Haitian National Coalition for the Environment

Centre d'Appui à la Production Agricole de Sud, CAPAS
Center to Support the Agricultural Production of the South
Agronomist Isaac Cherestal
Cell phone: (509) 3485-2433, 3755-5051
Isaaccherestal45[at]yahoo.fr

Mission Statement:
Date organization was founded: January 6, 2001

Members: Farmers and students
Approximate number of members: 13

Geographic Focus:
South Department
Village of Kans

Accomplishments:
1. Trained fifteen young cultivators in the production (danre) that can be exported in the community of Les Cayes
2. Contributed to the establishment of three production sites in the community of Les Cayes
3. Focused on produce to sell such as mango, peppers, coffee, papaya, for the international market
4. Sensitized the population of the South about the protection of the environment and importance of reforestation

Current Activities: Tree nursery (the production of seedlings), production of hot peppers, trainings, and radio spots to sensitize the population

Community Coalition for Haiti (CCH)
Karen Carr
Cell phone in Haiti: (509) 3812-0094
Phones in US: 9703) 880-4160, cell: (703) 201-7348
Karen[at]cchaiti.org, karenhcarr2[at]yahoo.com
www.cchaiti.org

Floresta Haiti
Guy Paraison
Cell phone: (509) 3458-4905, 3605-7814
Guypas[at]hotmail.com
P.O. Box #8, Rue Chavannes, Petion-Ville
www.floresta.org

Despite the seemingly endless bad news that comes out of Haiti, Floresta has been able to create an indigenously managed program that addresses the vicious cycle that has so many Haitians locked in poverty and despair. In 1995, Floresta was invited by Episcopal Priest Jean-Wilfrid Albert to provide agricultural and economic assistance in the communities in the region in which he worked, approximately 50 kilometers south of Port-au-Prince. After two years of planning and assessments, Floresta began working in Haiti in 1997.

Since then, Floresta Haiti grown to an active local staff of 19, and has established a program that includes training in innovative agriculture, reforestation, micro-credit, discipleship and small business assistance for a growing number of rural Haitian communities. Floresta has empowered local communities to plant over 124,000 trees and construct almost 200 miles of soil conservation barriers, resulting in a dramatic increase in crop yields. In addition, under the supervision of Floresta, farmers have established 20 village banking-cooperatives with credit/savings systems that have been used to mobilize over $100,000 in the local economy. Twenty villages are being served, with over 800 participants.

FONKOZE
Anne Hastings, director
Phone: (509) 2221-7631, 3513-7631
From the U.S. (800) 293-0308
Ave Christophe, #119, Port-au-Prince
www.fonkoze.org

Mission Statement: Haiti's Alternative Bank for the Organized Poor, Fonkoze is the largest micro-finance institution offering a full range of financial services to the rural-based poor in Haiti. Fonkoze is a Haitian Creole acronym for Fondasyon Kole Zepòl, which means, "The Shoulder-to-Shoulder Foundation". The word itself conveys the meaning, "in the midst of sharing". Fonkoze's mission is to build the economic foundations for democracy in Haiti. Established in 1994, Fonkoze currently has over 100,000 depositors, over 40,000 active borrowers (99% of whom are women), and 30 branch offices spread throughout every department of Haiti (from fonkoze.org). Fonkoze’s borrowers are required to participate in basic literacy and other training. This year Fonkoze is working with Beyond Borders to create an environmental module for its education program.
Date organization was founded: 1994

Geographic Focus:
National

Foundation Seguin
Yves-Andre Wainwright
Cell phone: (509) 2519-1869 or 3552-7009
Ywainwright[at]yahoo.com
Rue Lambert #100, Petion-Ville
www.fondationseguin.org

Mission Statement: The objectives of Foundation Segin are to:
• Protect the environment
• Revitalize the regional economy
• Sensitize and train the population
• Assure sustainable development

Members: Foundation Seguin is a group of young people and not so young professionals, and Haitian entrepreneurs who see that want to be part of the development and future of our country. We want to live in a better country, a Haiti that is green, the Best Haiti.

