CHF International recently completed the reconstruction of a canal along a busy street in Jalalabad, Afghanistan that had been damaged by neglect.


CHF Internationals innovative transitional shelters, temporary homes designed for families to live in for several years while full reconstruction takes place, were featured on CNN's Situation Report on Thursday, March 11.


CHF International is working with the mayor's office and Caterpillar to continue clean up operations in Port-au-Prince. 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today launched a landmark $500 million mortgage finance program that will double the number of Palestinian families who are able to purchase homes by offering long-term mortgages that will enable them to enjoy the benefits of home ownership without excessively burdening their monthly incomes.


President Clinton and Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive met with CHF International in Leogane, Haiti yesterday afternoon for a brief visit to a cluster of four steel-framed, transitional shelters constructed by CHF in response to the January 2010 earthquake. Accompanied by Paul Farmer (anthropologist, phsyician and founder of the NGO, Partners in Health), and with various stakeholders and philanthropists, President Clinton spent 40 minutes meeting with family members living in the shelters and speaking to Eddie Argenal - CHF Emergency Shelter and Infrastructure Officer - and with local members of the shelter construction team.


“Give a man to fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.” This is the motto followed by the USAID-funded Local Democratic Reform (LDR) Program implemented by CHF International in the West Bank and Gaza.  

Less than 500 miles from the coast of the United States lies the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. Marked by decades of political instability, poverty and humanitarian disasters, Haiti presents one of the world’s most complex development challenges.


CHF International partnered with Sun Mountain International to undertake this environmental assessment on the six month anniversary of the Haiti earthquake. The report identifies a range of major life threatening issues and recommended actions to address these issues.


CHF International partnered with Sun Mountain International to undertake this environmental assessment on the six month anniversary of the Haiti earthquake. The report identifies a range of major life threatening issues and recommended actions to address these issues.