Haiti Development Institute

We are very proud to have prepared our first Five-Year Impact Report. (You can view it as a flipbook or download it as a PDF). In it, you will see the results we have achieved in the last five years with the generous support of our donors and partners.

We are proud of the numbers contained in this report -- $2.35 million dollars put directly in the hands of communities to advance their development visions; over 300 leaders from 100 organizations supported to grow their organizations. We are excited that the transformative Kolektif Arcadins regional development initiative we lead is fully developed and now being implemented. We are proud of the learning, planning and mobilization we have made possible through support of constant convening of local leaders in Haiti and philanthropic leaders in the US.

What the numbers cannot fully convey, however, is the main impact of our work - community members galvanized to come together to build equitable communities where everyone has a stake. It is this spirit of community and solidarity that will bring durable change in Haiti.

The report also shares where we will go in the next five years. We have laid the groundwork to expand our capacity building to the public sector through local government professional training and to expand our community investments to include loans and recoverable grants to social enterprises.

We are grateful for the strong support of our donors that enables HDI to provide the resources, tools and connections Haitian communities need to build the peaceful, prosperous future they deserve.

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In collaboration with partners, HDI has brought together 250 farmers from around southern Haiti to discuss their vision for economic and agricultural development in the region and identify the best strategies to pursue it.

This is the first in a series of events providing a platform for farmers and local agricultural organizations to engage in the national effort spearheaded by the Food Systems Alliance, a coalition of 15+ Haitian organizations, to build a more resilient, equitable and sustainable food system in Haiti through collaboration, innovation, and long-term investments.

We are grateful for the support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of the HFSA and these important convenings to facilitate Haitian-led development.

Partners in Agriculture | Centre d'Appui et de Services aux Entreprises Locales et Internationales (CASELI) | The Boston Foundation | Heifer International | Haiti Response Coalition | Acceso

HDI is hiring!

We are seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer to help HDI and the partners we support track, measure, document, analyze, improve and communicate the results we are generating and change we are creating in Haitian communities.

We are also seeking a Communications Associate to help us show our work and tell the stories of what communities are able to accomplish, aided by our support and accompaniment.

Please share these opportunities with people in your networks who want to be part of HDI's efforts to power sustainable, community-led development in Haiti. And if this is you, please apply by December 19, 2025!

Position descriptions in English and French on our website: https://www.hdihaiti.org/join-our-team