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Helping Deaf People in Haiti
My wife, Yolette, and I are involved with Friends of Deaf Haitians, a group formed recently in Gallaudet University by staff and students who are Haitians. Their goal is to make sure any contributions go specifically to help Deaf in Haiti.
Friends of Deaf Haitians give donations to organizations that focus on Deaf in Haiti, and one organization that serves only Deaf is Institut Montfort Pour Enfants Sourds (Montfort Institute for Deaf Children) – a school with over 600 Deaf students. The school was destroyed by the earthquake, but fortunately all the children who lived in the dorm were safe; however, we don’t know what happened with the children who went home after school (the earthquake happened around 5 p.m.)
Yolette suggests that you donate to the school through Friends of Montfort, Inc., a NYC based 501(c)(3) organization founded to gather donations and give to Institute Montfort as well as help Deaf Haitians in the USA. You can give directly to them, but we suggest you send check to Yolette to give to Friends of Deaf Haitians. They will forward to Friends of Montfort and clearly specify that the donations are for Deaf in Haiti only.
Check out their web site: www.FriendsOfMontfort.org
IMPORTANT! Make checks payable to: Friends of Montfort, Inc.
Friends of Deaf Haitians
c/o Yolette Cohen
P.O. Box 6611
Ellicott City, MD 21042-0611 (note: zip is 0611 although PO Box is 6611)
If you wish, you can send directly to Friends of Montfort, Inc.
Friends of Montfort, Inc.
PO Box 314
Merrick, New York 11566-0314
- Thanks to NVRC and Richard Cohen, Maryland Association of the Deaf Vice President.
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