3 STEPS TO SPONSORING A MUTUAL AID GROUP
Individuals residing in Haiti or abroad and Organizations operating in Haiti or Abroad can:
- create several Mutual Aid Groups
- sponsor several Mutual Aid Groups
- sponsor several Mutual Aid Group Facilitators
The steps to sponsor a Mutual Aid Group or a Mutual Aid Group Facilitator are as follows:
- Select a priority domain (e.g., farmworkers)
- Select a Mutual Aid Group size (5, 7, or 9)
- Donate
Reciprocitas supports mutual Aid Groups for 18 months. The donation amount required to sponsor a Mutual Aid Group for 18 months is US$9,000 for a mutual aid group of 5 people, US$12,600 for a mutual aid group of 7, and US$16,200 for a mutual aid group of 9.
A Mutual Aid Group Facilitator supervises several Mutual Aid Groups. A Mutual Aid Group facilitator receives a monthly participation incentive of US$120 for the first Mutual Aid Group and an increase in the participation incentive of US$20 for each additional Mutual Aid Group they supervise up to a maximum of 10 mutual aid groups.
Mutual Aid Groups of 5, 7, or 9 people created among the unemployed and those living in social exclusion conditions provide 20 hours per week for carrying out common-interest work in the communal section where they reside as:
- Farmers
- Fishery and aquaculture workers
- Fruit tree planters
- Garbage collectors
- Water well drillers
- Stormwater basin workers
- Livestock barns and shelters builders
- Cyclone-resistant house builders
- Earthquake resistant house builders
- Toilet installation service workers
- Apprentices in a wide range of trade
