The Commune of Saint-Marc was identified and confirmed to become the beneficiary of the project

The entire commune counts 282,000 inhabitants and received 32,000 refugees after the earthquake of January

It counts 80,000 school-age youngsters. Only 52% have access to education and attend one of the 91 schools of the district

Saint-Marc also counts 4 community colleges – healthcare, banking and computer science as well as a small law school and a small engineering school

The commune’s vision is to have an international airport built 10 kilometers north-east of the city, large enough to receive wide-body aircraft. The runway would be longer at Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe, French W.I.)

The commune also wants to move the current deep water harbor from its current location at the center of the city to a new location south-west of the city

They are projecting to build an industrial park counting 32 warehouses. 4 are already committed buy textile manufacturers. The remaining 28 will serve as temporary housing for some of the refugees

A native of Saint-Marc, Jean-Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, was the first settler in area of Chicago, Illinois, in the mid 1770’s. In 1968, the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago declared him the founder of the City of Chicago.