SOFA - Solidarite Fanm Ayisyèn

What SOFA - Solidarite Fanm Ayisyèn does

SOFA - Solidarite Fanm Ayisyèn (Solidarity of Haitian Women) is a Haitian non-governmental organization founded in 1986 that works to advance women's rights, prevent gender-based violence, and promote sexual and reproductive health across Haiti. Headquartered in Port-au-Prince with a small staff of approximately 10 employees, the organization delivers services through three primary modalities: Centres Douvanjou (community resource centers offering legal, medical, and psychological support to women and girls), mobile health clinics that extend reproductive care into underserved rural areas, and the Ferme-École Féministe, a feminist school farm that combines agricultural training with gender-rights education.

The organization's programming blends direct service delivery with advocacy campaigns, public trainings, and coalition-building. Recent and ongoing projects include TIMAMA2, a partnership with French development NGO GRET focused on household economic security and food sovereignty, and the completed VLF initiative. As a non-profit, SOFA is funded primarily through international donor grants and partnerships rather than earned income, with no commercial pricing model. Its funder base spans the American Jewish World Service (AJWS), Global Fund for Women, Entraide et Fraternité, ASF Canada, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), CECI, and GRET.

The organization operates in a fragile security and political environment, and recently underwent a leadership transition: founding leader Danise Jean-Baptiste was succeeded by Myriam Merisier in November 2023, and Jean-Baptiste subsequently passed away in April 2024. The organization has 39 years of continuous operation, suggesting institutional resilience despite Haiti's chronic instability.

Name

SOFA - Solidarite Fanm Ayisyèn

Legal name

SOFA - Solidarite Fanm Ayisyèn

Website

https://sofahaiti.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SOFA - Solidarite Fanm Ayisyèn is a Haitian non-profit founded in 1986 that advances women's rights through community centers, mobile clinics, advocacy, and a feminist school farm.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women's Rights Advocacy Services

NAICS

Other Community Housing Services (624229), Home Health Care Services (62161)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Services (BPAGAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

Keywords

• Women's rights advocacy
• Gender-based violence support
• Sexual reproductive health
• Women's empowerment programs
• Community outreach services

Headquarters

HQ city

Port-au-Prince

HQ country

Haiti

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. International Donor Funding: SOFA operates as a non-profit organization funded primarily through international development partners and foundations. Revenue comes from grants and donations from global women's rights organizations and humanitarian funding agencies supporting gender-based violence prevention and women's empowerment programs in Haiti.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SOFA is a Haitian non-profit women's rights organization that delivers direct support services and policy advocacy on behalf of women and girls. Its core offerings include victim accompaniment through Centres Douvanjou, sexual and reproductive health services via mobile clinics, training and capacity-building programs, advocacy campaigns against gender-based violence and for women's political participation, and the Ferme-École Féministe agroecology training initiative for rural women.

Product overview

SOFA (Solidarite Fanm Ayisyèn) is a Haitian women's rights organization offering a unified set of advocacy and support services rather than a technology product. The organization's portfolio centers on advocacy campaigns and awareness programs as its core offering, complemented by victim support services through Centres Douvanjou, mobile health clinics, and training/capacity building programs. Additional offerings include agricultural support through the Ferme-École Féministe, periodic publications and reports on gender-based violence, and time-bound projects such as TIMAMA2 (GBV prevention with GRET) and the completed Pou Fanm Pi Djanm/Voix et Leadership des Femmes (VLF) project. The organization does not offer technology products, APIs, or AI-powered solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Centres Douvanjou (Victim Support Centers) Support centers providing comprehensive services including psychosocial counseling, legal accompaniment, and medical referrals to women and girl victims of gender-based violence in Haiti.
• Mobile Health Clinics (Klinik Mobil) Mobile clinic services bringing sexual and reproductive health education, STI prevention awareness, prenatal care, and family planning services to underserved rural Haitian communities.
• Advocacy and Awareness Campaigns Policy advocacy, lobbying, and community mobilization campaigns for women's rights, sexual and reproductive health access, decriminalization of abortion, land rights, constitutional reform, and against gender-based violence in Haiti.
• Training and Capacity Building Programs Capacity-building programs including leadership training for women in decision-making roles, gender-awareness workshops, and professional skills development for women, youth, and service providers (medical, legal, psycho-social) on accompaniment of GBV survivors.
• Ferme-École Féministe (Feminist Farm-School) Agricultural training facility focused on feminist farming practices, agroecology, and food sovereignty for rural Haitian women, addressing the feminization of poverty and economic marginalization.

