by donating Stop the Bleed equipment they carry on their uniform. The M-FAK, North American Rescue's Mini First Aid Kit, was designed to be the most compact, multi-use IFAK for delivering immediate critical care for penetrating, blast or other traumatic injuries. A gift of $58.99 covers the cost of 1 kit for 1 cop. 

Support Disaster Response

Disaster strikes Haiti often. From earthquakes to hurricanes, fires and man-made crisis, the small island nation sees more than its fair share of major damages. When a major incident occurs, HERO steps in to help provide emergency medical services, search and rescue, logistical support and after-care medical management. Read the letter of recognition from the US Coast Guard in reference to our efforts in one of the many disasters we've worked. Disaster Response is expensive. We spend on average $2,000-$5,000 per day for an average of 2 weeks during a major crisis. These funds go directly to medical supplies, fuel, communications, shelter, medical bills and after-care support of patients (which tends to continue months after the incident is gone from the news). Please donate so we can have a running start when the next incident occurs. 

New Trauma Centre

In response to overwhelming and urgent demand for a fully capable international standard Level II Trauma center in Port-au-Prince, HERO is working fast to build Sierra Medical Center in Berthe -Petionville, Haiti. The facility will provide 24/7 comprehensive medical care to victims of trauma, including emergency medical services, advanced diagnostics, surgical care, and post-operative care. The trauma center will be staffed by a team of experienced medical professionals from Haiti and abroad. The center will be equipped with the latest medical technology and will be able to provide a wide range of services to its patients. There are multiple ways to support this program. By donating, you are helping to finish construction and pay for the creation of the center itself, and we also seek donations in-kind such as medical equipment, and supplies. Additionally, we have created an Amazon List for supporters to choose items they want to gift to the hospital (all purchases will be automatically sent from Amazon to our center in Haiti!).  

Charity 911 Services

Support our daily EMS work in Haiti by donating to cover the cost of a charity ground or air transport  medical emergency case. Donations help us pay the rising cost of ambulance and aircraft fuel, medical supplies, local medical staff salaries and medications. Your support enables HERO to continue serving those who cannot afford any sort of insurance or private medical care. On average annually, HERO donates the value of $100.000 in charity flights and transports to the citizens of Haiti with no ability to pay. Pease, help us continue to be able to keep saying "YES" when we get a call begging for help. 

PRESS

Vertical Magazine

Working with HERO Client Rescue [HERO Ground Truth], HAA transported patients when they could safely land for two days before reinforcements arrived from the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy once the tropical storm passed.

 

How helicopters played a crucial role in the days following the 2021 Haiti earthquake

BY JEN BOYER | OCTOBER 12, 2021

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Photo Stories form NPR

 

Scenes From The Haiti Earthquake


Updated August 16, 2021

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U.S. Southern Command, DOD News

The command is also working with non-governmental agencies to get supplies and medical capabilities to the affected area.

Southern Command Chief Says Speed, Effort Needed to Save Haitian Lives


By Jim Garamone, DOD News

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Miami Herald

HERO and the U.S. Army work side by side to treat and transport injured people who are still being flown in from the quake-struck region.

U.S. uses choppers, ships and military personnel to deliver aid to Haiti quake victims

BY JACQUELINE CHARLES

UPDATED AUGUST 31, 2021

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NPR.org

A healthcare worker from HERO, an emergency medical ambulance and medevac service, transports families to a tent hospital at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in Port-Au-Prince

Almost 2 Weeks After The Quake, Aid Is Just Getting To Some Remote Towns In Haiti

August 25, 2021

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Military.com

Petty Officer 1st Class Rob Updike and HERO Rescue paramedic Nadia Van der Heyden evaluate an injured female in Haiti, Aug. 15, 2021

More Military Support Heading to Haiti After Earthquake, Tropical Storm Leave 1,400 Dead

17 Aug 2021


Military.com   By  Patricia Kime

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