International Development Grant
Development and Employment Fund - Phase II (FODEM II)
Project Number: CA-3-A033455001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $5,689,035.00
Start Date: December 11, 2006
End Date: August 16, 2012
Duration: 5.7 years
Project Description
The objective of the Development and Employment Fund - Phase II (FODEM II) was to contribute directly to reducing the effects of poverty and social conflict in target communities. This objective was achieved by funding small-scale productive investments social infrastructure and water supply and sanitation services. The initiatives funded were mainly executed using a labour-intensive approach that generated jobs and increased income for recipients. After the earthquake on January 12 2010 six local funds in Haiti including this one were realigned to support rapid recovery projects that respond to the immediate needs of Haitians affected by the earthquake in the communes of Léogâne and Jacmel displaced persons and host communities in the Central and Artibonite departments and relief support for initiatives in Port-au-Prince. Projects focused on children and youth food security and economic growth in line with priorities set out in the Action Plan for National Recovery and Development of Haiti and were implemented by locally-based Haitian organizations.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the fund (March 2012) include: The fund financed 33 sub-projects including 11 following the earthquake on January 12 2010. Results achieved since the realignment of the fund following the earthquake include: 165 local craftsmen improved their skill set to response to the demand for assembling and maintaining fishing equipment; 2 000 students (1 085 girls and 915 boys) received hygiene kits to help prevent disease; 150 young people (50% women) benefited from psychosocial support that allowed them to pursue their daily activities following the earthquake; 150 displaced young people (50% women) benefited from vocational training in agricultural techniques; 25 hectares of land were put into production through the planting of 6 000 young fruit and forest trees 11 000 young pineapple trees and sugar cane plants benefitting 450 households. These results contributed to early recovery following the earthquake. Overall the sub-projects supported through the fund have contributed to reducing the effects of poverty and social conflict in target communities in Haiti as well as early recovery following the earthquake.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Local Funds Management Center
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
NGM Americas
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP