Mission of Hope Haiti mobile clinics travel to villages at least three times monthly to provide health care.[/caption]

Mission of Hope Haiti, located in Cedar Park, is working to improve the lives of Haitians through health care and nutrition initiatives, including by feeding 97,000 children daily.

The nonprofit’s projects in Haiti include initiatives in health, education and faith. The organization is privately funded and seeks grants to help fund projects. MOHH moved its U.S. support headquarters from Fort Meyers, Florida, to Cedar Park in January 2014 in part because of the support it received from the local medical community after Haiti’s earthquake in 2010.

The earthquake was the most powerful one to hit Haiti in more than a century, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

“That was one of the primary reasons we moved our [U.S. support] headquarters to this area, because of the tremendous outpouring of support and assistance that consistently was coming in after the earthquake,” said Annette Boorman, vice president of Stateside Operations.

Barbara Campbell, MOHH’s director of health care, said local organizations, such as Texas Orthopedics, donated more than $4 million in medical equipment as well as volunteer time to help MOHH in its efforts after Haiti’s earthquake.

“There’s a big history of the Austin community being supportive [of] medical efforts done at Mission of Hope,” Campbell said.
MOHH is working to set up a health care delivery system in 16 villages in Haiti. MOHH and its partner, North American Medical, are traveling to two villages each week to provide primary care to the community through mobile clinics. Staffers provide vitamins to everyone who visits the mobile clinics, which has treated about 16,000 patients in the past year.

Grant Administrator Josh Hodges said one way Cedar Park and Leander residents can get involved with MOHH is to sponsor a child in Haiti for $35 monthly. The funds contribute to nutritious meals and education.