Fond des Blancs is located on the southern peninsula in rural Haiti. The main town is Sainton with a population of approximately 10,000. Approximately 80% of people in this region don’t finish 5th grade. Most of the population relies on subsistence level farming, with high unemployment.

Haitian women are 20% more likely to be illiterate than men, with a male literacy level of about 64% and a female literacy rate of only 57%. In terms of economics, 44% of households are female-headed and of these women, 60% live in extreme poverty.

Research shows that when women earn money, they invest 90% of it into their family's expenses.