Archive for category What’s New

Book Launch delayed

Posted by ONeil in What's New on January 13th, 2010

Due to the earthquake in Haiti, we are postponing the launch of the book, “La Frontera Dominico-Haitiana” until next Wednesday.

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Haiti Earthquake Appeal

Posted by ONeil in What's New on January 12th, 2010

If you would like to help us respond to the earthquake in Haiti, please donate through our secure donation site:

www.PanAmericanRelief.org

“This is a critical time for Haiti and our neighbors need our help,” says Amy Coughenour, Deputy Executive Director of PADF. “PADF will be working with civil protection authorities, the private sector and community organizations to provide immediate and long-term assistance.”

PADF – the natural disaster relief arm of the Organization of American States (OAS) – set up the safe and secure www.PanAmericanRelief.org so individuals may find out information and make donations.

earthquake, Haïti, response

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The new progress report for the Our Border Program

Posted by ONeil in Activities, Publications in English, What's New on November 4th, 2009

We’ve just published our semi-annual progress report [pdf file, 2.2MB). This twenty-two page report includes a description of the background behind our project, our current activities, and our future plans. Although it was written primarily for our donors, we are happy to share it with anyone interested.

border, Dominican Republic, Haïti, MIF, OAS, report

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Update for September 2009

Posted by ONeil in Activities, What's New on September 9th, 2009

Centro Puente, in Dajabon

También en Español

We have a great number of exciting activities happening this month. I wanted to take this chance to share highlights of what is keeping us busy and what will be coming soon:

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Belladere, Dominican border, Duret, Haitian border, MANGO, Murray, perceptions, Production

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New Funding for 2009!

Posted by ONeil in What's New on June 19th, 2009

The IDB-OAS-PADF signing Ceremony

We have received funding from the OAS and the IDB to continue our work along the border. Under this new program, we will work with 15 small producer groups on either side of the border while continuing our study of the production potential in the border and working on conflict mitigation. In early 2010, we will hold final workshops in both capitals.

The official press release:

WASHINGTON (PRNewswire).- More than US$1.1 million will be used to improve agricultural training, marketing and planting more profitable crops along the impoverished Haiti-Dominican Republic border, the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) announced today.

“This project will improve the lives of thousands of small-plot and substance farmers,” says John Sanbrailo, Executive Director of PADF. “This new funding builds on PADF’s successful record of being a catalyst for sustainable economic development along the border.”

With funding from the U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), PADF will teach farmers how to manage and sell more profitable crops, create business plans, apply for government loans and credits and reach more consumers.

The one-year initiative allows PADF to work with 30 producer groups in seven communities on both sides of the border. In the Dominican Republic, PADF will work in Pedernales, Comendador and Dajabon. In the Haiti, PADF will focus on Anse a Pitres, Fonds Verrettes, Belladere and Ouanaminthe.

The 193-mile frontier between Haiti and the Dominican Republic faces a plethora of problems, including poverty, unemployment, lack of infrastructure and misunderstandings about the potential of bilateral development. Haiti is the poorest country in the hemisphere with approximately 80 percent of the population living in poverty.

PADF has been working on the border for five years. Its program, called “Fwontye Nou/Nuestra Frontera” in Creole and Spanish (“Our Border” in English), provides training, technical assistance and cross-border projects that have created economic solutions, bi-national cooperation, cross-border conflict mitigation, and a framework for communities on both sides of the border.

Ambassador Albert Ramdin, the Assistant Secretary General of the OAS and chair of the Haiti Support Group, called on other countries to dedicate more resources to this border region.

“I want to recognize the U.S. Mission to the OAS, as well as the IDB’s Multilateral Investment Fund, for their leadership in supporting this important program which is providing cross-border models and methodologies that can be used and expanded by other donors,” says Ambassador Ramdin.

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