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About "Children of Haiti Enhancement Foundation, Inc. " (COHEF).
In early 1994, during a trip to Port-au-Prince Haiti, a group of friends visited the metropolitan area of Haiti and was vividly exposed to the desperate living condition of the street children. Those visiting were moved and determined to "do something" to help.
After several months of intense preparation, Children of Haiti Enhancement Foundation, Inc., COHEF was officially registered and launched on November 20, 1994 at a gathering of the foundation founders and friends at the Sheraton River House in Miami. Through perseverance in 2001 the organization received the US Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue, 501 (c) 3 statuts.
From our early involvement in assisting 65 orphans we now support six (6) small rural schools in Kenscoff and its surroundings, Haiti, with a total of about one thousand (1000) students. Our long-term goal is to build a center to educate and feed about one thousand (1000) children daily. The objective of COHEF, Inc, as a not-for-profit organization, is to provide a vehicle that will support the activities of the six (6) schools, and assist them in their growth and development to secure quality educational programs. To this end, COHEF raises funds through its membership, donations, annual fundraisers, and contributions from both the private and public sectors. In so doing, we help them achieve our motto of "Independence Through Education"..We are well organized in Miami and Port-au-Prince, and the best is yet to come!
All contributions are essential in assisting COHEF to support the educational Effort!
From our early involvement in assisting 65 orphans we now support six (6) small rural schools in Kenscoff and its surroundings.