Frequently Asked Questions

SAKALA Haiti is a Haitian solidarity-economy organization, active since 2003. Its conviction: youth employment is the primary answer to the socio-economic breakdown Haiti is going through. Learn more.

KONKRET is SAKALA's youth-employment cooperative in the Nord/North (Milot, Trou-du-Nord, Limonade), launched in 2011. It is the engine on the ground: training, a steady wage, and shared ownership of the resources. SAKALA is the organization; KONKRET is its cooperative.

Daniel Tillias, founding director (a 2019 CNN Heroes nominee), together with a board of directors. Meet the team.

Two doors. Making a donation (through SAKALA International, 501c3) funds the work, it is tax-deductible in the United States, and it does not enroll you in the Konbit. Joining the Konbit is a quarterly contribution: you build up a share of gold that belongs to you, and you grow along with the community. See both doors.

Yes, for U.S. taxpayers: donations go through SAKALA International, a 501(c)(3) organization. Joining the Konbit, on the other hand, is not a donation and so is not deductible: it is a share in an asset that you hold.

The donation comes with no commitment. Joining the Konbit is a quarterly commitment, because that is what keeps the konbit alive. If you would rather contribute without a commitment, the donation door is made for exactly that.

Following the 40 / 40 / 20 model: 40% in wages for the youth, 40% in allocated gold (Lò) held by the community and appreciating over time, 20% reinvested in the next cohort. A dollar here is retained at about 80 cents by the community. See the details.

The community share (40%) is converted into allocated gold, held in a trust and assigned to members. A real asset, held by the community, sheltered from the collapse of the gourde.

Every dollar is tracked on a public gold-backed ledger, with a live dashboard. Data over time, not promises.

A subscription (not a one-off purchase) built around the processing of cassava, the kasav. It funds youth jobs and connects you to a specific cohort and its garden. Discover the Kasav Box.

Classic aid leaves 1 to 12 cents per dollar in Haitian hands, spent only once. This model retains about 80%, and it leaves the community owning an asset that appreciates, with a business that then funds itself. The retention is measured, not hoped for.