The Haitian Coalition of Somerville invites members of the Diaspora who want to help their community in Haiti to participate in the Haitian Diaspora in Development Workshop Series, which will train participants in basic project planning and budgeting skills so they can run successful projects and promote positive and sustainable development in Haiti.
Over three weeks, participants will learn critical skills in three areas:
Focusing your organization
- Identify organization’s mission statement and vision for change.
Budgeting
- Learn how to develop a basic project budget, track spending and handle receipts.
Project Design
- Develop project goals, objectives, activities and indicators as well as a monitoring and evaluation plan.
- Acquire tools to assess community needs and develop appropriate and realistic responses.
- Gain fluency in critical concepts of community participation, gender equity and sustainability.
By the end of the program, participants will have a basic project plan, budget, and preparation to raise funds to support their work.
The workshops will be based on Mercy Corps’ Localizing Institutional Development in Sudan (LINCS) curriculum. Materials will be adapted for the Haitian community. Workshops will be facilitated by Connie Barker of African Community and Economic Development of New England.
Mercy Corps is an international relief and development organization that works in more than 40 countries to combat poverty, conflict and disaster and create secure, productive and just communities. It has worked in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake and promotes long-term development through economic, agricultural and youth development programming in both Port-au-Prince and rural communities in the Central Plateau and the Lower Artibone Valley.
Who is eligible to participate? All members of the Haitian Diaspora who aspire to implement development projects in Haiti. Space is limited to 15.
When are the workshops held? The workshops will be held on the first three Saturdays in March, (3/3, 3/10 and 3/17) from 10am-2pm.
Where: Mercy Corps, 9 Waterhouse Street, Cambridge, MA
Material Fee: $20 per participant
For registration or any other information, please contact Franklin Dalembert at 617-625-6400 or franklin.dalembert@haitian-coalition.org.
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