(Community Matters) The Entrepreneurs Foundation’s/Austin Ventures HelpHaiti one-year report
Greetings on the one year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake. Today we remember the over 200k Haitians who died and 1.5 million left homeless. Through your generosity, we raised over $1.5 million to help them. Your money has been well invested.
On Monday night I attended an event hosted by Fonkoze, where they were joined by representatives from Partners in Health and Concern Worldwide, celebrating the extraordinary spirit of Haitians and the good work accomplished since the earthquake.
Despite sometimes contrary media coverage, especially these three agencies (our major partners in Haiti) have accomplished much with our and others’ contributions. On Monday night I was reminded that these agencies have a competitive advantage in serving displaced Haitians – overwhelmingly their employees are Haitians and these agencies were operating in Haiti for at least 14 years prior to the earthquake. Continue reading
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