Seven volunteers in total, including the first lady and senior pastor, Mona

Thompson,

Watch a Clip: Marketing Workshop

and executive pastor, Chris  

Sumner, of Jubilee Christian Church donated a week to travel to Haiti with CHES to serve. They helped teach and run training workshops for these women entrepreneurs. The workshops included:  

• Business Planning,  
• Food Hygiene,  
• Sales and Marketing and 
• Mock Sales Pitching.  

This business was registered at local government offices. The university UCNH generously provided CHES a place to host the workshops free of charge. Proper contracts were endorsed and notarized before the inaugural event that marked the end of the week. The US volunteers as well as CHES Haiti branch volunteers also helped prep the food depot for the launch event. Prep work included cleaning, painting and decorating. At the inaugural event, local members of the community attended and tasted delicious food made with the products PWOL is offering. Attendees also had the chance to ask questions and hear from CHES US as well as the entrepreneurs.  

In addition to completing our objectives for the trip, CHES also helped in different  ways while in Haiti. CHES helped Vanessa Pierre raise funds and transport 100 book bags for school children. CHES volunteers also donated snacks and water for 150 children in vacation bible school. The volunteers also took pictures of school children and provided them prints of their photos. School materials and printed photographs are often very difficult for most school children to obtain. To see more, view this short picture slide show below.

CHES 2013 Summer Trip Slide Show

Though the week in Haiti was a success on many dimensions, the work doesn't stop there. CHES has been maintaining constant contact with the entrepreneurs. CHES is ensuring that these women's momentum doesn't fizzle but rather continues. In six months PWOL will begin sending CHES official bi-annual business reports.

We continue to need you. With the creation of PWOL and CHES' continued search of entrepreneurs like that of PWOL, CHES is setting up its first office in Limbe Haiti. We currently have two rooms leased thanks to the generosity of Jubilee Christian Church. We have a lot of work to do including:  

• Putting in an extra entrance,  
• A/C units,  
• desktops,  
• desks,  
• chairs, 
• WiFi,  
• a generator  
• a copier
• printers
• a laminator

Just a few small things! We believe in adding value in whatever we do.The office space will serve as space that will not only host CHES Haiti but also entrepreneurs with whom CHES work. CHES is committed to making available resources that will facilitate entrepreneurs to meet our stringent grant requirements. Reliable electricity, and WiFi signal is unheard of in Limbe. Access to a working computer and or printer is often very difficult for many people in Limbe CHES aims to provide that in this new space. We estimate the cost to be $15,000 and we won't be able to do it without you!