Chelsea Clinton

Recently, between May 4th and 6th, several representatives of the Clinton Foundation visited Haiti to explore possible opportunities and new markets for Haitian craft products. The foundation members met several Haitian artisans, entrepreneurs and small business owners, representing retail, fashion and manufacturing sectors. Since the 2010 earthquake, the Clinton Foundation has remained committed to Haiti's long-term recovery by focusing on economic development and job creation by highlighting Haiti's unique art and handicraft products that are part of the Haitian tradition. The foundation helps Haitian artisans to expand their operation through improved production facilities and process by strategic assistance. The Haitian craft sector is one of the most neglected sectors, almost overlooked by the Haitian administration.

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Chelsea Clinton in an email to her mother and father explained some of the problems see has been able to observe regarding the Haitian relief efforts.

Recently, on September 1, the U.S State Department has released an email from Chelsea Clinton, addressed to her "Dad" and "Mom". In the email sent, sometime in 2010 after Chelsea's four days visit to Haiti, she did warn her parents that the United Nation's handling of international relief efforts in Haiti excepting UNICEF was a disaster; an immediate change in the organization, management, accountability and delivery paradigm on the ground is needed. Otherwise, we have to confront with the deaths of thousands of children of diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid and other water-related diseases in the near future. Her criticisms were mainly focused on the efforts of the UN and international NGOs. She had described the UN people as "frequently out of touch," "anachronistic at best and arrogant and incompetent at worst," The story does not end here....

During the period when Hillary Clinton was with the State Department as Secretary of State between January 21, 2009 to February 1, 2013, the USAID had disbursed $3.6 billion for Haitian "earthquake relief". At the same time, her husband, former US president Bill Clinton, was collecting money on behalf of Haiti to his own private foundation from foreign governments. When Hillary Clinton resigned from the State Department, her brother Tony Rodham, out of the blue, luckily got an appointment as a director of a company which had managed to acquire a lucrative gold mining contract in Haiti. Haitian lawyer and human rights activist, Ezili Dantò has accused Bill Clinton responsible for $6 billion collected on account of Haitian relief fund. Dantò has claimed that only 1% of this amount was made available to the Haitian government.

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Here is a picture of Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation. She went to Haiti in July 2015 and this picture was taken at Caribbean Craft in Port-au-Prince

ActionIsGreater Supports Women-Owned Businesses

Hillary Clinton's daughter, Chelsea, visited Haiti to launch #ActionIsGreater campaign. She was there to raise awareness of critical issues like the consequences of global warming, education initiatives for women, new healthcare programs, and stimulation of the economy.

She spoke with Caribbean Craft owner, Magali Dresse, whose business the Clinton Foundation has been promoting to companies like Anthropologie and Urban Zen, among others. AIG wants to help Magalie grow her business by hiring more workers, women and men.

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Here is a picture of Chelsea Clinton, the Daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton. She is to visit the Clinton Foundation Projects In Haiti on Tuesday, July 28, and Wednesday, July 29, with Clinton and Clinton Foundation President Donna Shalala

The Clinton Foundation, founded by former president Bill Clinton, is a non-profit organization that aims to increase global health and wellness, create equal opportunity, empower women and also establish harmony between the different communities. On 28 and 29 July, the President of the Clinton Foundation, Donna Shalala and the Vice-chairperson, Chelsea Clinton will be visiting the foundations in Haiti that are working for the country's development. They will be accompanied by significant businesspersons and philanthropists. Their main objective is the economic development of Haiti alongside the women empowerment programs, educational development, improvement of the way of life, etc. The Clinton Foundation has been raising funds for Haiti since 2010, and in 5 years they have raised around $30 million. A branch of the Clinton Foundation, The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership (CGEP), focuses on the marketing of local goods in Haiti. The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) is also another arm of the Foundation that is making efforts to provide sustainable jobs to the people and improving Haiti's scope as a country for prospective investment.

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