Partners connects people and institutions across and within the Americas to create lasting solutions to the hemisphere’s toughest challenges through its Chapters, development programs, and exchange programs.
Explore our map below to learn about Partners’ current Chapters and programs by country.
Regions
Haiti
Partners has been working in Haiti since 1978, when the Haiti-New Jersey Partners was founded. Since then, we’ve emerged as a leader in agriculture and food security reforms in the country. Since 2017, our Ranfose Abitid Nitrisyon pou Fe Ogmante Sante (RANFOSE) program aims to address micronutrient deficiencies in Haiti by increasing the availability of high-quality fortified foods throughout the country.
Chapters
- Chapitre d'Haïti
Overview
The Haiti Chapter was founded in 1977 by Yves Laborde, with the support of Clinton Crocker and a group of Haitian professionals and executives eager to work in partnership as volunteer citizens of the Caribbean basin to improve the lives of the hemisphere's peoples.
Since its foundation, the Haiti Chapter has carried out several projects in the fields of health, agriculture, education, etc., through partnership and exchange. The Haiti Chapter has also contributed to the development of various areas.
Leadership
Chapter Email: [email protected]
Position Name Contact Information* President Mario Henry Contact Secretary Rose Andree Altema Contact Treasurer Ketsia Marcelin M. Saint Pierre Contact Assistant Treasurer Kettly Germain Alysee Contact Advisor Sephora Pierre-Louis Contact Advisor M. P. F. F. Wooldhy Jean Contact *(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!)Useful Links
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100,000 Strong in the Americas
The 100,000 Strong in the Americas (100K) Innovation Fund expands opportunities for higher education institutions to create partnerships and launch innovative student exchange and training programs. This opens access to underrepresented student populations, improves workforce development training, increases public-private investment, and strengthens people-to-people ties between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Education exchanges have long been used as a tool to foster international cooperation and promote technical, linguistic, and intercultural skills development for students to operate in an increasingly globalized world. Created in 2013 by the White House’s National Security Council, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Partners of the Americas, and NAFSA: Association of International Educators, the 100K Innovation Fund is an impactful hemisphere-wide education initiative that creates dynamic regional collaboration across the private sector, foundations, government entities, NGOs, and academia to support higher education partnerships and increase the number and diversity of students in the Americas who have access to innovative training and exchange programs.
Unlike traditional scholarship programs, which support individual students or faculty, the 100K Innovation Fund stimulates innovation at the institutional level and provides critical funding on a competitive basis to higher education institutions across the Americas to build partnerships that result in innovative student exchange and training programs that are scalable and sustainable. To learn more about 100K Innovation Fund grants and other opportunities, visit https://www.100kstrongamericas.org.
$9.8Million in grants awarded25Countries and 49 U.S. states and territories benefited from grant programs572Higher education institutions formed partnerships for international collaboration7,100+Student and faculty beneficiariesRANFOSE - Ranfòse Abitid Nitrisyon pou Fè Ogmante Sante
In Haiti, impoverished households continue to suffer from significant nutrition insecurity and micronutrient deficiencies. Poor health and nutrition are prominent in the country and most severely impact pregnant and lactating women and young children. Our Ranfòse Abitid Nitrisyon pou Fè Ogmante Sante (RANFOSE) program aims to address micronutrient deficiencies in Haiti by increasing the availability of high-quality fortified foods throughout the country. Our strategy uses a multipronged, participatory approach to identify major constraints and target key stakeholders in the public sector, private sector, and civil society to stimulate a sustainable national program for fortified staple foods.
RANFOSE seeks to establish a National Fortification Alliance with key stakeholders to build consensus and advocate for food fortification and support the technical capacity to fortify foods, supported by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). The program supports local industry and importers in the production of sustained and safe fortification of foods. In addition, program activities are focused on increasing consumer reach and availability of fortified foods by facilitating the expansion of distribution networks.
Launched in 2017, RANFOSE is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and was originally anticipated to be implemented over a period of four years. In summer 2021, the project was awarded a two-year cost extension by USAID. During these additional years, RANFOSE will continue existing activities in pursuit of establishing an enabling environment for a sustainable national food fortification program.
89Health professionals across 15 municipalities trained as trainers on the role of fortified foods80%of vegetable oil and 76% of wheat flour is now fortified in the Haitian market4Radio spots developed and broadcast on 15 radio stations in 150 municipalities
