WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of Inspector General (USAID OIG) and La Fondation Heritage pour Haiti (LFHH), the Haitian chapter of Transparency International (TI), have begun operating an anti-corruption hotline in Haiti.
The hotline will help fight corruption and promote accountability in aid programs in Haiti and
is widely advertised on radio, television, and vehicles used by USAID’s implementing partners. The
24-hour hotline accepts allegations in English, French, and Creole and has been receiving complaints since it launched in December 2012.
Developed as part of USAID OIG’s ongoing partnership with LFHH, the hotline models the approach of the Pakistan Anti-Fraud Hotline run by Transparency International-Pakistan and the OIG. Both hotlines cover not only USAID projects and implementers, but also receive complaints across the spectrum of international and local assistance programs in their respective countries.
USAID Deputy Inspector General, Michael G. Carroll, said, “This new hotline gives the Haitian people a way to help fight corruption in the programs and services meant to benefit them. OIG remains firmly committed to rooting out fraud and corruption in assistance programs across the country, and to help improve donor assistance in Haiti.”
The anti-corruption hotline in Haiti is funded by USAID in coordination with USAID OIG through a three-year, $168,000 cooperative agreement with and LFHH.
Complaints can be made to the hotline by:
Telephone, at (509) 3701-7089 or (509) 2513-7089, toll free
Text message, at *550 in Haiti
Email (anticorruptionhotline@hushmail.com), or
Mail, at:
La Fondation Heritage pour Haiti
Section Haitienne de Transparency International (TI)
Boite postale 16136
Bureau Postal de Petion-Ville
Petion-Ville, Haiti NT 6140
