Summary
For years, villagers cut down Haiti’s trees. Then, erosion destroyed the farmlands. Soon, families had nothing to eat. Today, planting trees — reforestation — is their hope for a future.
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When you’re poor — utterly destitute — it is impossible to think beyond immediate needs. Food, fuel. A place to sleep. Long-term concerns are tomorrow’s problem. In desperation, Haitian villagers cut down trees to get fuel for cooking. Then the hurricanes came and eroded the farmland. Now family farmers have nothing to cook. A peasant organization in Haiti wants help planting trees so they can farm again.
If we provide 120,000 saplings, supplies and training for the 155 members of the peasant organization in Haiti, they will reforest the land and once again provide a sustainable income for their families through farming.
Total Funding Received to Date: $20,196
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Project Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $20,196 . The original project funding goal was $20,196.
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
With more trees, there will be less erosion. The farmers will be able to plant crops again and feed their families. More importantly, 155 families will become self-sufficient — and the entire earth benefits from the effects of massive reforestation.
"Our valley is totally deforested so that all you see is rocks. The soil has completely washed away. We need to plant trees so we can stop the erosion and farm again."
- Jean, Member of peasant organization
Josette Perard
Country Director
94 Ave Lamartiniere
Port au Prince,
Haiti
509-245-9445
Email:
Lambi Fund of Haiti
PO Box 18955
Washington,
DC
20036
United States
202-833-3713
http://www.lambifund.org
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This project is located in
Haiti
and can also be found under
Climate Change (GG Green).
For more information about Haiti, read the Human Development Report on Haiti or the Wikipedia entry for Haiti.
This project was last updated on February 17, 2010.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 10, 2006
By Josette Perard - Haiti Director, July 29, 2009 10:21 AM
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