Centre de Développement Communautaire de la Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite

Building our hometown,
one brick, one street, one life at a time.

From a hospital and a nursing school to a radio station, a church, and the very names of our streets — CEDECOPRA unites the Haitian diaspora to build what Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite needs to thrive.

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« Men anpil, chay pa lou. »Many hands make the load light.

Institutions built — a hospital, nursing school, radio station & church

Countries, one community — from New York to the Artibonite

Doors in our heritage — the famed Palais aux 365 Portes

0 mission

The lasting development of our hometown

Sa nou fè — What we do

Permanent work, not passing help

We build institutions that stand, deliver services families rely on, and keep a scattered diaspora bound to the town it loves.

We Build

A hospital that heals, a school that trains nurses, a radio station that informs, a church that gathers — institutions with deep roots.

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We Serve

Officiating marriages, shipping food and supplies to underserved communities, and standing with families through life's milestones.

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We Connect

We are the bridge between Petit-Riviérois around the world and the hometown that raised them — turning distance into strength.

Who we are

"The generation that built a palace with 365 doors deserves descendants who build hospitals, schools, and futures."

The CEDECOPRA conviction

Lakay nou — Our home

Rooted in the Artibonite Valley

Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite sits in the heart of Haiti's breadbasket, where rice paddies stretch along the nation's longest river. It is a town of revolutionary history — home to the Palais aux 365 Portes and Fort Crête-à-Pierrot, where Haitian fighters made one of the defining stands of the revolution.

That heritage is our inheritance — and our standard.

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Welcome mural reading Bienvenue à Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite — « Bienvenue à Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite » — the welcome mural

Église Saint-Jérôme with its painted mural wall — Église Saint-Jérôme

El Shaddai Medical Center building — El Shaddai Medical Center

Commissariat of Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite, painted blue and white — Commissariat de Petite Rivière — « Protéger et Servir »

Students gathered on a colorful basketball court — Game day at the basketball court

Street signs at a corner in Petite Rivière — Named streets, signposted corners

Solar streetlight over a neighborhood — Solar streetlights over the neighborhood

View over the rooftops and streets of the town — Looking out over the town

New homes on open land at the edge of town — A growing neighborhood

A paved street through Labarette — The road through Labarette

Green fields and hills of the Artibonite countryside — The green Artibonite countryside

People cooling off in the river at L'Estère beach — L'Estère beach

Map of the commune of Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite — The commune of Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite

Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite, Haïti

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Every hospital bed, every classroom, every street sign in Petite Rivière exists because someone in the diaspora decided home was worth building. Become part of that story.

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