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NEWS & EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

Clinton Global Initiative September 2024 Meeting

We will be at CGI reaffirming our commitment to Haiti and its children and families.

 

PAST EVENTS

National Association of Black Journalists Convention
We were at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in August 2024, hosting  a panel called “Reporting from Haiti: Taking on Risks and Myths Through Quality Journalism.”

Read a summary of the Haitian journalists’ panel.

Pockets of Hope at the 2023 ESSENCE Festival of Culture™ presented by Coca-Cola®
Watch a wrap-up of our panel on catalyzing investment in Haitian-led initiatives across Haiti.

GRANTEE STORIES

Revolutionizing higher education in Haiti
Watch a video produced by Konbit Media to learn more about the Haitian Education and Leadership Program (HELP)—a modern “konbit” (a Haitian term for a group of people working together in pursuit of the common good), which acts as an accelerator of higher education and citizenship training in Haiti.

An Alliance for Haitian Smallholder Farmers
AyiboPost produced a video about Pockets of Hope grantee Haiti Food Systems Alliance (HFSA), which promotes and fosters locally led agriculture and aims to improve the health, education and economic development of Haitian farming families and communities. Hear from smallholder farmers, agronomists and organization leaders about the impact of the alliance.

“Allez Les Grenadières”
Read about the Haitian national women’s soccer team, Les Grenadières—named for a unit of the Haitian Indigenous Army, the coalition that fought slavery and colonial rule in the Haitian Revolution. The  story was produced with support from the Round Earth Media program of WKKF grantee International Women’s Media Foundation, in partnership with Woy Magazine.