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Haiti: Help give earthquake-hit families a secure future

 

Who will benefit?

1,000 people in Carrefour Feuilles will benefit directly from an increased volume of crops and improved skills, while an estimated 20,000 will benefit from access to locally produced food.

Target £180,000

 

Raised £166,880

How we are helping

Ketlyne Augustin hopes to secure a small plot where she can grow vegetables to sell to support herself and young daughter

"I would love a garden to grow vegetables and then to go and sell them. I think it's a great idea. I want to earn money and put it back into the garden to grow even more fruit and vegetables. I think this will be good for me and my daughter."

About the project

The 2010 Haiti earthquake devastated vast areas in and around Port-au-Prince. Thousands of people were killed and many more lost their livelihoods. 

Your support will give poor families the chance to rebuild their lives through urban agriculture. Although people in city areas have very little land, this forward-thinking approach can provide families with a reliable source of income and their community with fresh, affordable food year round. It uses special growing techniques that retain soil fertility, and employs recycled materials to make pots and irrigation systems. It also encourages growers, especially poorer women with families, to work together to grow more and get better prices for their produce. 

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Project aims


  • Boost urban agriculture by establishing gardens to demonstrate new growing methods, opening up plots of land and using innovative techniques.
  • Help train producers, especially women farmers, so they can grow enough to eat and sell, and get the best prices.
  • Increase the availability of fresh, affordable food for communities.
  • Encourage take up of the idea nationally and lobby local and national authorities for support.

How far does your money go?


  • £100 could provide a group of ten farmers with market stalls so they can display and promote their products in an Oxfam-supported local trade fair.
  • £50 could teach a farmer how to protect their urban gardens from environmental risks such as hurricanes, landslides and flooding.
  • £20 could provide a farmer with materials and support to set up an innovative home irrigation system, using materials such as recycled plastic bottles.

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Filisme Henri, 43, works for the local community organization Repo Men An Piclhay Pa Lou, which means "many hands make light work" in Kreyol.

He says "We are hoping that with help from Oxfam we can make this a garden to help the community. This area used to be used for agriculture but the people could not afford to plant so it was lost to them. Some here are anemic and we want to plant and grow vegetables to improve their diet."

  • Filisme Henri, 43, works for the local community organization Repo Men An Piclhay Pa Lou, which means "many hands make light work" in Kreyol. He says "We are hoping that with help from Oxfam we can make this a garden to help the community. This area used to be used for agriculture but the people could not afford to plant so it was lost to them. Some here are anemic and we want to plant and grow vegetables to improve their diet."
  • Carrefour Feuilles is home to about 300,000 people. It suffered some of the heaviest damage from the 2010 earthquake, and is still struggling to rebuild.
  • Thomas Julien 41, is married, a father of two small boys (one is going to school, other is still to young). He lives in the district of Massaly, where COZPAM has a former nursery area that has not been operating since the earthquake. He is formerly a mechanic, and later got involved in the COZPAM garden project when it was operating at this site. Thomas Julien, 41, lives in St. Jude and is an experienced vegetable gardener. He says "Anything you grow you would not have to buy, and if you grow a large quantity, you can sell the produce."
  • Project participants intend to use discarded tires to plant fruits and vegetables.
  • The Savanne Pistache market near Petite Savanne is a suitable place for project participants to sell the produce they grow. It is not far from the proposed garden and nursery site in that district.