Mobile Medical Disaster Relief dba LiveBeyond
Relentlessly confronting oppression one life at a time
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. LiveBeyond serves 200,000 people in a poverty-stricken region, Thomazeau, 25-miles northeast of Port-au-Prince.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
LiveBeyond Haiti
LiveBeyond is a faith-based, humanitarian organization improving lives of the poor in Thomazeau, Haiti, by implementing sustainable solutions in medical and maternal health care, clean water, education, agriculture and economic development.
This multiphase phase project consists of a hospital complex, guest house (for monthly 30-60 person medical and educational team trips), a secondary school, a vocational trade school, a worship center, sustainable agriculture demonstration farm and housing for special needs individuals.
Where we work
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of paid participants on field trips
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
LiveBeyond Haiti
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Missions weeks are a vital piece of our work in Thomazeau, Haiti. *Note: Unrest in Haiti led to the cancellation of 3 teams in 2018.
Number of pregnant women receiving early and adequate prenatal care
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people, Women and girls
Related Program
LiveBeyond Haiti
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
As the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, women in Haiti do not have access to comprehensive prenatal and postnatal care, adequate nutrition, or family planning and maternal health education.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We believe that quality healthcare is a sustainable means to begin transforming a community and eradicating extreme poverty. While health care is our primary focus, we've implemented life-changing solutions to improve all aspects of life for people in Thomazeau, including clean water, nutrition, education, and job creation opportunities.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
There are incredible opportunities that lie ahead. Through new programs and strategies, we are building a secure future for individuals and Thomazeau communities:
• Expand hospital outreach and services provided
• Expand children's feeding program in area schools
• Increase the number of women in our maternal health program and the services provided
• Build a therapy and learning center for special needs individuals and offer training to Haitian physical therapy students to treat special needs individuals
• Provide youth with an affordable, high-quality education
• Launch a full-time medical training program
• Produce and sell locally grown cash crops like coffee and mangoes and train local farmers on better methods of appropriate technology in agriculture to improve their livelihoods
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
A primary contributor to sustainable change is teamwork. LiveBeyond's like-minded partners — including corporations, healthcare providers, faith-based organizations and committed individuals — are a critical component of our work to change lives and transform the Thomazeau community. When we partner together, we can multiply our impact and think in bold ways about possible solutions to ensure that we meet the needs of the Haitian people as well as our partner's goals that graciously contribute to this work.
Our organization's capabilities for implementing life-changing initiatives in Haiti are sustained in four key ways:
Local Haitian Employees
Around 100 full-time Haitian staff members who are trained and equipped to build a stronger community.
LiveBeyond Volunteer Team Trips
17 trips to Thomazeau Haiti with ~700 team members annually support program implementations.
In-Kind Gifts
Equipment and supply donations support the needs of our programs and facilities.
Direct Investments by Partners
Financial investments create long-lasting impact and touch more lives.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Medical care achievements include completion of LiveBeyond's 11,000 sq ft medical clinic, providing care for 1,200 patients each month while doubling the women in maternal health program to over 300 mothers and recording a 66% decline in perinatal mortality among the initial 2,000 participants.
Over sixty water filtration systems installed, providing free access to clean water for thousands daily.
Launched literacy, food security, and agricultural development programs, combating the fundamental elements of widespread poverty and oppression in Thomazeau, Haiti.
Opened school for 100 Haitian children to receive a higher-quality education.
Increased food distribution from 30,000 meals per month to 100,000 over the course of the last year with measured outcomes proving the benefit to the children receiving meals. LiveBeyond will continue to monitor and adjust nutritional support as needed to meet the needs of the school children in the program.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Mobile Medical Disaster Relief dba LiveBeyond
Board of directorsas of 08/31/2023
Dr David Vanderpool
David Vanderpool
LiveBeyond
Laurie Vanderpool
LiveBeyond
Jackie Chalk
Philanthropist
James Kevin Brown
Engineer
Roger Brian Craft
Attorney at Law
Thomas Shufflebarger
CEO Children's Hospital Alabama
John Bragg
Banker
Guy Lewis
Dentist
Mark Floyd
CFO Ramsey Solutions
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
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Gender identity
Transgender Identity
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.