1983: The Rev. Gerald Osterman, pastor of Saint Boniface Parish, and a group of 11 parishioners travel to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to deliver donated money to Blessed Mother Teresa’s Home for Children.

1984: The group makes its first visit to Fond des Blancs, a rural region in Southern Haiti, about 70 miles from the capital city of Port-au-Prince.

1987: Four medical teams travel to Fond des Blancs and immunize 5,000 children in surrounding villages.

1988-1989: Clinic is enlarged in response to growing need. St. Boniface Haiti Foundation, Inc. is incorporated and receives US. Non-profit status.

1992: A 20-bed hospital is opened and dedicated. Sarah Hackett, an American nurse was hired as administrator. A year later, Dr. Ann Gendron, an American pediatrician becomes the hospital’s medical director.

1996: Dr. Wilfrid Cadet, a Haitian pediatrician, takes over as medical director. Catholic nuns from the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul arrive to administer the hospital. For the first time, medical teams from Jacksonville, Florida, are among those who come to help.

2000: An operating room, nutrition center and dental clinic are completed and dedicated. The Saint Boniface Haiti Foundation opens Xavier House, a home in Port-au-Prince so students from Fond des Blancs can live there to continue their secondary education.

2005: AIDSRelief consortium provides funding and support for HIV/AIDS Antiretroviral testing and treatment programs through funding from the US Governement's President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR)

2006: Dr. Cadet becomes the first Haitian Administrator at the hospital. More than 45,000 patients seen and weekly visits to outlying villages extend range of care. Four surgical teams visit and a growing number of work retreat groups experience life with the poor in Rural Haiti.

2008: Hospital doubles in size from 30 to 60 beds.  A total of 9 Haitian physicians provide care, supplemented by U.S. Surgical teams which visit regularly to perform a broad range of general surgery.  Approximately 50,000 patients will be seen this year.