Port Margot Chocolate Factory Supports ICC Health Clinics

Port Margot is a city in Northern Haiti, about an hour from Cap Haitien. ICC operates a health dispensary in the area, and in a creative way to raise funds to support the work, also operates a chocolate factory in the city.

While Haiti has not usually been known for its chocolate production, it’s a steadily increasing export, and Northern Haiti grows most of it is. The ICC chocolate factory is a microenterprise community project. ICC has funded the equipment needed for chocolate processing; a grinding mill and a generator to power it. The members of the chocolate collective purchase cocoa beans from local producers, grind them into an unsweetened paste, then package and sell it locally. Profits generated help support the operational costs of health centers like the Dispensary of Port Margot. The workers volunteer their time, and all profits are re-invested into the community health operations.

To learn more about ICC's other microenterprise projects, please click here.