• Transforming Ideas Into Action
• Combating Climate Change
• Treating HIV/AIDS & Malaria
• Fighting Childhood Obesity
• Promoting Economic Opportunity
• Creating Sustainable Development in Africa
  • Why Sustainable Development?
  • Our Approach
  • What We've Accomplished
• Enabling Economic Development

What We've Accomplished

The Clinton Hunter Development Initiative (CHDI) is investing $100 million over ten years to catalyze sustainable economic development in Rwanda and Malawi. Working in partnership with national Governments, communities, and other stakeholders, CHDI has:

Rwanda

• Assisted the Government of Rwanda with the single largest purchase of fertilizer in Rwandan history resulting in:
  • Saving the Government 10-20% from previous year prices
  • Enabling more than 4,000 farmers to increase their yields by 240%
  • Providing food for 30,000 people
• Partnered with 6,500 coffee farmers in Rwanda to help strengthen their production, expand their operations, increase their sales and ultimately develop their company, called Misozi Coffee Company, into a profitable enterprise. By the end of 2007, Misozi farmers had increased their production by 20% and increased their sales by over 30%.
• Established rainwater harvesting and latrine programs at 12 schools in Rwanda, providing 15,000 children with modern latrines and stored water for hand-washing.
• Joined with the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI), Partners In Health, the Government of Rwanda, and other organizations to renovate Rwinkwavu hospital in eastern Rwanda from an abandoned facility into a fully-functioning District Hospital that now serves 265,000 people and has been designated a Pediatric Center for Excellence in Rwanda. Also supported four additional health facilities around the Rwinkwavu hospital, serving 425,000 Rwandans.

Malawi

• Worked with 1,200 farmers in Neno to increase wheat production and arrange sales to the largest wheat purchaser in Malawi at prices 50% higher than in previous years.
• Carried out community hygiene and water point provision and management training programs to deliver clean water to dozens of village communities, impacting 16,000 people including 7,000 students.
• Helped to construct a modern, 120-bed hospital in Neno, along with 23 staff houses.