Since 1992 the primary objective of the Haiti Support Group has been to amplify the voices of civil society organisations (CSOs) demonstrating an alternative vision of development in Haiti. Such CSOs are often ignored in official decision-making processes leading to policies with dire consequences for the Haitian poor.
You can reverse that history in solidarity with those working for real change, by supporting our campaigns and those of grassroots groups in Haiti: click here.
Secondly, we carry the views of Haitian CSOs to decision-makers in local and foreign governments, NGOs, IGOs, the media and the public. We aim to ensure that the experience of Haiti's poor are heard in the corridors of power and among those who can influence them as activists, voters and reporters.
To that end the HSG has joined the Brussels-based advocacy platform Coordination Europe-Haiti as well as the Haiti Advocacy Working Group in Washington.
Thirdly, we build links between CSOs in Haiti and their equivalents in the developed world. To that end, we work with trade unions, church groups, women's organisations, and many others. In this way we help build a public lobby for a pro-poor development vision based on the experience of our Haitian CSO contacts.
We are also linking Haitian CSOs with each other, to encourage more effective advocacy on the ground, through our Haitian correspondent.
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The Haiti Briefing, published in English and French, is the key publication of the Haiti Support Group. Published quarterly, since 1992, it provides our members, Haiti watchers and decision-makers with analysis of Haiti's development issues, reflected through the voices of popular organisations on the ground. Back issues (except for the last two which are available exclusively to HSG members) are available in our archive.
To download - the latest issue (no. 70) traces the responsibility for the UN to introduce cholera to Haiti and to react responsibly - please click here. This number is - as an exception, given the need to campaign on this widely - free for all to download!
