Prosperous Investments had a successful year of fundraising in 2021. The scholarship recipient (Austin Howard from New Hampshire) received a total of $3000 from the Prosperous Investments Scholarship Fund.
ITEC's contributions for 2020 and 2021 follow:
2020: $500 (winner: Aaron Shields of Maryland)
For more information regarding Aaron, visit:
(NB: an additional $1000 was contributed from Medii Group, Inc. in 2020)
2021: $500 (winner: Austin Howard of New Hampshire)
For more information regarding Austin Howard, visit:
Board Members Assigned to Prosperous Investments: Dr. Paul Prosper and Dr. Joanne Thimote
ITEC PARTNERSHIP with KODESPA HAITI
Key Contact in Haiti: Jean Victorien Toussaint, Agronomist
Assists: Jean Ritho Desir and Jean Romain
Mr. Jean Victorien Toussaint,, a graduate of the school of agriculture at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Mr. Toussaint has been working in the agricultural sector in Haiti for approximately 30 years.
The partnership with KODESPA began with a $1000 contribution from ITEC to KODESPA in 2020. KODESPA purchased cacao and cashew seedlings to distribute to 18 farmers (see attached list of farmers) in Section 6 in Petit Goave, Haiti. According to Mr JeanVictorien Toussaint, there is a 65% success rate, to date. To improve these odds, ITEC needs a dedicated volunteer from KODESPA to work with the farmers.Additional investments are required for items such as stipends for supervision, transport, insecticides, fungicide.
Another $1000 contribution was disbursed to KODESPA in October 2021.
NB: HIBISCUS is another ITEC partner. HIBISCUS is a non-profit organization that is headquartered in New York. The members of HIBISCUS are mostly architects and engineers. We have partnered with HIBISCUS to help monitor and evaluate the reforestation program/project that has been established by ITEC and KODESPA.
A Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) was established with ITECand KODESPA. This MOU explained the role of HIBISCUS
Board members assigned to KODESPA: HIBISCUS (Magali Regis and Manfred St Julien) and Darline Augustine. We will need another Board Member for the monitoring and evaluation of our programs in Haiti.
ITEC PARTNERSHIP with ENCUENTRO CON MEXICO
Key Contact in Mexico: Father Alvaro Lozano
At the December 2020 Board meeting, the Board made a decision to fund Encuentro projects in Mexico. A disbursement of $1000 was made to Encuentro. ITEC's suggestion was to allocate $500 to youth programs and $500 to entrepreneurs in Encuentro's programs.
