Rachel Pierre-Champagne Recognized With Alumni Achievement Award from Wheaton College.
For over a decade, Rachel Pierre-Champagne has excelled in international development, focusing on community empowerment, education, and workforce development. She serves as the Director of the Human Capacity Development Program at Fondasyon Kolè Zepol (Fonkoze), delivering digital adult education courses for Haiti’s ultra-poor and leads Boujonnen Lavi, a USAID project aiding earthquake-affected households.
Pierre-Champagne is also the founder and CEO of Innovators for Change. The organization works to start, grow and sustain businesses and organizations in Haiti, focusing on community empowerment, social inclusion, education and workforce development.
She has also served as the board chair of Special Olympics Haiti since 2014. Katherine Wieland ’05 pointed out in nominating Rachel for the Alumni Achievement Award, “Through her leadership Rachel raised hundreds of thousands in grants and in-kind donations to help secure a delegation of Haitian athletes and chaperones to travel, represent and attend the World Games since 2015. Thanks to her contribution, Haiti’s delegation has attended competitions in Los Angeles, California, Abu Dhabi, UAE and Berlin, Germany.”
Fonkoze congratulates Rachel on her accomplishments and contributions. The event will be held on Saturday May 18th at Wheaton College.
