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HAITI – WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER Pascal Canfin, French Deputy Minister for Development visits Entrepreneurs du Monde’s programmes.

During a two-day visit to , Pascal Canfin came to confirm ’s commitment to the emergency programmes, and to lay the groundwork of a new cooperation for the development of Haiti.

Straight after his meeting with the Haitian President and Government, he went to Corail, a large rehousing camp situated 12 km north of Port-au-Prince, to find out about Entrepreneurs du Monde’s programmes aimed at assisting the poorest. He was accompanied by the French Ambassador to Haiti, Didier Le Bret, who knows the NGO’s projects well and actively supports them.

The French Minister met with partners, teams and From left to right, Franck Renaudin, Director Entrepreneurs du Monde, Pascal beneficiaries of Entrepreneurs du Monde’s Canfin, Deputy Minister for Development, Yves Malpel, Director French programmes: social microfinance and creation of very Development Agency and Didier Le Bret, French Ambassador to Haiti, visiting small businesses relating to access to energy, the the “business incubator” set up by Entrepreneurs du Monde in the region of transformation of the earthquake’s debris into Port-au-Prince. Copyright: Daniel Pierre construction materials and the building of disaster- proof housing.

He expressed a very keen interest particularly for the earthquake-proof and cyclone-proof housing built with materials originating from the earthquake debris. He has promoted this model to the Haitian government, encouraging it to work with Entrepreneurs du Monde in order to develop this new building method to assist the people of Haiti.

Entrepreneurs du Monde, a French NGO leading and supporting Social Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurs du Monde ’s method of construction programmes in 11 countries in Africa, and the provides buildings with greater resistance against , has been present in Haiti since 2003. Its cyclones and earthquakes.. involvement there has been strengthened and diversified since the earthquake, so that it can contribute actively to the Copyright: Entrepreneurs du Monde rebuilding of the country, by encouraging economic initiatives.

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