Help Families Grow their Own Food in Rural Haiti

Oganizasyon Sosyo Kiltirèl ak Ekonomik pou Devlopman (Organization for Social, Cultural and Economic Development, (OSCED) is located in the Dechapèl Corridor in the Artibonite Department in Haiti.  OSCED worked in concert with the Lambi Fund field staff for the last nine month to undertake the construction of  a mill for cereal transformation. The members of OSCED share our vision of social equality, economic development, self-sufficiency and self-determination to foster development and improve the quality of life in rural Haiti.   OSCED was founded in the year 2000 with the goals of helping their members improve their livelihoods.  They have worked together with other organizations in the same area to increase revenue, and to highlight and find solutions to environmental degradation occurring in their area.

In partnership, Osced provided the land for the construction of the structure for the mill.  Members will participate by collecting local material like stones and sand and pebbles. They will also provide labor, water, transportation of materials while receiving training that will help them maintain the structure.  Lambi Fund provides the motor,     accesories and tools needed for operations.  We will also train managers, record keepers, and committees on purchasing, and local trainers will train operators hands on. 

The mill will transform 42,000 pounds of grain per day and will be open 6 hours a day while on market days, it will be open 8 hours. The mill will provide access to transform grains for 149 members of OSCED and the community of Dechapèl Corridor with a population of 33,461.  Every farmer will have the option of milling locally.

The project will supports the local economy and provide food security as well as alleviate poverty through assuring economic security for thousands of families. Thus, improving lives through the increase of local production and establishing livelihoods.

This is one more venue and partnership established to expand local food production in rural Haiti.  Your support will make this construction operational.  Give a gift that keeps on giving to a growing community. 

We need your help to increase every community potential for sustainable success in their food production activities. 

THANK YOU.

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