Clinton Foundation

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 the newly built Hotel Marriott in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Marriott Port-au-Prince, a Clinton Foundation Digicel collaboration

Digicel, the Clinton Foundation and the Marriott hotel chain have come together to create what is the first international brand in Haiti, the Marriott Port-au-Prince. Using a palette of color and design that reeks of modernity, minimalism and taste, the hotel aims to be broadly appealing as well as be sustainable. Along the lines of the latter endeavor, the hotel employs mainly Haitians, and also uses local business to provide the hotel's food, artwork, furnishings and amenities. In the making since 2011, the hotel will finally open up this year with rates starting at $129.

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Here is the picture of a group of Haitian protesters gathering outside of the Clinton Foundation office in New York City on the 5th anniversary of the Haiti earthquake to demand explanation for the $10 billion that was collected to help rebuild Haiti

Protestors accuse Clinton Foundation of Misspending Funds for Earthquake Recovery

Some of the Haitian Diaspora amassed in front of the Clinton Foundation offices in Harlem to protest $10 billion in recovery funds was misspent on Haiti's reconstruction. They said the bulk of the money was given to non-Haitian firms. They targeted CF because it spearheaded the recovery efforts.

One protestor asserted earthquake survivors are living in tent cities ". . . while bill Clinton and his cronies . . . waste this money."

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This is something we all can learn from. A great act of charity by Haiti women's national soccer team not is rewarded big time.

Trinidad and Tobago women's national soccer team who is in competition with Haiti women's national soccer team found themselves in a hard financial position. According to a message sent on social media, they had reached the point where the team was even unable to afford lunch.

Upon receiving information that the Trinidad and Tobago women's team might not even have enough money for lunch, with their very limited resources, the Haiti's team dig into their pocket to pull their last penny to help. They realized that they only had a total around $1,300. At that point, The Haiti Women Soccer Tean made the decision to turn it over to Trinidad and Tobago team.

Upon hearing of the story, the the Clintons Foundation got involved. The Clinton Foundation makes commitment to support Haiti women's national soccer team not just one time, but long term

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