Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    LEADERSHIP, LOCAL CAPACITY-BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS. WE PROVIDE REGULAR, ONGOING TRAININGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO HELP BUILD THE CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THE ISLAND OF LA GONAVE, IN ORDER TO INCREASE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE IN RURAL HAITI.IN 2020, THROUGH OUR LOCAL PARTNER RASIN DEVLOPMAN, WE PROVIDED LOCAL LEADERS ON LA GONAVE WITH FUNDING FOR NEW COMMUNITY-LED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND AN ADDITIONAL 32 HOURS OF LEADERSHIP AND CAPACITY-BUILDING TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS. BOTH WERE CARRIED OUT AS PARTS OF RASIN'S TWA WOCH DIFE PROGRAM STARTED IN 2019 WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM SIX OF THE ISLAND'S COMMUNAL SECTIONS AND THE CITY OF ANSE-A-GALETS. THE PROJECTS FUNDED IN 2020 INVOLVED PAVING NEW ROADS ON THE ISLAND, DISTRIBUTING SEEDS AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY GARDENS, BUILDING A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, AND CLEANING UP AND REFORESTING THE COASTLINE. A PORTION OF THE WORKSHOPS PROVIDED WERE DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LE CENTRE HAITIEN DU LEADERSHIP ET DE L'EXCELLENCE (CLE HAITI), A LIKE-MINDED HAITIAN LEADERSHIP AND CAPACITY-BUILDING ORGANIZATION ROOTS INTRODUCED TO LA GONAVE THREE YEARS AGO.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $106.3K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    ON MARCH 27, 2020, ROOTS OF DEVELOPMENT LAUNCHED AN EMERGENCY CAMPAIGN TO HELP LA GONAVE PREPARE FOR COVID-19 ON THE ISLAND. PREPARATIONS INVOLVED A CORONAVIRUS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON THE ISLAND TO QUICKLY DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE VIRUS AND HOW TO PREVENT ITS SPREADS. OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THE CAMPAIGNS WERE TAKING PLACE, WERE THE FIRST TO RESPOND. WE EQUIPPED THEM WITH THE NECESSARY INFORMATION AND PROTECTIVE GEAR TO GO OUT AND INFORM THEIR COMMUNITIES OF THE RISKS AND BEST PRACTICES. WE INSTALLED 90 HANDWASHING STATIONS THROUGHOUT SEVEN COMMUNAL SECTIONS ON THE ISLAND. WE PROVIDED THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH 1,000 REUSABLE MASKS FOR DISTRIBUTION ON THE ISLAND AND A GRANT TO A LOCAL WOMEN'S SEWING COOPERATIVE TO PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE AN ADDITIONAL 1,000 MASKS. WE PROVIDED THE HOSPITAL IN ANSE-A-GALETS WITH A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO HELP IT OPEN, EQUIP, AND STAFF A COVID CENTER AND BROUGHT A GROUP OF ARTISTS FROM MAINLAND HAITI TO PAINT NINE COVID-THEMED MURALS IN TOWN. THE THREE GRAFITI ARTISTS TRAVELED TO LA GONAVE TO PAINT MURALS THAT REMINDED RESIDENTS TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE, WEAR MASKS, WASH THEIR HANDS REGULARLY, AND TO TREAT NEIGHBORS WHO HAD FALLEN ILL AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL WITH COMPASSION INSTEAD OF FEAR.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $86.9K

  • Haitian Community Development Support

    IN 2022, ROOTS OF DEVELOPMENT CONTINUED SUPPORTING OUR HAITIAN PARTNER, RASIN DEVLOPMAN. WITH ROOTS' HELP, RASIN HAS STRENGTHENED ITSELF INTERNALLY BY ADOPTING NEW SYSTEMS AND BRINGING ON NEW STAFF, ALLOWING IT TO EXPAND ITS WORK BY REACHING NEW AREAS OF LA GONAVE AND DIRECTING ITS EFFORTS TOWARD NEW POPULATIONS. DUE TO THE ONGOING CRISIS IN HAITI, RASIN WAS ONLY ABLE TO COMPLETE 78% OF ITS 2022 WORKPLAN-HOWEVER, IT DID END THE YEAR WITH A BALANCED BUDGET, FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. IN ADDITION, RASIN FACILITATED A 91% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN ACROSS THE ISLAND, TO 21 IN TOTAL, AND ADDED 2 NEW PROGRAMS, AN ISLAND-WIDE COMMUNITY FORUM AND A YOUTH-ORIENTED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM. WITH THE ADDITION OF DEDICATED COMMUNICATIONS STAFF, RASIN'S SOCIAL MEDIA REACHED 122,000 PEOPLE ONLINE.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $101.4K