From Education to Impact: Advancing Rehabilitation in Haiti.
The Haiti Rehabilitation Foundation (HRF) was founded to address the lack of adequate rehabilitation services in Haiti by creating a sustainable, Haitian-led solution. In response to the critical shortage of trained rehabilitation professionals, HRF established Faculté des Sciences de Réhabilitation de Léogâne (FSRL)—Haiti’s first academic program for occupational and physical therapy.
As a US-based non-profit organization, HRF is dedicated to supporting the success and sustainability of rehabilitation in Haiti. Our purpose is to empower rehabilitation professionals in Haiti with the education, resources, and professional development needed to provide high-quality rehabilitation services.
Photo by Sam-Paul Louis, Graduate in PT and now Assistant for Academic Affairs
Our Mission
HRF is committed to sustaining high-quality education and training of rehabilitation professionals in Haiti through financial, logistical/operational, and strategic support.
We fulfill our mission by:
Strengthening FSRL as a Haitian-led center of excellence in rehabilitation education.
Supporting the professional development of FSRL graduates and other Haitian rehabilitation professionals.
Engaging volunteers, building partnerships, acquiring resources and expertise, and sharing the work of HRF globally.
Collaborating with Haitian professional associations and organizations to promote rehabilitation education, practice, advocacy, and policy.
Through these efforts, Haitian rehabilitation professionals will be equipped to lead, innovate, and deliver culturally relevant rehabilitation services in Haiti — reducing disability-related barriers and transforming lives.
To improve and strengthen persons with a disability, to show them that all is NOT finished with their life, that they could, as we say in Haiti, 'Move the mountain,' then they can have faith and believe this will happen.