Employ 75 women at the Haiti Projects Women's Cooperative in Fond des Blancs, Haiti. Empower a woman; raise a family; lift a village.
Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere, with a literacy rate hovering at 50% and a minimum wage of 22 cents an hour. Employment is scarce, particularly in rural areas, where families lack access to capital and sustainable income. After the earthquake, the need for employment is even more acute. To rebuild Haiti, the country needs jobs, not handouts, to ensure each family has the resources it needs to access food, education, and health care.
Haiti Projects provides jobs to women in need. Haiti Projects has helped raise the incomes of over 70 women, increasing their salaries an average of 250% and allowing them to afford basic necessities like food, health care, and schooling.
By providing jobs, we create capital for women to invest in their families and communities. For example, before employment at Haiti Projects only 17% of women could afford to send their children to school -- now, after employment, 100% do.
Before Haiti Projects, there was no work for me in Fond des Blancs. I didn't have any money to feed my children, to buy them medicine. Now I do. I can send them to school, now.
- Riolette, Haiti Projects Cooperative Member
Total Funding Received to Date: $7,651
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $42,349
Total Funding Goal: $50,000
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http://haitiprojects.org
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