Programs: Haiti Hope Project
Facts
Announced:
August 9, 2010
Category:
Promoting Job Growth & Economic Opportunity
Grant Amount: $550,600
Disbursed to Date: $50,600
Grant Objective:
To improve the value chain for Haitian smallholders cultivating mangoes and increase long-term income for approximately 25,000 families.
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President Bush meets with Haitians who are receiving technical assistance through the Haiti Hope Project.
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Rural mango farmers sit in on a farmer rally.
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Local farmers and producers work to organize mangoes for sale and export.
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President Clinton oversees the processing of mangoes in a collection center.
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Animator and Business Adviser training organized by the Haiti Hope Project.
Through TechnoServe’s Haiti Hope Project, the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund's grant hopes to set up a replicable and scalable model to increase exports that can be used throughout Haiti. Once set up, TechnoServe will work with farmers and exporters to identify ways to improve their products. Farmers will receive better training and learn how they can grow a more competitive product for export. Exporters will be taught strategies through which they can make a higher profit off of the products they put on the mark
The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund grant of $550,600 to TechnoServe provides funding for the establishment of mango producer groups, nurseries, and service and collection centers as part of the Haiti Hope Project. By strengthening Haiti's mango value chain and increasing farmers' revenues, the project aims to increase long-term income for approximately 25,000 families.
Why We Invested in the Haiti Hope Project
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund's grant to TechnoServe's Haiti Hope Project reflects our commitment to restarting, expanding and creating small businesses, while empowering individuals and organizations to transition from the informal to the formal sector.
Transforming Lives and Livelihoods
The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund grant to TechnoServe's Haiti Hope Project will help:
- Establish two prototype market service centers, four collection centers, and ten nurseries.
- Deliver funding for seeds and nursery stock.
- Provide financing for the formation and strengthening of 25 producer business groups through local financial service providers. In these groups, farmers will be trained on organizational and business skills, as well as ways in which they can increase the volume and quality of their mango production.
- Develop a model for farmer credit that will ensure framers can invest in their crops and increase their revenues.
- Convene stakeholders in the mango value chain, from farmer to exporter, to foster cooperation and improve efficiency.
The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund's catalytic grant is intended to jumpstart the project, benefitting up to 5,000 farmers and their families, establishing a model to be replicated throughout the sector.
About The Haiti Hope Project
The Haiti Hope Project is a partnership between The Coca Cola Company, the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the Inter-American Development Bank, TechnoServe, and local partners to improve the value chain for Haitian smallholder farmers cultivating mangoes for export and domestic markets. This project will help Haiti reach its full potential in marketing mangoes, already its second most valuable agricultural export, as fresh fruit and juice extracts.
About TechnoServe
Since 1968, TechnoServe has helped entrepreneurial men and women in poor areas of the developing world to build businesses that create income, opportunity, and economic growth for their families, their communities, and their countries.
