Environmental Center & Volunteer Village

Raising funds for our project has been very challenging. We are still hopeful that our members, friends, supporters and potential donors will one day understand the importance of our environmental center project in Haiti and find it in their heart to support our cause to help us make our project a reality.

We are continuing with our efforts to seek partnerships for the project from corporations and private foundations. Our technical and educational plan is now ready. The building design and the selection of sustainable building material is ready. The only obstacle in our way is funding.

To give some brief information on why the center is needed and would benefit all in Haiti. Haiti's poor are hungrier than ever before. Unable to grow enough food to feed their families, too many have resorted to cutting down more trees to make the commodity of choice "Charcoal", the main source of fuel in the country. It is precisely because they are extremely poor that they are unable to protect their environment or improve their production. Low-technology advancements that can make trees more profitable, like grafting of fruit trees are not widely available enough to make the necessary impact and get the results. Our environmental center will give access to knowledge, training and information about better agricultural techniques and environmental conservation practices. In cruel irony, it is the very steps they take to stay alive today, such as cutting down of trees to make charcoal that lead to the destruction of their environment and their inability to produce the food they need to live tomorrow.

We are committed and dedicated as ever to the project. We already have the land which is a huge step, we just need the financial support to build our center. We are counting on your support.

Peace & Blessings,

Nadine C. Patrice

Executive Director

Raising the necessary funds to break ground on our project has been quite slow since we started the project. We understand that with  the difficult economic situation people are facing globally, and the fact that there is so much need for help throughout the world we are all competing for these life saving dollars. We decided that we need to implement new strategies to obtain faster results.

We are soliciting corporations and private foundations to join us as partners on the project. We own the land, the design and plan is already done. Most importantly we already have decided on the materials to build the center.

We will be using a lot of bamboo as the main building material which is a renewable resource.  (see pictures for details.) and of course all other materials and systems will be sustainable.

The first phase we are building will be building the Volunteer village which will help us get many volunteers from various Universities to assist us on the project.

The location of our project is a perfect one, only 45 miles from Port-au-Prince. Very accessible.

We would like to encourage and inspire all GlobalGiving visitors to take a look at our project and support it. We are a non-profit 501 (c ) 3 tax exempt organization registered in the State of Florida for more than 20 years.

The center will include a seed bank, a nursery which will be available to all to reforest Haiti as well as important classes and training on urgent environmental issues.  Without the proper funding we cannot reach our goal. We are asking visitors to the GG site to please help.

Peace & Blessings

Nadinde C. Patrice

Executive Director

Operation Green Leaves Inc.