Pre-Training Meeting with Empower Haitian Women Volunteers

The Empower Haitian Women team-Holding the EHW banner
Bar Kokoye in Delmas 31-Port-au-Prince, August 2015

In preparation for the Empower Haitian Women (EHW) business training scheduled to begin the week of September 14^th, Doudly Elius, the Empower Haitian Women Project founder and AEIF 2014 first Haitian winner, met with members of EHW’s trainer and volunteer team to discuss the coordination of business training for 40 Haitian women living with disabilities in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

They met at Bar Kokoye in Delmas 31, Port-au-Prince on August 15^th, 2015 at 11hAM. Among those present to plan logistics and training execution were Daniel Jean, Candio Nehemie, Verly Deree, and Amos Etienne, EHW trainers, as well as Migenson Elius, EHW volunteer. 

                

The two week program will include training on business management and business planning, with the first week consisting of direct instruction of training content and the second week focusing on workshop  opportunities for participants to practice applying the concepts learned in week one.

As a result of the cohort’s participation in the training, they will develop entrepreneurship and business skills that will culminate with their creation and presentation of a business plan. Participants will achieve this outcome through the support of newly formed peer networks, the guidance of the trainer/volunteer team of fifteen, and with assistance from partner organizations FormatAide, Femmes Autonomes, Office of integration of the Disabled and Sant Kore Lavi.