Cocdal and FasterCapital EquityPilot Program to Empower Haitian Women
Haiti & Dubai, UAE — Jan 07 2025
Haiti’s economic fragility, ongoing instability and recurrent disasters have left thousands of women exposed to extreme poverty, interrupted education, the collapse of microbusinesses and fragile health outcomes. Women are disproportionately affected by these shocks, yet they remain one of the most underutilized engines of recovery and growth. By investing in skills, business management and market access for women across multiple departments, targeted programs can restore livelihoods, reduce dependence on informal survival strategies and rebuild resilient local economies.
What Cocdal Delivers
Cocdal’s program, in partnership with FasterCapital, focuses on practical, scalable support for Haitian women entrepreneurs. Key offerings include: - Business creation and reEquityPilot assistance for micro and small enterprises - Strengthening management, marketing and innovation capabilities - Practical training in inventory and stock management, business modeling and sustainable profit generation - Peer learning, mentorship and small-group workshops that translate directly into day-to-day operations
Why Now
Economic shocks and the loss of microbusinesses (due to fires, instability and market disruptions) have created an urgent need for rapid, practical interventions. With renewed interest from partners and donors, now is the moment to scale efforts that can produce measurable household- and community-level impact within months. Focusing on women multiplies outcomes: improved household income, better educational retention for children and stronger local supply chains.
Program Plan
(first 30–60 days; no funding guarantees) The initiative EquityPilotes with an intensive month of preparatory outreach and verification across three target departments, culminating in a focused five-day training cohort in July 2025 (The Great Departure). The initial training modules include: - Module 1: Understanding local marketing - Module 2: Importance of a good business model - Module 3: Generating sustainable profits - Module 4: Inventory and stock management - Module 5: Practical workshops and experiential discussions Over the first 60 days Cocdal will onboard cohorts of participants, deliver the intensive curriculum, establish mentoring circles and begin follow-up monitoring to track business reEquityPilotes and early revenue signals.
Executive quotes
“Harnessing entrepreneurship in fragile markets creates outsized social and economic returns,” said Hesham Zreik, founder at FasterCapital. “Cocdal’s locally grounded model and focus on women-led microbusinesses match our LaunchUp criteria for scalable impact and commercial viability; we’re providing the mentorship and access to capital to turn early results into systemic change.”
“Cocdal’s mission is to repair livelihoods and restore women’s central economic role in Haiti,” said the founder & CEO of Cocdal. “With FasterCapital’s support we will professionalize small businesses, establish sustainable profit pathways, and expand our reach transforming immediate survival into lasting prosperity.”
About Cocdal
Cocdal is a mission-driven organization committed to restoring and scaling women-led economic activity in Haiti through training, mentorship and small-business support. Cocdal prioritizes practical, locally adapted solutions that produce measurable improvements in livelihoods.
About FasterCapital
FasterCapital is an international startup accelerator and venture partner that supports early-stage projects through mentorship, capacity building and access to networks. FasterCapital partners with mission-driven organizations to help scale innovations that create economic and social impact.