“I speak as a friend of Fonkoze, as an admirer, and as a member of the village. What I witness is more than programs or outcomes—it’s a community that shows up, again and again, with empty hands and full hearts. Fonkoze has long known what we’re all beginning to understand: it takes a village.”

“When I think of the women in Haiti striving to make ends meet—the very women Fonkoze walks alongside—I think of my grandmother. I can only imagine what more she would have achieved had Fonkoze existed in her day.”

“Fonkoze’s work is real and lasting. I’ve watched a simple roadside stand grow into a permanent business—proof that with the right support, women can transform not only their own lives, but the future of their families and communities.”

“The Haitian diaspora has a powerful role to play in Haiti’s future. Haiti will rise — but it can’t do it alone. The diaspora must stand with the homeland.  Without organizations like Fonkoze, countless lives will remain untouched, and critical work will go unfinished.”