Hope for Haiti

After the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake, the IDB pledged to provide Haiti more than $2.2 billion in grants over the next decade to fund its recovery efforts and long-term development plans. The Bank also cancelled all of Haiti’s outstanding debt and converted undisbursed loan balances into grants. Since the earthquake the IDB has approved $442 million in new grants and disbursed close to $355 million for Haiti.

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France’s AFD, IDB’s FOMIN fund project to boost Haitian coffee production

IDB's FOMIN, France's AFD, Nestle and Colombia's coffee growers association partner in a project to help Haiti revive its coffee production. Jan 10, 2012
Two Years On, Haiti Turns a Page

Haiti strives to overcome the worst natural disaster in its history and seize the opportunities arising from its reconstruction efforts. Jan 9, 2012
Haitian school's reconstruction starts

Responding to an IDB call for donations, a Trinidad bank provides $1 million to rebuild a better school for the Haitian village of Furcy. Dec 23, 2011
IDB makes $20 million grant for Haiti hydro

The IDB provides a $20 million grant to complete the financing needed to refurbish Haiti's principal renewable energy facility. Dec 15, 2011

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MIF in Haiti: The HESAR Program

Within ten days following the January 2010 earthquake, the MIF had submitted to its Donors Committee and received approval for the Haiti Emergency Spending Allocation Request (HESAR) Program. The HESAR Program invested nearly US$3 million in the resumption of economic activity of 16 of the MIF’s local partners, which enabled them to restart business operations to their 338,000 clients and beneficiaries.

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