Partners in Health/Zanmi Lasante www.pih.org

Doctors without Borders / Medecins Sans Frontieres www.msf.org

Friends of Haiti   www.friendsofhaiti.org

J/P Haitian Relief Organization www.jphro.org (Sean Penn's organization)

www.hopeforhaitifoundation.com
a multifaceted project currently working in rural Beinet to improve maternal morbidity and mortality by providing prenatal care and facilitating access to regional medical centers. Dr. Ottenheimer will be traveling to Beinet with this project in January 2011.

ORPHANAGE/EDUCATION:

http://www.haitianeducation.org/ : promoting higher education and professional training to young people who have excelled in highschool

FOOD RELIEF:

What if Foundation: www.whatiffoundation.org a growing program working to feed some of the tens of thousands of hungry Haitians in Port au Prince


SUGGESTED READING ABOUT HAITI AND VOLUNTEERISM:

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World - by Tracy Kidder 

Paradise Lost: Haiti's Tumultuous Journey from Pearl of the Caribbean to Third World Hotspot - by Philippe R. Girard 

Travesty in Haiti: A true account of Christian Missions, Orphanages, Fraud, Food Aid and Drug Trafficking - by Timothy T Schwartz Ph.D

The Uses of Haiti (3rd Edition) - by Paul Farmer, Noam Chomsky, and Jonathan Kozol (Paperback - Apr 1, 2005)

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Vintage) - by Nicholas D. Kristof and  Sheryl WuDunn

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time - by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan - by Greg Mortenson