Progressio’s development workers in DR and Haiti

Raquel Aguilera works with Centro Juan Montalvo to strengthen community organisations in the capital Santo Domingo and lobby government on poverty reduction policies.

Jean Dudson Ariscat works to support Haitian partner organisations in the municipalities of Haiti.

Alice Auradou works with the Jesuit Refugee Service (SJRM) and other civil society organisations working in Haiti.

Mauro Carballo works with Colectiva Mujer y Salud (COMUS) and the Jesuit Refugee Service (SJRM) to support migrant people in the border city of Elías Piña in the Dominican Republic, and Fond Parisien and Belladere on the Haitian side.

Cecilia Felix works with COMUS to strengthen the ability of women’s organisations to advocate for women’s rights and participation in local development initiatives.

Jose Koechlin works with Centro Puente to lobby for and support the implementation of pro-poor policies and services in DR/Haiti border areas.

Bernardo Lopez works with Solidaridad Fronteriza in DR and Solidarité Frontalier in Haiti on cross-border initiatives.

Jose Moreno works with Centro Pedro Francisco Bono, a Jesuit think tank, to increase its ability to influence the government over pro-poor policies.

Edgar Noguera works with the municipalities of Elias Piña and Plateau Central (in the DR) on local development and to strengthen the participation of local people in development planning.

Daniela Peirano works with the municipalities of Ganthier and Fond Verrettes in Haiti on local development and to strengthen the participation of local people in development planning.

Manuel Pereira works with three farmers’ organisations to introduce organic farming and promote better marketing and distribution of small-scale farmers’ organic produce.

Isabel Quintero works with Comité Interinstitucional de Dajabón (CID) to support the municipalities of Restauración, Dajabon and Monte Cristy (in the DR) to strengthen their administrative, financial and institutional functions, as part of a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) project.

Vita Randazzo works with the Jesuit Refugee Service (SJRM) in Jimaní, Dominican Republic, to strengthen its advocacy and communications work. She also works to support Progressio’s UK-based international advocacy and communications work.

Bolivar Sanchez works with the municipality of Jimaní in the DR to strengthen the participation of local people in development planning through the participatory budgeting process.

Fernando Umana works works with Federación Dominicana de Municipios on local development and to strengthen the participation of local people in the participatory budgeting process in the municipalities of the Central Region of the DR.