Amid widespread hunger and government collapse, the People’s Organization for the Development of Haiti (OPODHA) continues to organize and grow. More than 5,500 OPODHA members in 64 communities organized to…
Haiti: Organizing sustains community through severe hardship
“This is a very hard time for us. We are suffering a severe drought and have lost half our banana plants. There is no government to help, so we must rely on one another” – Marc Aurel, Capotille leader.
Marc and the leaders of Capotille are not giving up in the face of severe crisis. While Haitians are in survival mode, OPODNE teams of leaders in the towns across the Northeast Department continue to sustain community improvement and fledgling economic development activities. Read more here.
To overcome political dysfunction and corruption in Haiti, OPODNE is developing a new generation of leaders committed to transparency and accountability. Click here to learn more.