The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund made a $350,000 program-related investment in Global Home and Office Smart, a Haitian retail store. Alongside the loan and the Haitian founders’ own contribution, the store is opening a downtown Port-au-Prince store.

Global Home and Office Smart is the “Office Depot” of Haiti. It sells computers, office supplies, and locally supplied textbooks.

Founded in 1999, Global Home and Office Smart is Haiti’s third-largest Haitian-owned office supply retailer. The earthquake destroyed its office building, warehouse, and much of its stock. However, the store’s three young entrepreneurs moved quickly into makeshift facilities, and positioned the company for growth. This loan will allow the business to complete the first step of a three-phase expansion—moving out of its temporary facilities in converted containers, and into a new furnished and stocked showroom.

Why We Invested in Global Home and Office

Clinton Bush Haiti Fund's grant to GaMa reflects our commitment to supporting Haitian businesses and entrepreneurs, as well as our focus on longer-term reconstruction by training Haitians, promoting job creation, and building up the construction sector. 

Transforming Lives and Livelihoods

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund grant to support Global Home and Office aims to:

• Help a Haitian company expand;
• Employ 58 people, 23 of whom are working directly in the store;
• Allow local businesses to more easily procure office supplies.

About Global Home and Office 

Global Home and Office Smart, founded in 1999, is Haiti’s third largest Haitian-owned wholesaler and retailer of office supplies, equipment, and services. Its customers include many major nongovernmental organizations, various embassies & international organizations, and the Haitian private & public sectors.