By Dr. Heather P. Hall | Director - International Development
Sonje Ayiti continues to support the communities and residents in the Noth and Northeast of Haiti. Those areas include Limonade, Bahon, Quartier-Morin, Cap-Haitien, Milot, Grande-Riviere du Nord, Acul du Nord, Plaine du Nord, Terrier-Rouge, Trou du Nord, and Caracol. The challenges to obtain food, clean water and medical care are immense amidst unsanitary living conditions, continuing fuel shortages, and the resurgence of Cholera.
Although Sonje Ayiti has implemented programs to assist residents in the affected areas, sadly, these activities cannot successfully continue without funding, and progress has been slow or halted in certain situations.
Sonje Ayiti has several projects in business development such as manufacturing jewelry, crafts, and household cleaning products, sewing, cooking, and cosmetology. The participants then use the money earned from sales to provide essential goods, services, and care for their families.
Small farmers are supported through the provision of seeds and through technical support provided by 5 agronomists. Thirteen varieties of vegetable seeds were distributed to 76 farmers in November and those gardens are already in bloom. Sonje Ayiti hopes to further develop agricultural efforts by collecting seeds from fruits and vegetables used for cooking to plant crops on a wider scale. We are accompanying 25 farmers household to transform them into Agricultural Family Enterprises, thus a total of 75 beneficiairies (3 per household) will be trained in basic accounting, agribusiness, marketing, products transformation and conservation, post recolt commercialisation, and business management.
Students in the CIMA school of Hope have a vocational program to gain proficiency in trades with a hands-on approach that will equip them with practical skills for employment by their 9th grade graduation.
Recently, there were 1,103 bowls of soup served to street children and vulnerable adults, also at a hospital, and at a flooded communal nursing home. This effort was on January 1st which is Haiti’s Independence Day to positively start the year for some who are in crisis. Food insecurities and the continuing border canal crisis have so negatively impacted residents that many cannot afford one daily meal.
We remain hopeful for better days. Thank you for your continued support.
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