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International youth day

Let’s celebrate the commitment and success of our young haitian entrepreneurs

Haiti is full of ambitious and motivated young leaders and entrepreneurs. Despite their many challenges, they persevere day in and day out, to bring about real change. To celebrate their enormous contributions and vision, we are thrilled to announce International Youth Day 2024. Along with our strategic partners at the Haiti Food System Alliance, CEDEL, and more, two exciting events will be held in Cap Haitian and Jacmel on August 11 and 12, to highlight the work and products of young entrepreneurs in the key sectors of agriculture and craft.

We will organize conferences, inspirational youth speakers, an exciting marketplace to buy beautiful local products and to learn about new opportunities for financing and partnership, as well as technical workshops. Join us as we work with all actors in the entrepreneurship ecosystem to inspire collaboration, encourage investment, and spread the word of incredible innovations taking place in local communities around Haiti.

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Boosting social innovation

The Angaje Program is preparing for its third seminar, which will take place from September 8-14, 2024. This upcoming seminar will once again convene one hundred emerging (65% women) social entrepreneurs for training sessions led by experts in areas such as marketing, social innovation, financial management and compliance, and other critical topics aimed at fostering positive change and business growth.

ANGAJE transcends a mere training program, offering a comprehensive ecosystem designed to train, support, connect and FUND through financing and seed grants the visions of Haiti’s future leaders. Our goal is to empower these entrepreneurs to help build a more prosperous, inclusive, and equitable economy in Haiti. In short, to SUCCEED.

Angaje Participants benefit from:

 

  • Residential Seminars: Intensive learning and networking opportunities to share ideas and strategies.
  • Targeted Coaching and Mentorship: Personalized guidance from industry experts to refine and advance their entrepreneurial journey.
  • Technical Consulting Services: Essential support in critical areas such as legalization and marketing to ensure sustainable business growth.
  • Access to Seed Grants and Flexible Financing: Financial resources to turn innovative ideas into tangible results.

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ANGAJE Program Partners

Join us on June 27, 2024 to Celebrate the Achievements of Emerging Haitian Entrepreneurs

celebrating the

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Micro, Small and Medium (MSME) Enterprises, defined as enterprises with 100 or less employees, employ 80% of the Haitian economy. Especially in value-generating sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing and services, MSME’s are the main engine of growth, investing in the scale of Haiti’s national products and providing critical services such as health care and access to financing where larger institutions and the public sector are often absent.

CLE and its partners are thrilled to be investing in and celebrating the new generation of social entrepreneurs with our second annual day of MPME events, on June 27, 2024

On June 27, 2024 at 2 pm, join us for the webinar, “Boosting Social Innovation and Growth: Enhancing Capital Access for Entrepreneurs,” gathering entrepreneurs, incubators and investors to explore challenges and opportunities faced by innovative MPME’s, specifically women and youth-led, in accessing appropriate growth capital.

We will also be launching our second annual Entrepreneurship Survey to assess opportunities, challenges, resources, and needs for emerging entrepreneurs, providing consistent data on which entrepreneurs, programs, and investors can rely.

Boosting Social Innovation and Growth: Enhancing Capital Access for Entrepreneurs

Time: 2:00 -3:00 PM

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Stay tuned to participate in the survey, launching July 27!

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Prizes

1 "CHANPYON LAKAY" 2023

∙ 650 000 Gourds
∙ 300 000 Gourds
∙ Plaque of honor and merit
∙ 15 months of technical assistance with CLE

5 "CHANPYON LAKAY" winners

∙ 300 000 Gourds
∙ Plaque of honor and merit
∙ 15 months of technical assistance with CLE

4 Finalists

∙ 65 000 Gourds
∙ Plaque of honor and merit
∙ 15 months of technical assistance with CLE

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Building on Success - Impact in 2023

The commitment of Haitian social entrepreneurs is key to emerging from the current socio-economic crisis. These courageous and visionary young Haitians are finding market-driven solutions to systemic challenges, working to transform sectors such as health care and agro-business to build the inclusive, growing, and self-reliant economy that Haiti needs and deserves. This work is supported by core partners W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Global Affairs Canada, and the TK Foundation, and key program and market partners including our 14 agricultural organizations at the Haiti Food System Alliance. Together we are building a long-term plan to assess gaps in the entrepreneurship ecosystem, and launch strategic and ambitious programming that is as bold as the new generation of Haitian social entrepreneurs and leaders.
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Channeled in seed grants

to over 40 youth and women-led social enterprises through six different grant and business competitions.

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Legally

 registered businesses

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social enterprises incubated

providing residential leadership development, technical training and coaching, and peer mentorship

Maëva Jean Baptiste

PWÒPTE LAKAY

Community Street Cleaning Enterprise
| South

Rebetha Charles

REB LOKAL

Food Transformation Business
| Grand Anse

Djimy Saintil

TRIP AGWO

Agro Transformation Enterprise
| Northeast

Marie Dayana Thedal

Fanm_Nati

Organic Beauty Products Enterprise
| Centre

Jean Max Cangé

AGRIBUSINESS

Chicken Breeding Business
| West

Launch of the Haiti Food System Alliance

After years in the making, CLE is proud to announce the launch of the Haiti Food Systems Alliance (HFSA). This coalition is led by Acceso, a Haitian agricultural business Acceso and partner, and brings together 14 established Haitian businesses and organizations working to improve Haiti’s agricultural sector from the bottom up.
The HFSA leverages the expertise, resources, and reputations of local partners. With the support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the alliance will take coordinated actions to put Haiti on a path to food security. CLE is proud to join this milestone effort as a service partner in order to strengthen the capacity of the individuals and organizations who will build a stronger agricultural and food system from the bottom up.

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Leadership Programs

Our integrated programs combine skills-based training, innovation research, place-based accompaniment and networking campaigns to enhance the capacities of exemplary Haitian leaders. With a focus on women, youth and communities, we tailor our programs and meet leaders where they are, to help them launch new social change focused initiatives and enterprises and bring change to their communities.

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Research

Research initiatives are central to our work. We highlight everyday leaders in Creole-language videos, articles, and publications. We conduct surveys and document local solutions and innovations that address Haiti’s most systemic and engrained issues. These stories inspire others to believe that, they too, can bring much needed change to their own communities.

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Strategic Initiatives

Catalyzing leadership requires taking advantage of new opportunities as they arise. Working with close partners, CLE has launched several strategic initiatives that open up new avenues for advancement to the members of our network. These initiatives are integrated throughout our programs, and are diverse and responsive to their interests and goals. They include an accompanied grant fund called POTE KOLE to support locally-led reconstruction efforts after Haiti’s August earthquake as well as during the coronavirus pandemic, Chanpyon Lakay - CLE’s yearly youth leadership competition, women’s mentorship roundtables and more.

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Our Impact

CLE programs have engaged a network of over 6000 leaders in all ten departments of Haiti. We have trained 2150 leaders (40% women) and engaged over 850 local organizations in enterprises in our capacity building work. CLE works to directly support local leaders across sectors, and in their regions where they live and work. We know that supporting these leaders’ vision for change, and improving their skills for leadership and enterprise will create the lasting effect we seek across Haiti.

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of our participants
1 %

launch new community and economic development activities after participating in CLE programs

MULTIPLIER EFFECT
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Number of additional community members CLE participants engage in community development and progress initiatives, on average, after participating in CLE programs.

TOTAL REACH
10 K

People engaged through participants’ own efforts

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