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Welcome to
PÒTAPÒT, which means Door-to-Door in English. Pòtapòt is a micro credit program brought to you by Haiti Cheri Harvest Life Ministries, a 501(c)(3)
organization based in Atlanta, GA and Haiti. It recognizes that many people remain poor because of lack of access to capital, especially because commercial banks are unlikely to lend to poor people without adequate collateral.
Pòtapòt is a non-sectarian program geared toward the empowerment and development of the
economy of Haiti.
Vision: Our vision is to reduce poverty in Haiti and
to help a family's dream come true.
Our objectives: The objectives of the Pòtapòt micro credit plan
include:
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To increase the level of financing available to start up small businesses in Haiti.
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To join hands with other people to fight poverty in Haiti.
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To commit to empowering the people at the grassroots
level.
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To
deliver financial services in the most efficient way possible versus
leaving it to the poor to mobilize their own funds.
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To train, manage money, and rotate funds among men and women's capacities and
instilling confidence to intervene in local development and local governance.
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To ensure that the very poor
are able to achieve their goals and assume responsibility for their own lives.
Our values: Helping people to help others
Once people receive help themselves, they always try to promote self-sufficiency and self-help among
others. Haiti Cheri Harvest Life Ministries is using Pòtapòt micro
credit as a means of making loans available to the very poor people in
rural households.
Initiator of Micro Credit: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Price Laureate 2006, founder of Grameen Bank and
an additional 20 companies that deliver services from the poor for the poor.
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