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Our History

KONKRÈT ... An Initiative
Rooted In Action

The SAKALA Haiti cooperative in the North, since 2011

The Origins

Born From the Land of Milot

Founded in 2011 in Dubre, Milot, KONKRÈT, the SAKALA Haiti cooperative in the North, was born from a simple but bold dream: to use the land to create work and unlock the potential of Haitian youth.

Faced with the limits of traditional humanitarian aid, we chose to bet on agricultural entrepreneurship, hands-on training, and local cooperation to build a model of lasting impact.

Outside aid could not create self-reliance. Only a model rooted in local resources, led by Haitians for Haitians, could bring about change that lasts beyond the next funding cycle.

We believe agriculture can be an engine of economic transformation when it is collective, cooperative, and built around youth employment.

KONKRET -- Founding philosophy
KONKRET planting day -- March 2025, the team at work on the Milot plots
KONKRET -- in the field, Haiti 2025
Our Journey

14 Years of Building

2011

KONKRÈT is created in Milot. The first pilot program launches with out-of-school youth from Dubre and the surrounding area. A bet on the land and on the next generation.

2013

The first agricultural partnerships roll out as a cooperative network. The logic of sharing and collective ownership starts to take real shape.

2015

A field director is hired in the Greater North. KONKRET begins to institutionalize its model and build a permanent presence in the region.

2017

Expansion to Trou-du-Nord and Limonade. The Milot model proves it can be replicated. Two new areas of work, a regional network in the making.

2019

Launch of the youth job-creation school, Makonn Travay. Daniel Tillias, founding director, is named a CNN Heroes 2019 nominee ... international recognition of the Haitian model.

2023

SAKALA Haiti launches the Grand Bassin (Milot) agricultural program in partnership with BARSS. Large-scale cooperative farming, the first phase of a pilot model aimed at 50,000 electrical connections.

2026

SAKALA Summer 2026 ... Grand Bassin, 21 acres, 8 weeks. The culmination of KONKRET's cooperative model, funded by the Haitian diaspora -- who can hire a young person directly.

KONKRET -- in the field, Haiti 2025
Our Vision

A job for every young person. Land put to work. A partnership that matters.

Today, KONKRET means ...

Because we are rooted in our community, because every action is KONKRÈT, and because we believe that together we can sow hope and harvest a new Haïti.