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Help Displaced Families in Haiti Get Back to Work

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Summary

Help Lambi Fund of Haiti provide increased opportunities for sustainable income and livelihoods for those displaced by the earthquake to become productive self-sufficient members of their new communit

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Displaced peasants in rural Haiti need immediate access to affordable micro credit to replenish or start new small businesses. Help establish a community micro-credit fund that will allow members of organizations to purchase goods and products necessary for establishing small businesses.

Activities

Establish community micro-credit funds so earthquake survivors can earn a sustainable living. Access to affordable credit will allow displaced persons to establish enterprises for sustainable incomes. Most beneficiaries are women.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $0
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $280,000
Total Funding Goal: $280,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Excel file (projdoc.xls).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Strengthen self-sufficiency and local economies by expanding small businesses.

Project Message

My women’s group needed a loan to sell home-made jams, jellies and preserves for commercial distribution. This was our strategy to offer sustainable economic opportunities for our members.
- Nozia, From Lascohabas

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Karen Ashmore

Lambi Fund of Haiti
PO Box 18955
Washington, DC 20036
United States
202-833-3713
Email:

Project Sponsor

Lambi Fund of Haiti

Organization

Lambi Fund of Haiti Logo

Lambi Fund of Haiti
PO Box 18955
Washington, DC 20036
United States
202-833-3713
http://www.lambifund.org

Learn more about Lambi Fund of Haiti and the project team.

Lambi Fund of Haiti's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

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Haiti: Peasants for the Planet 		Pigs and Goats: Haitian Bank Accounts
Pigs and Goats: Haitian Bank Accounts 		Haiti: Micro-Credit Fund for Youth
Haiti: Micro-Credit Fund for Youth 		Goats: Help Families Become Self-Sufficient
Goats: Help Families Become Self-Sufficient
Plant a tree in Haiti and help 155 families eat
Plant a tree in Haiti and help 155 families eat

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in HaitiHaiti and can also be found under Disaster RecoveryDisaster Recovery.

For more information about Haiti, read the Human Development Report on Haiti or the Wikipedia entry for Haiti.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on February 2, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 26, 2010

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