Partnership Between Empower Haitian Women and Office of the Secretary of State for Integration of Persons with Disabilities

Doudly Elius, Empower Haitian Women project founder, poses with Daworldson Senelus, BSPEIH Placement Services Coordinator, after minting the EHW-BSPEIH partnership. 

With mutually shared goals of increasing the integration of people living with disabilities in Haiti, le Bureau du Secrétaire d’Etat à l’Intégration des Personnes Handicapées (BSEIPH) has become the Empower Haitian Women project’s newest partner. In a meeting on May 28th, 2015 between Doudly Elius, project founder; Daworldson SENELUS, BSEIPH’s placement services coordinator; Daniel Jean, trainer/volunteer; Cajou Jean, and Jude Adrien, volunteers, partnership parameters and goals were broached.

BSEIPH’s commitment to raise awareness of national and international public opinion about disability issues and strengthen the capacity of associations related to disability issues made them a natural partner for the Empower Haitian Women project, which will provide business and entrepreneurial training for 40 Haitian women living with disabilities. 

Dawoldson Senelus, representing BSEIPH, agreed that BSEIPH will provide a handicap accessible location for the training. Accessible locations are rare commodities in Port-au-Prince. The Empower Haitian Women project and participants will benefit greatly from the generosity of BSEIPH and is looking forward to kicking off the training at their offices in Nazon on Monday, September 14th,2015. 

From Left to Right : Adriano Jude Cajou and Daniel Jean, trainer meet to discuss partnership opportunities, volunteer, Doudly Elius, founder, Daworldson Senelus, BSPEIH Placement Services Coordinator.

Written by : Anastazyia Vareschi

Empower Haitian Women Communication Manager

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
United States