FOKAL

“Fokal is a movement of cultural reclamation, political restoration and spiritual liberation”

Reverend Kelvin Sauls, co-founder and current Board Chair of Black Alliance for Just Immigration BAJI - (visit to FOKAL in 2018)

OUR MISSION

Promote the structures necessary for the establishment of a just and durable democratic society, based on individual and collective autonomy and responsibility; Support the autonomy of individuals by fostering critical thinking, clear judgment, accountability, creativity and free cooperation through education, training and communication;Reinforce the organizational processes which promote within groups the capacity to acquire, share and compare knowledge and know-how for an active participation in the administration of public affairs and the full development of social, cultural and community life.

FOKAL works in a diversity of fields. To learn more visit : Annual Report
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Ayiti Demen - Ayiti Tomorrow

Ayiti Demen is a 503(c)3 non-profit organization to support FOKAL to incubate change. To learn more : visit Ayiti Demen website

The National Urban Park of Martissant

This unique urban park has been a collective work between FOKAL, the Haitian Government, other donors and the community of Martissant. To learn more : visit Martissant Park in Haiti and Site web du parc de Martissant

Board of Directors

Maxime D. Charles

Chair

Former CEO of the Bank of Nova Scotia in Haiti. His legal and finance career includes teaching international law from 1985 to 1991 at the Public University of Haiti, and fulfilling international assignments in Canada and the Caribbean for the bank of Nova Scotia from 1992 to 1996.

Daniele Magloire

Vice-Chair

Sociologist, management consultant, human rights activist and a founding member of the feminist organization Kay Fanm, which operates a shelter in Port-au-Prince for gender violence survivors and works to promote women’s rights and economic development.

Norma Powell

Secretary

Former General Director of the Center for Facilitation of Investments (CFI), Haiti’s national investment promotion agency. Founding member of the Haitian Liberal Party and of the Haitian Association for the Fight against Poverty.

Jean- Joseph Exumé

Member

Attorney specializing in civil and commercial law, he was Minister of Justice and Public Security twice, notably in the government of Michèle D. Pierre-Louis (2008-2009).

Elisabeth Colimon Woolley

Member

She is a militant lawyer with Dantes P. Colimon and a member of the Port-au-Prince Bar since 1978. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Studies from the Faculty of Law and Economics in 1980.