Podcast: A Charity Leader Discusses Progress in Haiti, One Year Later

Jean Claude O. Fignolé serves as county director for the charity ActionAid in Haiti. Jean Claude O. Fignolé serves as county director for the charity ActionAid in Haiti.

January 14, 2011

A year after the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti, survivors’ two greatest needs are housing and jobs, says Jean Claude O. Fignolé, ActionAid’s country director in Haiti.

In a recent interview with The Chronicle, Mr. Fignolé discussed conditions on the ground in Port-au-Prince, the challenges that are slowing down reconstruction efforts, and international organizations’ failure to work with local Haitian charities.

About the Author

NICOLE WALLACE

Features Editor

Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.