‍Michèle D. Pierre-Louis' Keynote Speech at The Fifth Haiti Funders Conference

À l’initiative de Haiti Development Institute, FOKAL et Ayiti Demen, la 5ème conférence des Bailleurs pour Haïti a été réalisée à Washington du 12 au 14 juin 2023. Cet événement a mobilisé des représentants de plusieurs organisations basées en Haïti ...

5th Haiti Funders Conference: funders, you are invited!

Haiti is now in an unsustainable situation. Change must happen in all sectors. We believe that Philanthropy can play a pivotal role in Haiti’s resurgence with strategic investments now. There ARE solutions and inspiring examples of partners work...

Gessica Geneus: a testimony of her growth and collaboration with FOKAL

"I've always thought of them as a big family. A group of people who care about helping young people get their careers off the ground." We invite you to watch this excerpt from an interview with Gessica Geneus, one of FOKAL’s former grantees. Gessica ...

A Survey of the Haitian Diaspora in the United States

Ayiti Diaspora Collaborative (ADC) is launching a survey to gain better insights and understanding of the various Haitian communities across the United States. They call all people of Haitian descent living in the United States to be part of a histor...

A FIFTY-YEAR JOURNEY - OUR COMMUNITIES (part 2)

December 12, 1972 – January 12, 2010 – January 12, 2023 A series of two special online programs to commemorate the twelfth anniversary of the January 12, 2010 earthquake and the fiftieth anniversary of the first boatload of Haitian refugees that arri...

A FIFTY YEARS JOURNEY

December 12, 1972 - December 12, 2022 A series of two special online programs to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the first boatload of Haitian refugees that arrived on the Florida coast and the twelfth anniversary of the January 12, 2010...

Discours de Mme Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis à l'ouverture du symposium de "Haitian Ladies Network"

Nous publions en intégralité le discours de Mme Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis à l'ouverture du symposium de "Haitian Ladies Network", le samedi 8 octobre 2022, à Washington D. C. We publish the full speech of Mrs. Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis at the...

The impact of the FOKAL Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund in 2021 and 2022

On August 14, 2021, a devastating earthquake shook the southern region of Haiti, leaving more than 2,200 people, and 12,200 wounded and destroying homes, livestock, and crops. Then came the tropical storm Grace a few days later, aggravating the devas...