What
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Fonkoze is committed to accompany Haitian women and their families out of poverty and improve the quality of their life through loans and literacy training. Fonkoze serves women throughout all departments of Haiti, including many difficult to reach rural areas.
Activities
Three month literacy modules are offered covering basic literacy, business skills, and health education, including disease prevention and HIV/AIDS. Participants learn to read and write while learning ways to improve their businesses and health.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $5,337
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $84,663
Total Funding Goal: $90,000
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Why
Potential Long Term Impact
This project provides literacy modules for 3600 women to obtain the necessary skills to build their businesses and support their families. In addition, it helps create the economic foundation for a strong democratic society in Haiti.
Project Message
We believe you can't just give a woman a loan and send her own her way. You must accompany her as she struggles out of poverty. Fonkoze is a lasting institution for the poor that does this.
- Fr. Joseph Philippe, Founder
Who
ContactJohn Mercier,50 F Street, NW Suite 810 Washington, DC 20001 United States 202-628-9033 Email: Project SponsorGlobalGiving |
Organization
Learn more about Fonkoze USA and the project team. |
Where
Country
This project is located in 
Haiti
and can also be found under 
Economic Development.
For more information about Haiti, read the Human Development Report on Haiti or the Wikipedia entry for Haiti.
When
Last Updated
This project was last updated on September 10, 2007.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 20, 2005.
Latest Update from the Field
Fonkoze's Business Skills Training at the Gonaives Credit Center.
By Steve Werlin - Director of Education, September 10, 2007 04:31 PM
A member of the Business Skills Class Iliana wants to take all the classes Fonkoze can offer: Health Education, Environmental Protection, and Children’s Rights. “If there are things about Fonkoze’s programs I don’t like, I haven’t found them yet.”
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