The PotoFanm+Fi Rebuilding Haiti global solidarity initiative has been launched by Haitian, Diaspora and global advocates of women’s rights to support the needs, voices, and leadership of Haitian women and girls, and grassroots organizations in Rebuilding Haiti after the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake.
PotoFanm+Fi welcomes participants who are committed to these founding principles: gender equality, democracy, transparency, accountability, community empowerment, and partnership.
Planned Activities: PotoFanm+Fi members helped to develop a preliminary Gender Shadow Report on Haiti’s emerging Post-Disaster Needs Assessment blueprint for reconstruction, and plan a range of activities including: advocacy, reporting, monitoring, fundraising, and networking with community and multisector partners to accelerate delivery of priority services to Haitian women and girls.
To Join Us: For more information, or to get involved, go to World Pulse’s online portal at: http://www.worldpulse.com/pulsewire/groups/17967.
PotoFanm + Fi participants include: Edwidge Danticat, Berlotte Israel, Leonie Hermantin and Karen Ashmore (Lambi Fund for Haiti), Anne-christine d’Adesky, Janet Feldman, Taina Bien-Aime (Equality Now), Martha Wallner (Media Justice History Project), Alice Backer and Georgia Popplewell
(Global Voices), Soleil Pheonix, Régine Michèle Roumain, Julie Sutherland, Marie Bonheur-Gulotta, Regine Jean-Charles, Gina Ulysse, Michele Stephenson, Carla Murphy, Ann Rossetti, and LigPouvwaFanm.
Ongoing Outreach to Haitian and women’s groups includes: LigPouvwaFanm, SOFA,Fanm Deside, MPP-Femmes, MUDHA, FANM (Miami), Ezili Danto forum, CAFRA, Lakou, ATIS Fanm Matemwa and more.