About Us

CHAP (Christian Haitian American Partnership) is a South Carolina Eleemosynary Corporation, formed in 2004, and granted tax exempt status by the IRS the same year, as a 501(c)3 entity. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for the people in Haiti. We have three primary areas of focus:

1. Children's Nutrition. A program called "Lespwa
   Timoun" serves severely malnourished children
   
   
2. Children's Education, A scholarship program
   provides support for four schools operated by the
   Episcopal Church. It permits 550 impoverished children
   to attend class. Construction of a new school in the
   mountain village of Crochu is well underway.
   
   
3. Medical and Dental Care. We send teams of physicians, dentists, optometrists and volunteers with donated medications, to conduct medical/dental clinics in the countryside. We are centered in the Myrtle Beach area of South Carolina, but we receive support from all over the United States, and send teams to Haiti, not only from the Myrtle Beach area, but also from North Carolina, Arkansas, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Arizona, and Washington State.

Board Members

1. Jeanne Fourrier
2. Sue Brunson
3. Mary White
4. Mary Rife
5. Steve Hayden
6. Jackie Woodle
7. Ed Eckert
8. Paul Browning
9. Rebecca Lovecace
10. Ben Collins
11. Joseph Brown