Dominican Republic

Working with our partners, we are:

  • improving food security for the most disadvantaged communities on both sides of the Dominican-Haitian northern border, while helping the communities to prepare for and recover from the effects of climate change related events
  • strengthening civil society organisations working in the border area
  • assisting ASCALA setting up an agroforestry school.

Previously working with our partners, we have:

  • advocated for pro-poor policies and plans and pro-poor spending in the national budgetimproved civil society participation in local government decision-making in Elias Piña, Jimaní and San Juan de la Maguana, in the southern region
  • provided training and support to municipalities in Enriquillo region to improve their ability to deliver pro-poor local development
  • promoted sustainable farming, sustainable natural resource management, better nutrition, and building better livelihoods, through our cross-border food security project

Haiti

Working with our partners, we are:

  • improving food security for the most disadvantaged communities on both sides of the Dominican-Haitian northern border, while helping the communities to prepare for and recover from the effects of climate change related events;

Previously working with our partners, we have:

  • monitored the distribution aid funds and public policies and programmes to rebuild Haiti after the January 2010 earthquake
  • promoted participation of civil society organisations in the reconstruction effort
  • provided training and support to improve disaster risk management at national, diocesan and parish level
  • helped poor farmers in remote, isolated and environmentally vulnerable areas to improve their livelihoods through our cross-border food security project