Food Security Haiti Project #20869

Let's Plant Trees in Haiti, Together!

by Lambi Fund of Haiti

Project Report | Aug 29, 2016
Keep on Planting

By Marie Marthe Saint Cyr | Executive Director

Planting trees, the greening of Haiti is not a time limited activity. From 2006 sinceThe Lambi Fund of Haiti decided to address the issue of deforestation in Haiti, we embrace the process knowing it is going to be for decades. We believe the environment in Haiti can be remedied but it will take a responsible government, increased awareness of the importance of the environment and climate changes; and committment from everyone including our global partners.

It is not only an instance for each one to do its share, it is more proof that we are in one world no matter where we are located. For that reason alone, each one of our donor is an active participant in the creation of that change. This is a year when the people of Haiti who are participants in our funded projected successfully planted 461,104 trees reaching 88.73% of the goal of 520,00 inspite of the worst drought Haiti has seen in 35 years.

We believe that Haiti can make this change effectively, we also know it will take collaboration, investment in humanity and reforrestation.

Organization Type of project Goal Produced/planted

Region Latibonit

MOTAB Goat Breeding 20,000 22,000

APEAG Goat Breeding 20,000 22,700

MOPDAD Integrated project 20,000 19,500

MPC Environment 60,000 60,000

OPEMO Irrigation, farm credit fund 20,000 17,800

APKB* Irrigation, farm credit fund 20,000 23,140

AGPK Reinforce existing fund 20,000 21,604

OFARIB Reinforce existing fund 20,000 19,500

Region South

GWOFAMIL Ox-Plow /credit 20,000 22,010

UPLADEP Goat Breeding 20,000 17,000

OPDTM Goat Breeding 20,000 21,285

MOPPAD Environment 120,000 121,268

OBS Mill 20,000 16,297

SADN Environment 120,000 57,000

Total 520,000 461,104

The amazing component is the increase awareness that makes a young one craddle a little plant found growing on the edge of a ditch , the coalition building and collaboration to keep plants alive during the drought was the work of hundreds of volunteer in the respective neighborhoods. As we thank you ,we thank them for assuming their responsible citizenship.

As we reforrest using a method of agro-forestry, we plant species that are familiar to the area and species at risk. We also plant many fruits trees that will bring nutrition to the areas where planted and produce some revenue. Such projects like the replacement of colonial coffee plants, not only regenerate the plants but also increase the volume produced, thus the revenue of the farmers. We train an average of 30 individuals per project who work in the nursery preparation, maintenance and the debt.

You have helped us reach the dream of a lifetime. We thank you for your help! Join us to make planting trees in 2016 a reality!

Tree planting on the local economy

Links:

Lambi fund 's website

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Jun 1, 2016
A new season for planting

By Marie Marthe Saint Cyr | Executive Director

In the last nine months, the 10 projects of reforrestation have met tremendous challenges to realize the goal of seeding 20,000 plants each as is required from each organization since 2006 after Hurricane Jeane devastated the planting fields and the rest of the countryside. The challenge is a drought that has lasted seven months. The United Nations coined it "the most devastating drought in Haiti in 35 years". It crippled most farmers who depend on the raining season for their sesonal harvesting. The United Nations has expressed concern on the nation capacity to feed all its people because of the drought.

Our projects are affected in many ways: For example, MOPPAD produced more than 50,000 seedling. They had distributes 30,000 in sites designated for planting and 14,000 coffee plants are in the nursery growing to reach time for transplanting. As of March 2016, the organization lost 25,000 new trees due to the drought. MOPPAD members are starting anew to capture rain for planting now and hope to reach their goal of planting 60,000 trees seven months later.

APKB: Their nurseries produced 23,140 seedlings, because of the drought only 14,992 survived. APKB distributed 10,562 and 4,430 remains to be located on the sites selected for reflourishing.

ODEPERIB: Has established two nurseries to spread the distribution of the plants accross the localities. They prepared 22,500 trees (mango, avocado) and they are growing in the nursery and soon to be planted. The rain has begun, unfortunately in some locations with so much intensity that we have yet to be able to re-establish the planting pattern in many areas.

It is our hope to continue planting to reach our current goals however late in the season to come. We are grateful for a new season and your support is essential to our continued success. Thank you so much for your patience and solidarity with the peasant farmers in rural Haiti.

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Mar 1, 2016
Moving Ahead Despite of Challenging Climate Change

By Marie Marthe Saint Cyr | Executive Director

The community in action for the environment

For many people the notion of climate change is in a distant future. For the rural farmer in Haiti where the earth is parched, open in fissures and cracks for the last seven months, there is a stark reality. These changes have defied common sense and local wisdom. Each locality has a planting season based on patterns of rainfall that situates the planting, growing and harvesting of food. Now that the rainy season has become more and more unpredictable, the result is lack or missed harvest, threat of available and accessible food and increased insecurity. Amid these changes, localities have had to be more than creative in keeping and reaching their goals of reforrestation alive.

They used dry conconut leaves to make up trellis that shade new seedlings. They gather water, protect young plants under the locally made trellis and maintain the seedling in ideal growth until the replanting is possible with adequate rainfall.

During the challenging drought the organizations :(Sosyete Agrikol Developman Nip (SADN), Association Peasant together in Kavayon (APTK), Assosyasyon Bwa Bena 4eme Seksyon komin Veret (AB4CV) have prepared and seeded 180,000 new plants that were growing for a minimum of four to six months depending on the specie.

Organizations have distributed 120,780 fruit and forest trees since January. A priority is to reforest the area of emergence of springs that provide potable water; protecting the waterbeds. 180,000 new plants added for a total of 300,780 trees to be nursed into maturity. The community dwellers are engaged and committed after a thorough process of general awareness and education. They have a trained nursery hand that coordonatesthe activities of the volunteers in their committment to support reforestation in their communities.In addition there are 4 new organizations trained to start new nurseries that is planting 20,000 trees each.

We are well on the way with the new planting season, thanks for your support. The campaign to plant trees is not a temporary fix, it is a continued effort, in the hope that everyone will join in to change the face of Haiti.

We thank you and we need your continued support.

community involved in planting trees

caring for the plants is a daily committment

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