Programs: INDEPCO
Facts
Announced:
July 7, 2010
Category:
Promoting Job Growth & Economic Opportunity
Grant Amount: $245,000
Disbursed to Date: $205,000
Grant Objective:
To rebuild and restore Haiti's largest network of garment micro-entrepreneurs.
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President Bush meets with Hans Garoute, President of INDEPCO.
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A workman pays close attention to details while sewing a new batch of school shirts.
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Workmen at INDEPCO's headquarters in Port-au-Prince.
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INDEPCO workmen sew uniforms for Haitian school children.
The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund awarded a grant to INDEPCO of $245,000 to rebuild and restore its extensive network of garment micro-entrepreneurs in Haiti. INDEPCO is the largest network of micro-entrepreneurs in Haiti’s garment sector, but the earthquake destroyed approximately 10 percent of its workshops. INDEPCO has engaged 70 workshops throughout Haiti to produce 40,000 school uniforms as a result of support from the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund in rebuilding and repairs, injection of capital, and a marketing ca
With support from the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, INDEPCO will rebuild its headquarters and expand its production and training capacity, enabling small-scale garment workshops that were damaged in the earthquake to resume production. This will provide an injection of working capital to the INDEPCO network of 600 ateliers.
To date, INDEPCO has produced 24,437 school uniforms for Haitian schoolchildren. The uniform order engaged approximately 70 ateliers and 600 workers from around Port-au-Prince, including several workers in Jacmel, Gonaive, Petit Goave, Saint Marc, and Leogane. INDEPCO has also completed 80 percent of the construction and repair work to its facility and the bulk of electrical wiring installation for approximately 150 of its sewing machines.
Why We Invested in INDEPCO
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund's grant to INDEPCO reflects our commitment to creating economic opportunity and job growth by restarting, expanding and creating micro- and small-sized businesses.
Transforming Lives and Livelihoods
With support from the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, INDEPCO will:
- Rebuild INDEPCO's headquarters building, expanding production and training capacity.
- Enable small-scale garment workshops that were damaged in the earthquake to resume production.
- Provide an injection of working capital to the INDEPCO network of 600 ateliers to enable it to complete an order for 40,000 school uniforms, thereby providing two months of employment for nearly 1,000 workers.
- Provide funding for a marketing campaign to secure new orders.
About INDEPCO
Founded in 1992, INDEPCO is the largest network of garment micro-entrepreneurs in Haiti. It is a Haitian non-profit organization that has successfully trained its members to execute contracts for over one million uniforms, service aprons, and school bags for customers such as the Ministry of Education, DIGICEL (mobile phone provider), SogeXpress (a banking institution), the UN Mission in Haiti, and others. INDEPCO's headquarters in Port-au-Prince secures bulk sewing orders and distributes pre-cut fabric to network of over 600 small scale ateliers.
