According to Marie-Marcelle Gérard, Executive Director of FINCA Haiti, the company has been established in Haiti for 25 years and provides financial services to low-income Haitian entrepreneurs to create jobs, build assets and improve the lives of their families. However, the institution has not always been a company providing loans to small purses. "Before, FINCA Haiti was an NGO. After being badly shaken by the earthquake of January 2010, it had to turn into a limited company. We went from ten branches to three branches after the earthquake;