On March 9th, the Haitian Coalition of Somerville will begin the second Haitian Diaspora in Development Workshop Series, (HDD) to serve anyone in the greater Boston area actively promoting development in Haiti or aspiring to do so. HDD is a 12-week, technical-skills training that will build the capacity of local diaspora members to plan, implement and oversee successful development projects while increasing visibility and support for their work. Over the course of 12 Saturdays, from March 9th-June 8th, up to 30 participants will gain skills in
· Participatory project planning
· Project management, budgeting
· Fundraising and partnership building
Throughout the trainings, participants will also gain concrete planning experience by designing projects for optimal positive impact on communities in Haiti. By the project's conclusion, participants will have a basic logical framework and budget to guide their future work and the fluency in core development concepts that will make them more competitive for larger funding sources.
Additionally, the workshops will include a train-the-trainers component so that graduates will be able to transfer the skills they learned either to communities in Haiti or here in the Boston area. The workshop activities will also emphasize participatory processes in order to ensure that when projects are implemented, community members are involved in the decision-making processes, including those who are illiterate or at risk of being socially excluded. The trainings will be based on Mercy Corps’ Localizing Institutional Capacity in Sudan program (LINCS) and will be adapted for a Haitian context and needs.
For more information on the program and how to apply, please contact Franklin Dalembert at 617-799-5325 or franklindalembert@comcast.net.
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