Help Families Grow their Own Food in Rural Haiti

Mouvement for the Peasant Planters (MOPPAD) has a vision of improving life in their community.  That vision is all encompassing says Bien Aime, one of the organization's member.  "We are waiting for rain to plant but in the meantime we have been caring for 50,000 seedlings that in the future would deliver nutritious food for our children". The organization had received a grant from the Lambi fund of Haiti to improve the environment. Their goal of 60,000 new trees in the region of Delan is close to being a reality thanks to you.   They decided on agroforrestry to support not only the environment but also to increase fruit and food production in the area.  

Volunteers and members together have seeded and planted (48,716) the following:

6,000   Cacao                            2,500 cherry trees             14,000  Coffee                           3,000 oranges

2,000 Sapotille (fruit)                  2,000 mangoes                   3,000  Avocado                    

4,676  Chestnut                         5,570  Grapefruit                 6,000   Pine (Bwa Blan)                     

In fact, The Lambi Fund of Haiti provided training for 30 local residents in nursery building using local material such as conconut leaves and branches to create trellis where plants are protected and grow until placed in permanent space throughout the community.  Residents are less likely to cut trees providing food, to make charcoal for cooking and other activities.  Not only do these trees provide food for their owners, they are also a source of revenue during the harvest.

In all ways, The lambi Fund, in partnership with local organization, maintains its active participation in expanding local food production in rural Haiti.  

This is all thanks to your generosity and your caring that we are able to continue our efforts. Thank you for staying involved.  Thank you for your gifts.        

Links:

• http://www.lambifund.org

"Three years ago, I walked or paid a motor taxi to go to the next two towns to mill rice without a guarantee that I would be able to complete the task within that day.  I could not count on going to market that day or return to cook some rice and feed my children.  Today, I could put the water to boil while I run to the mill to prepare some pods to feed my children after school."  

The Saint Martin Youth Association for Community Development (AJSDC)  assures services to the local farmer and expands the local market capacity to provide food for purchase in the area of Saint Martin where they have situated the mill.  Initially set to mill corn, this site is now milling, rice and millet as well and is providing a needed service that expands food production and improves quality of life for the consumer and the producer.

Since its inception in 2011, farmers have milled 1,078,335 pounds of cereal (597,170 rice; 267,655 millet and 213,510 corn).  In spite of a six month drought in 2014, they transformed and placed 157,058 lbs of the most consumed cereals in the area - rice, millet and corn.  

AJSDC is  sustainable, having created revenue to sustain itself, hired mechanic operators and managers, expands a rebate to their members and substantially improving their clientele.  Currently their consumers are made up of 70% neighborhood farmers rather than the members that made up 100% when they first started.  Service impact is beyond the membership of their organization and they continue to grow as an enterprise.  

Your investment,  the farming organization's efforts and the support that the Lambi Fund has in their partnership has improved conditions of life for their farmers and contributed to the growth of farming in the region.  For that,   we are more than grateful for your participation.

Thank you for joining us in our steadfast committment to assisting rural famers in changing their lives.

Links:

• Read about our Sustainable Development efforts here!
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