Join OPODNE Executive Director, Florcie Tyrell, and Fort Liberte Bishop Alphonse Quesnel as they provide a picture of overall conditions in Haiti; how people are responding to the pandemic; what OPODNE is doing to slow the spread of the virus…
Everyone needs clean water during this public health crisis. Poor communities are at great risk when they don’t have access. COFOA leaders are pressing forward on securing water for those communities. The COFOA organization in rural San Juan Opico just…
There are 104 reported cases in Rwanda on April 5.[i] Early on, the government ordered strong measures to prevent spread of the virus including rigorously enforced stay at home orders, border closings, travel restrictions, and health practices.. The country appears…
Thousands of families in Cihya will have electricity when technicians connect lines to their homes from the poles that were just installed. More of their children will go to the local school after three more classrooms are added to the…
While Haiti government continues its collapse, OPODNE continues to develop leaders for the future. Staff and leaders are visiting schools in villages across the Northeast to encourage students to take responsibility for their own communities. After classroom sessions, students join…
See how six hundred families from two rural communities in San Juan Opico are celebrating because they have clean water for the first time. Supported by COFOA, leaders organized a legal cooperative; contributed $14,000 of their own money; and negotiated…
