Haiti
EducationHaiti Community Development Inc. (HCDI) - Bridging the Digital Divide in Rural Areas
Address
Haiti Community Development Inc. (HCDI)
326 Hoe Avenue
Scotch Plains,
New Jersey
7076
United States
(908) 582-2737
http://www.hcdi-community-dev.org
Mission
Haiti Community Development Inc. (HCDI) is committed to playing a leadership role in providing effective educational opportunities to enable Haitians to participate fully in the modern world economy. We believe that in order to alleviate poverty, it is of strategic importance that vocational technical skills training be made available to people with the appropriate motivation and aptitude regardless of where they live.
Programs
Since 1997, HCDI has built and operated an Elementary school in rural Haiti. On January 11, 2002, HCDI was one of 34 winners (out of the 2,400 participants) of the World Bank’s 2001 Development Market Place competition. HCDI’s submission was voted as one of the most innovative and replicable for alleviating poverty. HCDI won a “seed” grant for its “Solar-Powered Wireless Internet for Rural Education” proposal and has successfully completed the project in partnership with the Skoll Foundation.
Haiti Community Development Inc. (HCDI)'s Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
 It's About Jobs- Skills Training in Global Economy |
 Bridging the Digital Divide in Rural Areas |
Personnel Overview
Guirlaine Celius - Program Director
Guirlaine has an MBA in Marketing from Rutgers University and a B.S degree in Computer Science from Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science. She has 16 years of professional experience in the telecommunication industry and is currently employed by Lucent Technologies as a system engineer for a financial data warehouse and reporting system.
Pierre Brice - HCDI Board member
Pierre has a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and is pursuing a PH.D in System Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He has 17 years professional experience in the telecommunication industry. His expertise is System Engineering of Telecommunication systems network, Provisioning Systems and Network Management Systems.
Marie Thelusma - HCDI Board member
Marie is a software developer with 5 years development experience. Her development background includes Oracle PL/SQL, Microsoft Access, PowerBuilder, C, and UNIX shell programming.
Personnel Statistics
Guirlaine Celius, Program Director
Founded in 1996
Employees: 16
Volunteers: 25
Financial Statistics
Budget (2006): 25,000
Budget (2005): 45,000
Maximum Budget: 127,000
Overhead: 2%
Other funding sources: HCDI receives additional funding from fundraising activities conducted in the Haitian-American community, from corporations such as AT&T and Lucent Technologies, and from funding organizations.
Religious Affiliation: None
