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Reforestation and Education in Haiti

Make Haiti Green by 2030!
Pennies for Trees

The Case for Reforestation:

In 1925, Haiti was lush, with 60% of its original forest covering the lands and mountainous regions. Since then, the population has cut down all but an estimated 2% of its original forest cover, and in the process has destroyed fertile farmland soils, contributing to desertification. Erosion has been severe in the mountainous areas. Most Haitian logging is done to produce charcoal, the country's chief source of fuel. The plight of Haiti's forests has attracted international attention, and has led to numerous reforestation efforts, but these have met with little success to date. (Source: Haiti - Wikipedia)  The land and the people are left vulnerable.  The smallest of tropical stroms kill hundreds, displaces thousands, and force families to start over year after year.

 


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Your contributions will provide direct funding for field programs, in Haiti. The programs we fund can be easily replicated from one area to the next, they produce repeatable and reliable results, and empower the Haitian people to:

  1. Decrease our dependence on charcoal from burnt trees.
  2. Stop deforestation and restore the environment.
  3. Grow and nurture new forests.
  4. Produce food surplus.
  5. Build dams, levies, canals and storm drains.


Make Haiti Literate by 2030!
Readers to Leaders




The Case for Education:

Of Haiti's 8.7 million inhabitants, just below half are illiterate. The literacy rate of 52.9% is the lowest in the region. Haiti counts 15,200 primary schools, of which 90% are non-public and managed by the communities, religious organizations or Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

The enrollment rate for primary school is 67%, of which less than 30% reach 6th grade. Secondary schools enroll 20% of eligible-age children. (Source: Haiti - Wikipedia)

Your contributions will fund scholarships for the future leaders of Haiti. Our goal is to raise the literacy rate in Haiti to over 90% by the year 2030.

We will ...

  1. Build schools and fund efforts to raise the enrollment rate in both primary and secondary schools to 90%.
  2. Fund programs to increase the graduation rate from both primary and secondary schools to 75%.

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