ATA Haiti is a Haitian non-profit organization, established in Port-au-Prince in 2003. Its mission is to assist artisans in the creation of profitable craft businesses, through business training, market-driven product development and linkage to buyers in the local, greater Caribbean, US and European markets. ATA Haiti has access to a wide circle of international designers, buyers and experts in en
trepreneurial training, who implement state-of-the art training workshops and are available for extended business coaching and mentoring to artisan businesses nation-wide. Most recently, ATA Haiti has implemented the two-year Haiti MarChE project funded by USAID. It has also developed sisal artisans in Côte de Fer in the South of Haiti, funded by ACDI VOCA. In 2011, with support from the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, it successfully linked eight groups of artisans working in metal, stone and papier mâché to international markets. Currently, ATA Haiti is working through funding by the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) with the women artisans of Pwodiksyon Fanm Plato Sentral in Mirebalais, in the development of organic soaps and botanicals. It is also implementing a training workshop in the production of bamboo jewelry for the tourism market, for 420 persons living with HIV in Cap Haitien, supported by the International Aids Alliance and The Big Lottery Fund UK.
