and anne h. hastings type domestic 501 c 3 haitian non profit haitian bank focus poverty location port au prince haiti washington d.c. usa area served haiti method microfinance slogan building economic foundations for democracy in haiti website www.fonkoze.org fonkoze is haiti s largest microfinance institution serving poor and ultra poor women in rural haiti with 46 branches located throughout the country . the name fonkoze is an acronym for the haitian creole phrase fondasyon kole zep l meaning shoulder to shoulder foundation . its mission is to build the economic foundations for democracy in haiti by providing the rural poor with the tools they need to lift themselves out of poverty . it has more than 50 000 borrowers and 250 000 savers and is divided into three entities fonkoze a haitian non profit which pilots new programs and branches that are not yet sustainable and provides services such as health education and literacy training . fonkoze financial services a haitian financial institution which operates most of fonkoze s financial services portfolio . fonkoze usa which seeks support from donors and members of the haitian diaspora . history edit in 1994 32 grassroots leaders drew up fonkoze s founding papers and in 1995 the organization received official recognition under haitian law . father joseph philippe a catholic priest recruited washington based management consultant anne h. hastings to run the organization . 1 in 2004 fonkoze joined with zanmi lasante and joseph n. lasante a major haitian rural health care provider . the two foundations collaborated to build a bank and hospital in boucan carre . 2 in 2009 fonkoze held a major conference on the effects of the current recession on haitians and haitian americans . 3 in 2012 fonkoze s solid women video won a do gooder award for its story of five haitian women who used fonkoze microloans to help successfully rebuild their community in the wake of the 2010 earthquake . 4 references edit http www.fonkoze.org aboutfonkoze whoweare ourhistory.html http www.socialfunds.com news article.cgi 1552.html http www.huffingtonpost.com jim luce fonkoze haitian diaspora b 193550.html http www.thedailydogooder.com 2012 04 24 solid women external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fonkoze & oldid 690189408 categories foundations based in the united statesmicrofinance organizationsbanks of haiti navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 november 2015 at 20 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view