Lambi Fund of Haiti

The Lambi Fund of Haiti was founded in 1994 and "is a 501(c)(3), tax exempt not for profit organization.

"The Lambi Fund's mission is to assist the popular, democratic movement in Haiti. Its goal is to help strengthen civil society as a necessary foundation of democracy and development. The fund channels financial and other resources to community-based organizations that promote the social and economic empowerment of the Haitian people."

In 2006: "Lambi Fund of Haiti is partnering with the Greenbelt Movement, founded by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai, to help expand the Lambi Fund grassroots reforestation program in Haiti."

Is a chapter of Partners of the Americas.

Major Supporters in 2005

 * American Jewish World Service
 * Changemakers
 * Christ Church
 * Community Foundation for Nat’l Capital Region
 * Dewey Foundation
 * First Data Western Union Foundation
 * Global Greengrants Fund
 * Headwaters Fund
 * Intermon Foundation
 * Maverick Fund of Peace
 * Development Fund
 * Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger
 * New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
 * Presbyterian Hunger Program
 * Public Welfare Foundation
 * St. John Student Parish
 * Share Our Strength
 * Sheehan Family Foundation
 * Tet Ansanm
 * Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
 * Vanderbilt Foundation
 * Woodbury Fund

US Board
Accessed September 2007:


 * Marie M. B. Racine
 * Max Blanchet
 * Marie Estime-Thompson
 * Julie Meyer
 * Marie Marthe Saint Cyr
 * Benjamin Saint-Dic
 * Wendy Emrich
 * Nadege T. Clitandre
 * Gyliane Morgan

Advisory Board
Accessed September 2007:


 * Father William Smarth
 * France Buteau
 * Marguerite Joseph
 * Father Freud Jean

Honorary Council
Accessed September 2007:


 * Laurie Emrich
 * Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Gumbleton
 * Catherine Maternowska
 * Tracy Gary

Related Sourcewatch

 * GlobalGiving
 * International Human Rights Funders Group: Funders Directory
 * Max J. Blanchet
 * Sister Simone
 * Neil Elliott, White Bear Lake, served as associate director of the non-profit relief organization, “The Lambi Fund of Haiti”, in 2000-01
 * Catherine Maternowska
 * Josette Perard - cofounder