2012

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JANUARY

2012
CELEBRATED OVER 50 ENTREPRENEURS
We CELEBRATED over 50 entrepreneurs by hosting our annual Port Ouverte. Which gave others the opportunity to see what our organization is about first hand: creating sustainable jobs and promoting local goods. Our members, partners, and friends had the chance to visit our entrepreneurs and their employees at our offices while having the chance to buy some of their home grown goods!

FEBRUARY-MAY

2012

We TRAINED over 2200 people in business skills and life skills. It was not an easy task, but we understood the VALUE in training these displaced individuals. So we partnered with WORLD VISION to equip a more informed community of active citizens geared to create and promote sustainable jobs in HAITI.

TRAINED OVER 2200 PEOPLE IN BUSINESS SKILLS

JUNE

2012

We once again partnered with the UNITED NATIONS , to place youth living in IMPOVERISHED AREAS of Port-au-Prince, whom some have been involved in gang activity to take part in a year long program which trains them in technical trades like construction, plumbing, & electricity & place them in 6 month internship in trade specific companies. Offering them a 2nd CHANCE.

INDUCTED 200 YOUTH INTO OUR PLACEMENT & REHABILITATION INITITATIVE

2012
Welcomed JEFF OLIVER, DREW MOHORIC, SALIM GEORGE, JD MCLAUSLAND, JESSICA DAVIS, SOHAYLA ROSTRAMI,&PATRICIA DANIEL into our team. Through out the summer these students served as a wonderful addition to our team through numerous initiatives.

MAY-AUGUST

STUDENTS FROM PENN STATE ,CORNELL & BROWN INTERNED @HPCD

AUGUST

2012

As August rolled in ...we incubated 50 new micro entrepreneurs into our Martissant and Cite Soleil incubators . Through out the next year HPCD & the UN will ensure that these women receive additional training and be housed in our incubators where they will have access to numerous resources which will help them grow their small businesses.

INCUBATED 50 NEW ENTREPRENEURS

AUGUST 2012

ASSESMENT & REHABILITATION WORKSHOP

As you can see, August was a busy month for us at HPCD. Our interns conducted a wonderfully crafted assessment & rehabilitation workshop for the 200 youth within our placement initiative. This fostered understanding, growth and excitement amongst the youth as they geared to begin working in just a few days.

SEPTEMBER

2012

PLACED OVER 150 YOUTH IN CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES

Just two and half months after beginning our placement initiative our tireless staff successfully placed over 150 youth in construction companies in the Portau-Prince and surrounding areas. Over 190 youth are currently working!

SEPTDECEMBER

2012

A TEAM OF INTERNS FROM INAGEH, A LOCAL UNIVERSITY JOIN OUR TEAM

OCT-NOV-DECEMBER

2012
HPCD IS EVERYWHERE.
Through out these past couple of month our dynamic staff has meandered through fairs, bazaars, workshops and conferences sharing the news of who we are, what we do, and what we aspire to do in the country. Our entrepreneurs have also had the chance to share their work and mesmerize guests!

A SPECIAL THANKS
To YOU! With out you none of this would have been possible. Our tireless staff has collaborated with variety of partners including the United Nations, World Vision, and World In Conversations. And of course, who could forget our colleagues, friends, and family who have ben there since the very beginning, without you, we don't exist.

2012