{"id":42605,"date":"2015-01-12T20:52:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T01:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging21.finca.org\/uncategorized-en-ca\/finca-haiti-five-years-earthquake"},"modified":"2023-05-15T21:54:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T01:54:33","slug":"finca-haiti-five-years-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finca.org\/en-ca\/finca-haiti-five-years-earthquake","title":{"rendered":"FINCA Haiti: Five Years After the Quake"},"content":{"rendered":"

The story of Haiti is one of hope and perseverance in the face of unimaginable adversity. After being hit with one of the most devastating disasters ever that compounded the worst poverty in the Western Hemisphere, the people there never lost faith.<\/p>\n

Our clients and staff have\u00a0made a remarkable turnaround in the aftermath of the earthquake, especially in the last two years. Our success since then is owed to the resilience, cooperation, collaboration, focus and commitment of our amazing local team, and the faithfulness of FINCA\u2019s supporters!<\/p>\n

The number of FINCA clients have increased nine-fold in the last two years,<\/p>\n

from 2,000 to over 18,000 active clients, 86% of which women<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u00a0have\u00a0opened<\/p>\n

four new branches since 2013<\/span><\/p>\n

Introduced new loan products that include<\/p>\n

agriculture and small enterprise loans<\/span><\/p>\n

And launched<\/p>\n

cash and mobile banking services<\/span><\/p>\n

making it easier for our clients to conduct safer, less costly transactions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Haiti doesn’t have many natural resources, but its people are rich in resourcefulness. FINCA loans help innovative clients like Madame Julia Pierre grow her business:<\/p>\n

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