Haiti

A joint initiative between the CHFU and KANPE Foundation recently kicked off with a cocktail soiree at the Montreal Science Centre to raise funds for a major project, Terroir, to support the agricultural sector and farmers in Haiti. We caught up with Virgin Radio Host and MC of the evening Isabelle Racicot to talk a bit about her own personal connection to the issue and its importance

Les dures réalités dont fait face Haïti sont difficiles à ignorer: grande pauvreté, équipements insuffisants, infrastructures en ruines, aggravées par le tremblement de terre dévastateur en 2010, suivi d’un niveau de famine alarmant, de maladie et de criminalité. Mais la création et la reconstruction existent aussi, à travers les initiatives des responsables gouvernementaux et des dirigeants des communautés

The harsh realities of life in Haiti are hard to ignore: immense poverty, insufficient amenities and a crumbling infrastructure, exacerbated by 2010's devastating earthquake, leading to alarming levels of famine, disease and crime. But there is also creation and reconstruction, initiatives brought forth by government officials and community leaders of the Haitian diaspora that suggest Haiti is open for business