PotoFanm+Fi welcomes participants who are committed to these founding principles: gender equality, democracy, transparency, accountability, community empowerment, and partnership.
What We Do: PotoFanm+Fi brings together global advocates to work as allies in partnership with the Haitian women's movement and progressive grassroots organizations to accelerate delivery of critical services, resources, funding, and programs for Haitian women and girls and grassroots communities. This initiative advocates for the implementation of a women- and community-oriented approach to relief and reconstruction for Haiti.
Planned Activities: PotoFanm+Fi members helped to develop a preliminary Gender Shadow Report on Haiti’s emerging Post-Disaster Needs Assessment blueprint for reconstruction, and plan a range of activities including: advocacy, reporting, monitoring, fundraising, and networking with community and multisector partners to accelerate delivery of priority services to Haitian women and girls.
To Join Us: For more information, or to get involved, go to World Pulse’s online portal at: http://www.worldpulse.com/
PotoFanm + Fi participants include: Edwidge Danticat, Berlotte Israel, Leonie Hermantin and Karen Ashmore (Lambi Fund for Haiti), Anne-christine d’Adesky, Janet Feldman, Taina Bien-Aime (Equality Now), Martha Wallner (Media Justice History Project), Alice Backer and Georgia Popplewell
(Global Voices), Soleil Pheonix, Régine Michèle Roumain, Julie Sutherland, Marie Bonheur-Gulotta, Regine Jean-Charles, Gina Ulysse, Michele Stephenson, Carla Murphy, Ann Rossetti, and LigPouvwaFanm. Ongoing Outreach to Haitian and women’s groups includes: LigPouvwaFanm, SOFA,Fanm Deside, MPP-Femmes, MUDHA, FANM (Miami), Ezili Danto forum, CAFRA, Lakou, ATIS Fanm Matemwa and more.
