Caritas Haïti works through its nine diocesan offices in support of programmes of emergency assistance – food support, distribution of medicines and care for the poor and dispossessed – and community-development projects such as micro-finance and livelihood support with a view to enabling people to take control of their lives and develop a stable economy.

Caritas Haiti works to develop local organisations to give communities the capacities to achieve stability and justice, particularly for marginalised groups. The organisation is particularly concerned with developing the education, skills and leadership capacities of women.

Programmes

Caritas Haiti supports programmes that address:

• Community development: enhance local capacities and local organizations, build and rehabilitate community infrastructures;
• Women’s rights: promote equality, enhance women’s participation in development activities, improve their education, promote leadership and organisational skills, and encourage their autonomy;
• Agriculture: support farmers’ organisations with a view to maximising production and revenues and improving environmental management, construct and rehabilitate irrigation systems;
• Financial support: promote a stable economy by developing production capacities and providing funding and micro-finance to help poor people to escape the poverty trap;
• Health: enhance people’s access to health services, provide quality health care and training in health and sanitation issues;
• Emergency assistance: increase people’s ability to cope in emergencies, and develop prevention and response systems.