If you are interested in witnessing and supporting the incredible work of OPODNE leaders, let us know. We are organizing a delegation that will travel to Haiti from August 15th to August 22nd. You will have the opportunity to hear…
Haiti: Leaders in Mont Organise are executing their plans for greater economic self-sufficiency. With funds reinvested from their successful micro lending enterprise, they have expanded their pepper cooperative and now have added a goat-breeding project. Last year the peppers produced…
Celebrating more than 40 years of history, nearly 300 PICO Network leaders met the first week of May to chart our future together. This history and future is embedded in PICO Network’s new name, Faith in Action. According to our…
Haiti: Nearly thirty people gathered at the home of Karen Ansara to hear the story of PICO organizing in Haiti and lend their financial support. Thank you, Karen! Boston is the home to a large population of Haitian diaspora, seeking…
Haiti: You may already know that Florcie is the Executive Director of OPODNE, PICO’s faith based community organizing project in Haiti. You may also know that she is largely responsible for training of more than 500 leaders in eleven towns…
We are happy to report that the chicken cooperative in Grand Bassin is up and running again. For the past year, the cooperative had been sidelined because the conflict with Dominican Republic had closed the border and they were not…
With a small investment of $1400 from their own micro lending fund and $1000 from OPODNE, leaders in Capotille have launched a banana project. They have organized 70 farmers who have leased land, removed tree stumps, tilled the soil and…
Presidents from local leadership teams delivered reports to the OPODNE board in a continuing commitment to transparency and accountability that makes them so different than many NGOs in Haiti. More than 90 leaders and 600 people from 11 cities have…
OPODNE is gaining a reputation as a transparent, reliable vehicle for social change in Haiti. The Digicel Foundation has chosen OPODNE as one of 22 finalists across Haiti in a competition that will invest $10,000 dollars in 10 organizations dedicated…
Two hundred years ago, Haitians birthed the spirit of self-determination and self-reliance with the only successful slave revolt in the hemisphere. The country has been under assault ever since. For four years, leaders of OPODNE have worked to destroy a…
