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Fonkoze is Haiti's largest microfinance institution serving the poor (primarily rural women) in Haiti, with 44 branches located throughout the country.[1]
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| Founded | 1994 |
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| Founder | Fr. Joseph Phillipe and Anne H. Hastings |
| Type | Domestic: 501(c)(3), Haitian Non-profit, Haitian Bank |
| Focus | Poverty |
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Area served | Haiti |
| Method | Microfinance |
Revenue (2016) | $2,784,685[2] |
| Expenses (2016) | $2,841,131[2] |
| Website | www.fonkoze.org |
The name Fonkoze is an acronym for the Haitian Creole phrase "Fondasyon Kole Zepòl"[3] meaning "Shoulder-to-Shoulder Foundation." Its Goal is to aid Haitians with financial and development services to lift themselves out of poverty. Fonkoze's development programs include Adult Education, Ultra-Poverty Alleviation and Boutik Sante, a health program designed to create a new business opportunity for Fonkoze's existing clients while also providing much-needed health products, services and education to rural communities throughout the country. Fonkoze is a family of three organisations working together to achieve its mission:[4]
- Fonkoze Foundation: a Haitian non-profit which provides development services[5] such as health education,[6] literacy and business skills[7] training to Fonkoze's microfinance clients and to ultra-poor families.
- Fonkoze Financial Services: a Haitian microfinance company[8] with a double bottom line: to lift families and communities out of poverty while operating in a financially self‐sustaining manner.
- Fonkoze USA, a 501(c)(3) non-profit which provides technical, communications and fundraising support in the US for its Haitian partners.
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