Haiti charity gets EC funding

CORK businessman Leslie Buckley has been given €500,000 in funding from the European Commission for his Haitian housebuilding charity.

Haven, founded by Mr Buckley, who is on the boards of Aer Lingus and Independent News and Media applied to the EC for funding in conjunction with a local authority in Haiti to help in its work building homes.

The money will be used over two years to help Haven build homes in Haiti, which is one of the poorest countries in the world.