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According to Business FIghts Povefty Zafèn (www.zafen.org) Tops the Million Dollar Mark on Second Anniversary View Blog Profile May 8, 2012 Port-au-Prince–Zafèn, a crowd-sourced funding opportunity for small growing businesses (SGBs) in Haiti, has surpassed the $1 million threshold as it commemorates its second year of empowering entrepreneurs and supporting social projects in this economically [...]

Port-au-Prince, Haiti—As the rainy season began in this Caribbean nation of nearly 10 million people, heads of the Vincentian family branches in Haiti gathered for a work session March 16, 2012 to refine their approach to breaking the cycle of poverty. The Rev. Joseph Agostino, C.M., Vincentian family coordinator for the Haiti Project, traveled from [...]

Raising funds to finance deserving projects is something every non-profit must master, and the challenge is exponential when your donors are global. That was the issue Zafènencountered when it launched in 2010. But it wasn’t a conundrum this online Haitian micro-credit program faced for long. Translators without Borders volunteered to translate project descriptions from English into French and [...]

The Zafen Twitter account has the following notice… Check out the National Black Law Student Association #NBLSA delegation report on its recent trip to Haiti. THe have also visit Nigeria. Related FAMVIN Posts:Zafen saluted by BusinessFightsPoverty.orgHaitian Vincentian Leaders Meet to Tweak Approach to Poverty AlleviationZafen and “Translators without borders”Vincentian Family challenge raises $520,000 dollars for HaitiComing September 27 [...]

It will be a happy 2012 in Haiti for about 350 new families who will enroll in Chemen Lavi Miyò (CLM), a poverty alleviation program that translates into English as “Pathway to a Better Life.” This systemic change  effort led by the International Vincentian Family has raised $520,000 so far that will enable more than [...]

How is your Creole? Chemen Lavi Miyò = “Pathway to a Better Life” – Zafen, the Vincentian Family’s Haiti project,  will unveil a major new systemic change initiative on the feast of St. Vincent.  Celebrate the feast. Look for details on the Zafen websiteSeptember 27. Hint: It is a program for the extremely poor, families that would fail [...]

The LCUSA responded to Fr. Maloney’s call by providing $1,000 to fund 20 scholarships through Zafen. The LCUSA is grateful to its members for making it possible to help the Vincentian Family reach its goal. More information about the Vincentian Family  project supporting systemic change in Haiti.   Related FAMVIN Posts:$25,000 is at stake!Zafen saluted [...]

Back on July 6 famvin posted news of a VIncentian Family $25,000 challenge grant for Haitian scholarships. The Ladies of Charity and the Seton Federation sites are also reminding us. Vincent urged us to do more than feed people but also to them to fish. Have you considered giving the gift of an education to [...]

Fr. Robert Maloney writes “As Zafèn begins its second year, our micro-finance project in Haiti is preparing another fundraising initiative to educate Haiti’s children. The Zafèn team would be very grateful if you would give this message wide circulation within your branch of the Family, using whatever means of communication you judge most apt. Thank you [...]

Perhaps you can find “teams” for several projects posted on Zafen that have not received any support so far. Click the link and check out the bottom three projects on that page. Maybe something will interest you today. Zafèn Projects www.zafen.org Related FAMVIN Posts:Zafen saluted by BusinessFightsPoverty.orgHaitian Vincentian Leaders Meet to Tweak Approach to Poverty [...]