Haiti Vision
Jacques P. Eugene
Cell phone: (509) 3784-8838
Office: (509) 2287-0970
112 Ave La Hatte, Petit-Goave
jpeugene[at]hotmail.com, haitivision1[at[yahoo.com
www.haitivision.org

Mission Statement: Haiti Vision helps improve the living condition of people in Haiti with programs in the areas of agriculture, animal husbandry, environment, education, health, nutrition and the economy.
Date organization was founded: February 12, 1992

Members: A variety of people such as peasants, men and women, old and young, technicians, agronomist and other professionals join us in this noble endeavor.

Geographic Focus:
National – The departments covered at this time are: West, South and Southeast. The cities and villages where we operate are: Petit Goave, Leogane, Merger, Jacmel, Bainet, Cote-de-Fer and Aquin.

Accomplishments: We have organized the peasants into an integrated network called the peasant movement comprises thousands of them in the city of petit-Goave and Bainet.We have agronomists and technicians helping them as we try to assist them as much as we can with tools and seeds etc. Our engineering department helps them with road penetration to transport their goods. We have undertaken reforestation project and have planted over 50,000 trees to protect our environment. We have a medical health facility with a pharmacy in Petit-Goave that provides medical care to patients at moderate cost. We have sponsored many elementary schools and we have organized many seminars for teachers. We have undertaken many food distribution projects sponsored by USAID Washington for the past three years. We have provided spiritual Guidance & counseling to many families.

Current Activities: At this time we are working to establish a poultry plant that would produce 2000 eggs daily and 5000 chickens every 45 days in order to boost our national production and therefore reduce poverty in the country. Please note that all major activities mentioned above are still underway.

Initiative pour le Developpement Durable d’Haiti (IDDH)
Haitian Initiative for Sustainable Development
Renel Bruno
Cell phone: (509) 3459-5817
brunorenel[at]yahoo.fr
Frantz Rozefort
Cell phone: (509) 3706-1328
Frantzrozefort[at]hotmail.com
Terrier-Rouge, Northeast, Haiti

Mission statement: The Haitian Initiative for Sustainable Development (IDDH) promoted agricultural development and the protection of the environment in the Northeast department.
Date organization was founded: July 2007

Members: A variety of people such as agronomists, technicians and trainers that work in rural development.
Approximate number of members: 13

Geographical Focus:
Northeast Department
Village of Terrier Rouge

Current Activities: We are now developing an educational program in Terrier Rouge through gardens created by students and their monitors. In the middle of 2008 we will use an agro-ecological theme for training and experimentation. The land measures approximately 8 hectare in Terrier Rouge, close to the Lake Collinere. It is already enclosed.

Lambi Fund of Haiti
Josette Perard
Phone: (509) 2245-9445
jperard3[at]yahoo.com
#94 Avni Lamatinye, Port-au-Prince
www.lambifund.org

Mission Statement: Founded jointly in 1994 by Haitians and Americans, the Lambi Fund of Haiti is a unique grassroots organization whose mission is to assist the popular, democratic movement in Haiti. Its goal is to help strengthen civil society in Haiti as a necessary foundation for democracy and development (from lambifund.org). Lambi is launching a project with the Greenbelt Movement of Kenya this year that focuses on training and reforestation. Lambi has partners throughout Haiti and is probably the strongest grassroots-based environmental group in the country.
Date organization was founded: 1994

Mouvman Agrikol DeBourg (MCAD)
Agricultural Movement of DeBourg
Agronomist Carleb Louis
Cell phone: (509) 3778-1677, 3481-3116
Carleblo[at]yahoo.fr
49 Rue 15-16 J, Cap-Haitien

Geographic Focus:
North Department
Village of DeBourg

Mouvman Peyizan Papaye (MPP)
Peasant Movement of Papaye
Chavannes Jean-Baptiste
Cell phone: (509) 3455-1586, or MPP Office: (509) 2246-2614
Delmas 39, #17, Port-au-Prince
Chavannesjb[at]hainet, chavannesjb[at[hotmail.com
Mpphaiti[at[yahoo.fr

Geographic Focus:
Central Plateau
Village of Papaye

The Nature Conservancy
Nestor Sanchez
Phone: (809) 541-7666
Nsanchez[at[tnc.org
www.nature.org

Mission Statement: The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
Date organization was founded: 1951

Approximate number of members: more than one million

Accomplishments:
• We've protected more than 117 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide — and we operate more than 100 marine conservation projects globally.
• We have more than 1 million members.
• We work in all 50 states and more than 30 countries — protecting habitats from grasslands to coral reefs, from Australia to Alaska to Zambia.
• We address threats to conservation involving climate change, fire, fresh water, forests, invasive species, and marine ecosystems.

