What Will Fix Haiti? These Amazing People!

After four days in Haiti, I’ve seen some amazing things and met some of the most amazing people I’ve found anywhere.

It is late and I just posted today’s Forbes post about HELP, an organization that is helping to ensure that the very brightest, underprivileged kids get the opportunity to go to college. They encourage them to stay in Haiti to make the country better rather than to leave the country. By training them as leaders and turning them loose in Haiti, they hope to change the country’s fortunes and future. Read the story here.

Today’s story will be amazing. I could hardly believe was I was seeing. I met a 28-year-old running the country’s largest plastic recycling business. This one young entrepreneur is responsible for ensuring that there is almost no plastic garbage on the streets of Port-au-Prince.

Francois Benoit standing in the middle of his rooftop farm, photo by Devin Thorpe.

Then, I met Francios Benoit, the former ambassador to the United States who spent 30 years in exile. Past 70, he’s now an entrepreneur with a plan to remake Haiti’s agricultural industry. There’s much more to the story, but let me tease you with the fact that he has a farm (it would be an insult to call it a garden) on his roof!

In addition, I met the team from EGI–Entrepreneurship, Growth, Innovation–to learn about the challenges and opportunities they see in fostering economic growth through formal entrepreneurship.

It’s past midnight and I’ve got another full day tomorrow! See you then!

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