by John Freund, CM | Oct 13, 2010 | Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund has given half a million dollars to Fonkoze. Basically, it’s for deploying a team of business analysts to identify and evaluate small and medium-sized enterprises. This will be enormously helpful for developing the Zafen website in an...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 8, 2010 | Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
In a feature complete with excellent graphics the Huffington Post features Zafen in its October 8 edition. Zafèn Haitian Microfinance Effort Engages Haitians to Forge a New Future. Zafèn has raised $140,000 in loans and donations that have funded 300 projects thus...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 4, 2010 | Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
ONE LAST CHANCE FOR MATCH — The loan match program on Zafen was extended for an extra day due a glitch that closed it one day early. That means if you make a loan today, the Vincentians will double it! Hurry before the program closes for real!
by John Freund, CM | Sep 30, 2010 | Collaboration, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
51 Businesses Receive Interest-Free Loans For Expansion. Zafèn, a new online microfinance program targeting small- and medium-sized business in Haiti, has raised $140,000 from lenders and donors around the world in its first six months and funded more than 300...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 23, 2010 | Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Another take on the importance of the Zafèn project of the Vincentian Family. There is no social security in Haiti – the Diaspora is the safety net of so many. Zafèn gives the Haitian expatriate community an opportunity to give back not only in money transfers...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 14, 2010 | Collaboration, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
De Paul University released a very effective YouTube video “Zafèn: An Online Microloan Program for Haitian Entrepreneurs” featuring among others the General Consul of Haiti, a representative of the Haitian Diaspora Liason and the President of DePaul along...
