Haiti: HACHO (Haitian-American Community Help Organization) Rural Community Development

摘要

THe Haitian-American Community Help Organization (HACHO), founded in 1966 to provide health and community services in resource-poor Northwest Haiti, received A.I.D. funding from that date through 1979. The vicissitudes and impacts of HACHO-which soon became a focal point for local residents seeking help as well as for donors seeking a vehicle to provide assistance-are herein reviewed. HACHO, which began by providing health services in one small town, soon expanded geographically-into other parts of the Norhtwest-and sectorally-into community organization, road construction, and later, agricultural extension, irrigation, potable water, and handicrafts. The primary impact of thee HACHO project lay in its provision of basic services where none existed before.