Òganizasyon Peyizan an Aksyon, OPA
Organization of Peasants in Action
Fleuranville St. Gladis
Cell phone: (509) 3611-4396
Saingladis[at]yahoo.fr

Mission Statement: OPA support peasants at every level, strengthen women and youth groups, and promotes national production.
Date organization was founded: October 1, 2006

Members: Peasants, women and youth
Approximate number of members: 50

Geographic Focus:
Southeast Department
Village of Bainet

Accomplishments: Have participated in agricultural fair and festivals.

Current Activities: Working on a multiservice project with a cyber café.

Organization des Jeunes Progressistes pour Development d’Haiti, OJPDH
Organization of Progressive Youths for the Development of Haiti
Franci Polyte
Cell phone: (509) 3603-2292
Polito076[at]yahoo.fr
Dichiti, Pestel

Mission Statement: OJPDH works with everyone in society to improve the conditions of life, especially for the poorest.
Date organization was founded: August 17, 2005

Members: OJPDH has all kinds of members, from different religions, young men and women.
Approximate number of members: 60

Geographic Focus:
Grande Anse Department
Village of Dichity and Pestel

Accomplishments: The group has worked on agriculture, including a vegetable garden that included cauliflower, carrots, beans, etc. OJPDH has a tree nursery with many kinds of trees. They have built several dry toilets in the Dichiti zone. OJPDH also has cultural activities that the community otherwise wouldn’t have.

Current Activities: Right now, OJPDH is working to construct several toilets in other communities in the Grande Anse. They will start a tree nursery in the zone called Plen Maten that has no trees at all. OJPDH will celebrate cultural activities during the Easter season and other activities during the vacation, including a soccer championship for boys and girls.

Organization for the Rehabilitation of the Environment, ORE
Dr. Mousson Finnigan
www.oreworld.org

Mission Statement: ORE is working to improve environmental, agricultural and economic conditions in rural Haiti. Our development projects involve high revenue tree crops, improved seeds, cash crops and marketing programs. Working directly with farmers, we are able to provide practical solutions to deforestation and subsistence farming. We offer commercial quality plant materials and the technical assistance needed for successful production and marketing.
Date organization was founded: 1985

Geographic Focus:
South Department
Village of Camp Perrin
Trainings have been given nationally

Current Activities: The key goals of our development projects in Haiti are to increase farmer income, produce nutritionally enhanced food, and to improve the environment with commercial fruit trees. Practical agricultural training and hands-on technical assistance are essential means to achieve these goals. The three core development projects we have developed to achieve these goals are improved seeds, high value tree crops, and vegetable and tuber crops.

ORE is also involved in variety of activities designed to improve the quality of life in rural Haiti. These include protection of drinking water systems, promoting schools and low cost housing projects in areas threatened by environmental degradation.

Outreach International
Dennis Labayen
Phone: (816) 833-0883 ext 303
www.outreach-international.org

Mission Statement: The mission of Outreach International is twofold: to help the poor help themselves — to help people overcome the devastating effects of poverty and develop the capacity to create a new future for themselves and their communities; and to provide responsible ways for people with charitable hearts to help the poor to a better life.
Date organization was founded: 1979

Members: In all, Outreach International currently works in 12 countries around the world, enabling hundreds of thousands of individuals to overcome the effects of poverty.

Current Activities: The process of fulfilling its mission is expressed in three critical areas that are the focus of Outreach International’s work.
* Human and Community Development
* Literacy and Child Survival
* Civil Society

Partners In Development
Gail Hull, president
Phone:
www.pidonline.org

Mission Statement: PID is a nondenominational, nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that works directly with people living in extreme poverty (less than $1 per day per person) in developing countries. Our efforts are concentrated in Haiti and Guatemala, the two poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere.

