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The Foundation for Haitian Development, Inc. (FHD) is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization dedicated to overcoming poverty and injustice through the sustainable development of communities in Haiti. Partnering with community leaders and other institutions, FHD seeks to develop a successful model of Community Development by addressing both external poverty (community infrastructure, food, water, health, education, etc.) and internal poverty (hopelessness, apathy, timidity, and desperation). FHD’s work is in three specific phases. The initial phase begins with a two-part community wide assessment, consisting of both a census and a survey. A community director and community workers are hired to conduct this assessment. The collected data is then used to create a comprehensive, community-specific, strategic plan or “Model for Development” (MFD). The second phase of FHD’s work is to form a strategic alliance with local community leaders in Haiti and the United States to collaborate on the formulation of the MFD for the village it is working in. The third phase of FHD’s work begins with the implementation of the MFD. All of FHD’s actions within a community are solely dependent on their needs as determined by the data findings of Phase one, and the MFD produced in Phase two. FHD’s third-phase work may include but is not limited to the following: - Building of Roads, Wells, and Hospitals - Provision of micro-loans and scholarships - Educational Development through the rebuilding of schools and curriculum improvement In early 2012, we began this work in the small rural village of Robèrt in southwest Haiti. Our goal is to create a model of community development that can be replicated in other Haitian villages, cities and states.