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Community Engagement | COFHED

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Transformation must come from within. At COFHED, we know we aren’t the only solution. Which is why we’re dedicated to providing southern Haitian communities the tools they need to be successful. Through direct community engagement, we help local residents and leaders to actively participate in achieving sustainable change. We facilitate a process whereby we engage the entire community to:. Identify resources, assets and existing community skills. Take action to achieve sustainable change.

Get Involved | COFHED

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Our success depends on your involvement! Prayer is a powerful way to help our cause. Pray for COFHED’s work in southern Haiti. Pray for the health and safety of the Avignon family. Pray for a stable political environment in Haiti. Join us as we pray at our committee meetings. Stay up to date by visiting our Events Page. Your time and energy are your most precious gifts. Here are some of the ways you can help us in our mission:. Attend COFHED committee meetings. Help with the COFHED newsletter.

Testimonials | COFHED

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Naomie, president of the women’s committee. Melicile, vice president of the women’s committee. The PRA is a knowledge that we will never forget. The community is more unified now. As a young woman, I have a chance to attend school. Those my age that are unable to attend always felt that they did not belong to our group. Since after the PRAP, their attitudes and ours have changed . Mme Alcome, member of the community. Andrène, member of the women’s committee. A man named Pesil.

Newsletter | COFHED

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Background | COFHED

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Our Past. Their Future. Nicaise and Madeleine Avignon founded COFHED in 2001 with the support of several close friends in Minnesota. In September 2002, the Avignons moved to Camp Perrin in southern Haiti and began to explore villages affected by extreme poverty. Lougou was the first village that requested help. In 2003, COFHED began to engage the Lougou community in community-led initiatives to address the spiritual, social, economic, and environmental factors affecting their lives.