The 2021 Chanyon Lakay
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Voting period is over! Who will be Chanpyon Lakay?
Final Results: December 17, 2021 –
Join us in supporting the next generation of Haitian innovators.
Building a Social Change Leadership Plan
for Haiti
Our Vision
To promote collaborative, civic-minded and impactful leadership across sectors to bring about a self-reliant and prosperous Haiti. CLE is a unique center using research, educational programs and networking as means to enhance capacities of exemplary Haitian leaders to bring about change in Haiti.
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.
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.
1
%
of our participants
launch new community and economic development activities after participating in CLE programs
1
MULTIPLIER EFFECT
Number of additional community members CLE participants engage in community development and progress initiatives, on average, after participating in CLE programs.
10
K
TOTAL REACH
People engaged through participants’ own efforts
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Our Partners and Collaborators