PID manages a variety of programs that foster community transformation. Our programs focus on education, employment opportunities, adequate housing and medical assistance. When all the pieces of the puzzle come together, a community can truly be transformed and the cycle of poverty can be broken.

Projet d’Appui au Development d’Agroforesterie des Nippes (PADELAN)
Project to Support the Agro-forestry Development of Nippes
Yves Gattereau
Yvesgattereau[at]hotmail.com

Geographic Focus:
Nippes Department

Ransanbleman Jenn pou Bainet, RAJEB
Gathering of Youth for Bainet
Arboite Jean Francky
Cell phone: (509) 3659-9569
Rajeb23[at]yahoo.fr

Mission Statement: RAJEB work in the domains of education, environment and infrastructure.
Date organization was founded: December 28, 1991

Members: Young people and also adults.
Approximate number of members: 100

Geographic Focus:
Southeast Department
Village of Bainet

Activities: RAJEB has a mobile clinic in the third communal section, Bonhomme, which served 96 participants. They have planted two hundred trees in the area and they collect plastic trash in all of Bainet. RAJEB has purchased seeds for resale.

Sonje Ayiti
Remember Haiti
Liaute Pierre
Cell phone: (509) 3830-5675
Liaute[at]yahoo.fr
Gabrielle Vincent
Cell phone: (509) 3929-3425 or (513) 238-8336
Info[at]sonjeayiti.org or gacent[at]gmail.com
www.sonjeayiti.org

Mission Statement: Sonje Ayiti Organization, Inc. (S.A.O.) seeks to empower the lives of families and children living in rural areas of Haiti.
Date organization was founded: October 24, 2004

Members: Men, women, children, youth and farmers participate.
Approximate number of members: 15

Geographical Focus:
North Department
Village of Limonade
Activities also in: Bois de Lance, Pister, Fosse Capois, Campeche, Dubourg Limonade

Major Accomplishments:
• 500 citrus planted on May 1, 2007
• Agro Forestry nursery started about 12,140 trees (Moringa, Cedres, Loucena, Acacia) to be planted on May 1st 2008
• 26 goats distributed to 8 families and on-going trainings to beneficiaries on December 26, 2007
• Provide vegetable seeds on October 2007 and will provide additional vegetable seeds to 250 families by mid-February.
• Provide tools for sanitation to the Mayor’s office on July 25, 2007

Current Activities: Goat project, two nurseries for agro-forestry and 5 acre hot pepper plantation.

World Neighbors
Cantave Jean-Baptiste
Cell phone: (509) 3558-8902
cjeanbaptiste[at]hughes.net
31, Rue Casseus (Pacot)
Port-au-Prince, HAITI
PO.BOX 13170 Delmas
www.wn.org

Mission statement: World Neighbors inspires people and strengthens communities to find lasting solutions to hunger, poverty and disease and to promote a healthy environment, Working in Haiti since 1995.
Date organization was founded: 1951, in Oklahoma City

Members: WN Haiti staff includes professionals from different areas: social workers, agriculture technicians, and health workers. The program participants are essentially farmer families (women, men, and youth).
Approximate number of members: WN Haiti staff: 20 people
Program participants: about 15,000 people

Geographical Focus:
West Department: 8th Communal section of Arcahaie
Artibonite: 3rd Communal section of Gonaives, 7th Communal section of Gros Morne, 2nd Communal section of Saint Michel de l’Attalaye
Central Plateau: Maissade
North: La Victoire, Ranquitte
North East : Mombin Crochu

Major Accomplishments: WN Haiti carried out different soil conservation, tree planting, and watershed protection during the past 10 years.

Current Activities: Two major watershed protection projects in Bayonnais (3rd Communal section of Gonaives) and Moulin (7th communal section of Gros Morne) funded by the Canadian Cooperation. At the community level, promotion of community based disaster mitigation structures involving local government. Different strategies are in use to limit free grazing and wildfire.