Don, The desire to help is what makes us people. So much aid for getting people over short term crises leads to destabilizing their communities, though. I wonder, how do you know what aid is really going to be coordinated to avoid the worst of the common mistakes of upsetting natural balances far from sight?
Phil > > Harold B. Salomon, American-Haitian Association for Medical Economical > & > Educational Support (AHAMES): Rich Murray 2008.05.13 > > I met Harold B. Salomon and his wife and two young sons at a high > school > graduation dinner at Maria's in Santa Fe Saturday for another friend, > our > accountant, and his wife, in honor of their son. > > He is taking unusual personal responsibility for direct personal > foreign > aid -- which should be renamed, "human family aid" -- , so I wanted the > Santa Fe Complex networks to be aware of his purpose and needs. > > Likewise for 6 years I have been giving $ 80 monthly, and last July a > desktop computer to a family of five Tibetans in the small, very > spiritual > town of Rewalsar, Himalchal Pradesh, India, about 30 miles southeast of > Dharamsala, where the Dalai Lama resides -- Yeshi Hara Choedon will > soon > upgrade from phone access to broadband DSL, so we'll be able to share > video > chats weekly from her networks to Santa Fe Complex: > > Don Begley, Managing Director don at sfcomplex.org > Santa Fe Complex, 624 Agua Fria Santa Fe, NM 87501 > www.santafecomplex.org 505-216-7562 505.670.9432 (cell) > > In mutual service, Rich Murray 505-501-2298 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.americhelp.org/help.html > > http://www.guidestar.org/pqShowGsReport.do?partner=justgive&npoId=10087 > 4588 > > JustGive.org > leave search > Powered by GuideStar > > Search Results | New Search > > American-Haitian Association for Medical Economical & Educational > Support > (AHAMES) > > Also Known As: A.H.A.M.E.S. > 108 Agate St > Los Alamos, NM 87544 > GENERAL INFORMATION > Contact: Harold B. Salomon, Executive Director > Telephone: (505) 672-2042 > Fax: (505) 672-9449 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web Site: www.americhelp.org > Who We Are > > The American Haitian Association for Medical, Economical, and > Educational > Support (AHAMES) is a national and international organization that > delivers > health care services to the poor, provides scholarships to families > with > little or no income, provides free meals to the malnourished children, > women, and the elderly, and also implements infrastructure projects, > like > building wells to provide safe, clean drinking water to the poor > > * This organization is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity . > * This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ. > * Additional narrative information in this report was last supplied > by > the organization on October 22, 2007. > * It makes its audited financial statements available to the public > upon > request. > * Contributions are deductible, as provided by law. > > How to Help > > This organization is seeking funds from contributions and grants. These > funds will be used for unrestricted operating expenses, special > projects and > endowments. > Location(s) Served > > * National > * International: Caribbean, Latin America & Africa > > NTEE Code > > * Q30-International Development, Relief Services > * E21-Community Health Systems > * Q33-International Relief > > EIN: 20-8257652 > Year Founded: 2006 > Ruling Year: 2007 > Fiscal Year: Information not available > Assets: $0 (from IRS BMF) > Income: $0 (from IRS BMF) > No. of Board Members: 5 > No. of Full-Time Employees: 1-5 > No. of Part-Time Employees: 1-5 > No. of Volunteers: 6-10 > Chief Executive > > Mr. Harold Salomon > Chief Executive Profile > > Harold B. Salomon is a humanitarian who has seen first hand the plight > of > the Haitian people, and has used his own limited financial resources to > help. > He has witnessed the level of corruption in Haiti and how U.S. > resources > given for the poor have been diverted for the benefits of a few. > > He wanted to change that by getting involved. > He has devoted his two houses, one a three levels and the other a one > level > house to setup a medical facility in Haiti for the poor. > > He had also purchased a 0.61 acre of land to build a hospital to serve > a > much larger population estimated at about one million people with no > immediate access to any hospital. > > Mr. Salomon thinks that accountability will allow good heartened donors > and > non profit organizations to come to the rescue of the poor, the > malnourished, the sick, and the starved Haitians. > > He hopes to use his expertise and experience in accounting, auditing > and > finance to meet all donors expectation of good accountability, and > satisfying result. > > Mr. Salomon in an MBA graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, > Troy, > New York. > > He has held management, Accounting Auditing and senior Financial > Analyst > positions at Citicorp, The Topps cie Inc. in New York, at AT&T and, at > The > Louis Berger Group inc. in New Jersey, and is currently the Director of > Finance/ Accounting & Auditing at Hytec, Inc in Los Alamos, New Mexico > > BOARD OF DIRECTORS > Name------------------------- Title > Salomon, Harold, MBA Executive Director > George Drobinski, MS Assistant Executive Director > Caleb Joseph, PhD Director of Education/ Advisor > Mona S Nozime Director of Events > Karl Dahlberg, MBA, CPA,CISA Director of Audit & Compliance > > MISSION AND PROGRAMS > Mission > > The American Haitian Association for Medical, Economical, & Educational > support founded in 2006, grew out of the need to help the poor in > Haiti, who > more recently, while trying to escape their misery, have become food > for the > shark infested waters of the Bahamas. > To reduce the number of people being killed by consumption of "fake > Medicine", AHAMES delivers, free drugs from the United States or Canada > as > well as medical care to the poor with the help of volunteer American > health > professionals. > The organization delivers free meals to school children, and pays the > scholarship of those originated from no or low income families. > AHAMES also feeds and provides health care to poor and malnourished > women, > and the elderly. > To reduce gastro intestinal disease that is rampant in many poor > countries, > the organization builds water wells to provide safe drinking water in > areas > where the locals walk for miles to have access to contaminated water > for > daily use. > The organization also supports several livelihood enhancement projects > to > promote economic self sufficiency. > > Programs > > AHAMES' programs include a community medical center, and several > clinics, a > scholarship fund for poor children, and low or no income families, > several > nutrition and food distribution centers, Water wells projects, clothing > and > shoe distribution program for poor. > The beneficiary population of these programs is estimated to be at > 100,000 > people during the organization's first year of operation. > > GOALS AND RESULTS > > Accomplishments for Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2007 > > 1. Established a network of local charitable organizations to > increase > the number of beneficiaries in urgent need for help > > Objectives for Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2008 > > 1. Build a hospital on the already acquired 0.61 acre of land to > serve > the surrounding population of more than a million people and where > there is > no health care facility. > 2. Build school and provide access to quality education to poor > children > who cannot afford to go to school because of of the poverty of their > family > 3. Build several water wells to provide safe drinking water to rural > communities of Haiti, and initiate several livelihood enhancement > projects > to prevent Haitians to lose their live at sea trying to come to the > United > States > > Self Assessment > > Donors, are encouraged to visit all facilities to see for themselves > how > their contributions, funds etc are being used. in addition to audit > report > being provided upon request. > Donors or their representatives are also encouraged to speak directly > to > beneficiaries to hear their own testimony about the benefits of > AHAMES's > programs to them. > All Federal or State authorities including the Defense Contract Audit > Agency > (DCAA) will be given access to books and records of the organization > for > compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) etc. > > Search Results | New Search > > Copyright 2008, Philanthropic Research, Inc. 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