A fishing community located near Port Tibot Mariani, in Port-au-Prince Haiti, fish everyday for food in handmade wooden boats. At their request, this project works for a means to motorize their boats and go out farther to sea, catch enough fish to not only feed their families but also sell in the market.
A boat engine is a very complex machine, and placing a few in service in Haiti, where maintenance and parts availability is limited, is a challenge. We want to ensure that not only do the fishermen have the boat engines, but that they can last and that the means to support their operation is in place. There is a need for the group to take action together. Thus, the group of approximately 20 fishermen formed a collective, and agreed to share resources.
With these motors, Haiti 155 hope the fishermen can go out farther to sea, and catch enough fish to not only feed themselves and their families but also sell fish and make money. This is key to helping the fishermen lift themselves out of poverty. [Long-Term] The fishermen have agreed to form a collective to share money and resources to support operation.
This project will help 20 families economically. Will catch more fish to feed themselves and their families. To ensure that the fishermen will continue to form their collective in self-support.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
