The Haiti Art & Fashion Project, an initiative of the Pulse Foundation, has received the formal endorsement of Caricom. Recently, trustees of the Foundation, chaired by Lois Sherwood, presented the project to former Prime Minister of Jamaica and Special Representative of Caricom on Haiti, PJ Patterson.

Patterson accepted the initiative as a key tool for the redevelopment of the cultural and creative sector in Haiti.

A recent statement from his office noted, “Culture represents the ethos and strength of a people, and Haiti has much to offer in this regard.”

He emphasised Haiti’s rich cultural legacy and the need to restore and preserve it and expressed the hope that Haiti would not only be rebuilt, but would be built back better than it was before the devastating earthquake. Patterson further noted that the creative industry was a fairly new sector which had strong commercial and economic impact for countries such as Jamaica and Haiti, given our diversity.