The experience of 2016 was quite good. Crefis did not just provide seeds and tools for groups of Family in Legros. the idea was to start a bank of seeds and tools. After the harvest, the beneficiaries should give back twice of the seeds they have received. They did not. However, Crefis fell the obligation to continue the distribution in 2019 considering it was a way to help to brake the circle of poverty, waiting for the moment to structure the bank of seeds and tools.
The mission of CREFIS is to support local leaders and affiliated groups aligned with its vision and ideals, guiding them toward the eradication of poverty in all its forms in Haiti.
To achieve this mission, CREFIS works to:
Create local leadership capable of initiating sustainable and endogenous development initiatives to meet basic human needs;
Organize discussions and training sessions on the causes of underdevelopment in Haiti and on prioritizing key challenges;
Develop projects collaboratively with affiliated groups, encouraging grassroots development initiatives;
Present projects to partner aid organizations, with a strong focus on training, investment management, and project monitoring;
Combat corruption by positioning itself as a transparent intermediary between aid organizations and beneficiaries-actors.
CREFIS aims to identify, support, and train traditional associations in the commune of Roseaux as part of a pilot experience that will later extend to all communes of the Grand’Anse Department and throughout Haiti. This support is technical, institutional, and administrative in nature.
The organization’s field of action encompasses all areas of human and community development, with particular emphasis on:
environmental protection and agricultural development,
education and health promotion,
the emergence of community leadership,
and the development of microenterprise.
CREFIS seeks to support and strengthen existing associations and community groups in Roseaux and throughout the Grand’Anse region by providing training and guidance. Its objective is to help these groups break the vicious cycle of poverty by promoting dynamic local leadership capable of initiating, managing, and monitoring investment projects focused on basic human needs, including access to potable water, electricity, health services, education, employment, and cooperation.
Beneficiary groups are viewed not merely as recipients of aid, but as beneficiaries-actors—agents capable of actively contributing to their own emancipation.