Quantifiable outcome

• Published annual reports documenting gender-based violence cases and advocating for policy responses
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CECI (Centre d'Étude et de Coopération Internationale)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCECI partners with SOFA on development projects in Haiti, providing technical and financial support for women's empowerment and food security initiatives including the feminist school-farm project.
• GRETcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGRET partners with SOFA on the TIMAMA2 project, implementing community-based programs addressing gender-based violence and sexual and reproductive health in the Abricots area.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ENFOFANM (Espacement-Nourrir-Femme en Action): Haitian women's organization working on family planning, maternal health, and rural women's empowerment. Comparable to SOFA on the SRHR and rural women's economic empowerment axes, with overlapping beneficiary populations in underserved Haitian communes.
• KOFAVIV (Commission of Women Victims for Victims): Haitian women's rights organization directly supporting GBV survivors in Port-au-Prince and Cité Soleil through listening spaces, accompaniment, and advocacy. Closest direct peer to SOFA given shared Haitian context, GBV survivor support mission, and grassroots mobilization approach.
• IPPF Western Hemisphere Region (Profamil Haiti affiliate): Reproductive health and rights organization with a Haiti presence providing SRHR services, GBV response, and advocacy — closely mirroring SOFA's "Femmes et Santé" axis. Operates at the intersection of clinical service delivery and policy advocacy on abortion access.

Broad incumbents

• Plan International Haiti: International NGO operating in Haiti with programs on girls' rights, GBV prevention, and adolescent SRHR. Comparable to SOFA on target beneficiaries and GBV/SRHR focus area, but funded and governed from a global headquarters with significantly larger scale.
• Oxfam Haiti: International confederation member operating in Haiti with programs on women's economic empowerment, GBV prevention, and humanitarian response. Comparable on the "feminization of poverty" lens and rural women's economic inclusion that SOFA addresses through the Ferme-École Féministe.
• UN Women Haiti: UN system entity coordinating global gender equality programming with a Haiti country office addressing GBV, women's political participation, and economic empowerment. Comparable because it overlaps with every SOFA program axis while operating at much larger scale and through different funding channels.
• Médecins du Monde Haiti: International medical humanitarian organization active in Haiti providing SRHR, GBV clinical care, and mobile health services. Comparable to SOFA's Klinik Mobil program and GBV survivor support model, though operating at greater scale and with broader health mandate.

Emerging players

• MADRE: US-based international women's rights organization funding and partnering with grassroots women's organizations on GBV, SRHR, and economic justice. Comparable as a partner/funding intermediary model that supports organizations like SOFA, with thematic overlap on feminist advocacy and survivor accompaniment.
• International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC): Global organization advancing SRHR, abortion access, and women's rights through grantmaking and advocacy, including in Haiti and the Caribbean. Comparable on the abortion decriminalization advocacy axis that SOFA actively pursues through policy work and public campaigns.

Regional players

• Kay Fanm (Solidarite Fanm Ayisyèn's sister shelter network): Haitian women's shelter and accompaniment organization providing safe housing and post-violence support. Comparable to SOFA's Centres Douvanjou as a parallel survivor support infrastructure, often cited as a coordination partner in the same GBV response ecosystem in Haiti.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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