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The Challenges of Establishing and Sustaining an Overseas Enterprise: One Haitian NGO's Perspective
Elizabeth Greig1, Cheryl Clark Cornely, Barth A Green
1*Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC †University of Miami Miller School of Medicine ‡Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.
The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
|June 17, 2015
Abstract:
This article describes the creation of Project Medishare for Haiti, Inc, a US 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and its counterpart in Haiti, Project Medishare in Haiti, a nongovernmental organization that provides health care resources and training and education in Haiti. It summarizes the strategy for fundraising and sustaining such an enterprise in a developing country and discusses the lessons learned and goals achieved during the last 20 years.