The CHAI organization was established to provide primary education, nutrition, medical assistance and clothing to children and those in need in the rural areas in the surrounding city of Cap-Haitien, on the northern coast of Haiti, 40 miles from the city of Port au Prince. Since its inception in 1991, CHAI has:

    * Shipped over 100 tons of medical supplies, clothing and food to Haiti    * Built and opened a school in 1998.    * Built and opened a medical clinic in 2004.    * Organized 10 medical missions since 1995.    * Each year, over 1800 people are seen during the medical mission and year round schooling is provided for over 300 children, with a hot lunch everyday.CHAI is made up of 100% volunteers that conduct fundraising throughout the year in order to support the ongoing mission.  Each year a group consisting of volunteer physicians, nurses, and others help embark on a medical mission trip to deliver health services through a series of mobile clinics. Community residents are given a routine check-up by physicians, provided with donated medicine as well as personal hygiene products such as soap and toothpaste. Funds are also used to cover educational expenses in the community.Over the past decade, two schools (in Milot and La Petite-Anse) have been built through the support of donations. Aside from infrastructure, CHAI has been able to cover the operational costs of principals and teacher salaries on an ongoing basis.