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How beer will fund Gonave! / Ki jan byè ap finanse Gonave!

There are many different groups proposing how to develop Gonave, and how to develop an economy on the island.  Some use crowdfunding or investors.  Let's Build Haiti attempted this and then thought of ways to make developing Gonave a reality.  What makes Let's Build Haiti different is that it is already an established business.  We are a small brewery, which currently is creating a couple of beers that will be the signature beers of Gonave.  The purpose is that each of the beers developed will be sold, and the profits from those beers would be put into a fund.  Now how is it possible to donate 100% of money from a few beers that we develop to help with the building of Gonave?  Through corporate backers who will sponsor both beer projects, which will pay for the overhead (equipment, raw materials, shipping, etc).  We hope that from this we establish a group that will work with the Haitian Government to lease the island of Gonave for developmen...

Building an economy first with call centers.

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Call Centers allow people with limited skills to make a decent salary.  These jobs are usually pretty stable, and can be completed in a very short amount of time.  I have worked in call centers for over 13 years and all have the same premise. The picture to the left show's the inside of a very simple call center.  You have your training room to the far left.  This is where you will have computers and phones so that your future agents will be able to practice and learn in a controlled environment before being put out on the main floor. The larger part of this building is the main floor.  There is where the operations of the center take place.  If you notice at the very north of the photo in the main part of the building is a small room facing the main floor.  This usually will house, supervisors of the agents, IT department, managers, workforce management, and quality.   It may also contain an administrative assistant as well. The ope...