The Village for Innovation, Technology, Education and Sport, VITES is a tourism and community development center intended to become an economic, educational and cultural engine for Ile-à-Vache. The Village will seek to accommodate hospitality, research and business training opportunities to benefit the community and meet the needs of youth, women, adults and local leaders. The village will also give visitors and locals the opportunity to engage in technology, sport, art and culture through an art and craft gallery, a restaurant, a shopping plaza, a research center. In addition, an outdoor site will offer visitors and residents the opportunity to enjoy cultural and sporting activities throughout the year.  The village will be located on a waterfront property of 1500 square meters in Madame. Bernard, the main town of Ile-à-Vache made available to the project by the mayor’s office.   The village is a model of public/private touristic and educational development for communities in Haiti bringing together local government, grassroots organizations and international partner.

The Village for Innovation, Technology, Education and Sport (VITES) is also a business incubator setup to help develop new startups on the island of Ile-a-Vache in Haiti.  The village provides its members with services such as management, accounting and training and also makes available co-sharing office space, processing plant and energy for the development of new products and services.

Startup opportunities and sectors:

Tourism: Restaurant, Art and Crafts, Tour guides, moto taxi, boating.

Food/Packaging: Process of local produce into finished products: jam, jelly, peanut butter, natural juice, package nuts and dry fruits and seafood products?

Social/Cultural /Recreational: Facility rental, special events, family events, retreats, camping, sport activities, and team building  

Co-sharing workspace: Office space, printing, internet access, meeting areas

Technology/Energy: Solar energy, solar charging stations, electric scooters, Satellite Internet Access

Education: Lodging/hospitality, culinary training, STEM program for the youths, entrepreneurship

Sport/Tournaments: Beach Volleyball, soccer, badminton, foosball

We can DO it, you can HELP

Join us and support the village and make a financial contribution by clicking on the Donate button above.  For more informkation, please ontact us at contact@edem2.org or call Jean-Patrick Lucien at 508.395.4768

All donations are tax deductible.