MEMBER NEWS: Food For The Poor Honors 25 Years In Haiti
In 1986, InterAction member Food For The Poor was first licensed to work in Haiti. Over the last 25 years, they have built more than 15,000 homes and invested in self-sufficiency projects to help Haitians bring themselves out of extreme poverty.
- They have invested in fishing villages and aquaculture projects, providing residents with new food sources and entire communities with a gainful source of income.
- By the end of 2010, Food For The Poor had distributed more than 350,000 fruit trees. In addition to helping small sustenance farmers, these projects help villages set up community farms where residents can enjoy harvests of peppers, corn, and other healthy vegetables.
- Animal husbandry projects provide individual families with their own animals to breed and consume—predominantly goats, chickens and cows. In addition, farms are being established to raise strong, healthy animals to perpetuate the distribution process.
Food For The Poor’s long relationship with the people of Haiti positioned them to respond immediately and efficiently after the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince. Going forward in 2011, Food For The Poor plans to provide 5,000 more housing units, install at least 120 water wells with pumps, and supply 30 additional solar-powered water filtration and chlorination systems to help in the fight against cholera and other water-borne diseases.
For more information about Food For The Poor’s work in Haiti, see their press release. For more information about Food For The Poor worldwide, visit their website.
