PUERTO PRINCIPE - "Declare opened the Olympic Sports for Hope Center." Such were the words used by the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, Tuesday July 15, at the opening of the Olympic Center of Hope, at the junction of Route 9 and the National 1.
Headlining the event were President Michel Martelly, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, the Speaker of Parliament, Simon Desras Dieuseul, Sports Minister, Himmler Rebu, President of the Haitian Olympic Committee, Hans Larsen, and numerous local and international sports personalities.