The Office of Public Affairs would like to invite interested Haitian citizens to submit an application for the 2019 Community Solutions Program. The Community Solutions Program is a four month professional development program for the best and brightest global community leaders working in Transparency & Accountability, Tolerance & Conflict Resolution, Environmental Issues, and Women and Gender Issues. Selected ... Read More»
U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation 2019 – Call for proposals!
The U.S Embassy Port-au-Prince and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), Cultural Heritage Center of the U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce the 2019 call for proposals for the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP). U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) supports the preservation of cultural sites, cultural objects, ... Read More»
St. Boniface Haiti Foundation Inaugurates Infectious Disease
St. Boniface Haiti Foundation Inaugurates Infectious Disease and Emergency Care Center Supported by USAID/ASHA Grant Fond-des-Blancs, October 04, 2018 – U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Michele Sison joined the Haitian Ministry of Health, the St. Boniface Haiti Foundation, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to inaugurate the new Center for Infectious Disease and ... Read More»
Over 14 million lives saved thanks to the US emergency plan for AIDS relief
BY AMB. DEBORAH L. BIRX, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 05/22/18 03:30 PM EDT Fifteen years ago, when the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was created, an HIV diagnosis was still a death sentence for many people in the developing world. In some countries, entire families and communities were falling ill, as infant mortality doubled, child mortality tripled, and life expectancy dropped by ... Read More»
Ambassador Sison’s Remarks for ELAN Haiti 2018
Good evening! Mr. Mayor, ladies and gentlemen – Thank you for inviting me here tonight. Even though I visited Jacmel as a young diplomat in the 80s, this is the first time that I’ve visited this beautiful city since I arrived as the new U.S. Ambassador in February. For the past three decades, I’ve ... Read More»
Ambassador Sison Remarks at the AmCham Welcome Reception
Honorable Members of the Government, President of the Supreme Court Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, President of AmCham, Members of the Board and Members of AmCham Distinguished guests: Thank you, Daniel, for your kind words. And thank you, AmCham. I am so glad to have this opportunity to meet with ... Read More»
Congratulations Digicel – NBA Jumpstart #TeamHaiti
Good morning everyone, A special greeting to Special Olympics Haiti! Hats off to you! First of all, I’d like to congratulate Digicel for their Jumpstart initiative to inspire youth through this sports partnership program with the National Basketball Association. A huge thanks to Troy Justice, Basketball International Operations Director, and Ron Nored, Head Coach for ... Read More»
Vice President Addresses the Organization of American States
Remarks by Vice President Pence During a Protocolary Meeting at the Organization of American States (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.0'; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Vice President Pence Comments on Expanding Trade in the Americas Vice President Mike Pence: The United States trades nearly three times as much with ... Read More»
Ambassador Sison Remarks at Justinien University Hospital Pediatric Ward Inauguration
Madame la Ministre du Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population Monsieur le Directeur Général du Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population Department Director of the North It is with great pleasure that I join you today on behalf of the American people to inaugurate the opening of a ... Read More»
Remarks by Ambassador Sison at the Diegue Sous-Commissariat Handover
I am delighted that we have a chance to gather here this afternoon at this newly constructed police facility, financed by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). I would like to offer special recognition today to PALGAG, the project implementer, for a job well done. The United ... Read More»
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Michele Sison at The International Forum on State Reform
His Excellency Jovenel Moise, President of the Republic of Haiti, Mr. Jack Guy Lafontant, Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti, Mr. President of the Senate, Mr. President of the Chamber of Deputies, Honorable Senators and Deputies of the Republic, Dr. Josué Pierre-Louis, General Coordinator of the Office of Management and Human Resources (OMRH), Ladies ... Read More»
Ambassador Sison Remarks at Universite Henri Christophe in Limonade
Distinguished Rector of the Universite Henri Christophe, Messieurs les Maires de Cap Haitien and Fort Liberte, ladies and gentlemen— I am honored to be here with you this morning as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti. A few days after my arrival in Port-au-Prince, I was honored to be able to sit ... Read More»
Investigative Judge from the jurisdiction of Fort-Liberté Will Participate in the IVLP Program
What do you think is the best way to fight Trafficking In Persons? Mrs. Magarette Georges Toussaint, (Investigative Judge from the jurisdiction of Fort-Liberté), travels to the United States to participate in the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) on the theme “Combatting Trafficking In Persons.” Mrs. Georges will learn about U.S. policy initiatives to protect, ... Read More»
12th edition of the International Jazz Festival of Port-au-Prince
On Tuesday, January 9, 2018, the Haiti Foundation jazz partners, launched the 12th edition of the Jazz Festival of Port-au-Prince to be held from January 20 – 27, 2018. Ms. Adair Hamilton, Cultural Attachée at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti presented the American Jazz group, “ Loide Rosa and Jazz Quartet ” , a Washington-DC based jazz ensemble. They will perform in Port au ... Read More»
2018 One Beat Program Opens Now!
Hip-Hop artist, jazz ensembles, classical musicians, sound designer, beat maker, multimedia artist, DJ, audio engineer, or any combination of these styles are invited to participate in the 2018 One Beat program during a month in the U.S. This program offers the chance get together with musicians from around the world to collaborate in the creation and ... Read More»
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