SAKALA
Summer
2026
“Jèn ayisyen yo bezwen travay.”
Apprenticeship Program · 15 Youth · June – August 2026
Eight Weeks.
Real Work.
SAKALA Summer 2026 is an eight-week paid apprenticeship at Konkret’s Grand Bassin site in Milot, Nord. Fifteen youth ages 14-20 work alongside experienced mentors, earn a direct stipend, and become cooperative members from Day 1 — not beneficiaries, not students. Members.
Dan Tillias and the Konkret team have been building cooperative enterprise in Nord for over 20 years. BARSS brings the economic framework and diaspora mobilization. Together, this summer is the first installment of a long-term cooperative that will outlast the summer.
Cambisols eutric, pH 6.0-7.2 · Elevation 340m
Apprenticeship Tracks
Youth are placed across all operations of the cooperative. Each track teaches the practical skill and the economic logic behind it.
Super 16 Focus · Ages 14-20
Youth as cooperative members from Day 1. Ownership stake in what they build.
What $360 Covers
One sponsor. One youth. One full summer. Here is exactly where the money goes.
SAKALA International is a 501(c)(3) organization. Your sponsorship is tax-deductible under US law.
Their Stories
At 16, Nadia runs the seedling section with more precision than most adults. She has been asking to lead the cooperative’s record-keeping since week two.
Junior came with no farming background. Eight weeks in, he can read a soil test and explain why Grand Bassin supports moringa and okra better than the valley floor.
Lovely negotiated the cooperative’s first direct buyer relationship at the Cap-Haïtien market. She is 17.
Renaldo designed the site’s water retention system after seeing erosion hit a neighbor’s plot. His design is now part of the permanent farm plan.
Organizations Behind This
20 years building cooperatives and training youth in Nord. The SAKALA program at Grand Bassin is Konkret’s flagship long-term land project. Daniel Tillias, CNN Hero 2019, leads operations on the ground.
Bertil’s Analytics, Research, Sciences & Sorceries. BARSS provides the economic model, funding strategy, and diaspora mobilization behind the summer program. The $360 cost structure is backed by BARSS cooperative analysis.
We are building the partner list for Summer 2026. If your organization works in youth development, food sovereignty, or Haitian diaspora engagement, reach out.
Two Ways In.
$360 covers one youth for the full summer. You are matched with your youth, receive field dispatches, and track the program in your personal sponsor dashboard.
Apply as Sponsor — $360Ou gen 14 a 20 an epi ou vle travay nan pwogram ete a? Ranpli fòm nan — ekip Konkret la ap kontakte ou dirèkteman.
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