Help 35 Families Become Self-Sufficient with Honey
Beekeeping female education in Africa
Summary
Beekeeping and selling honey can be a sustainable livelihood for struggling families in Haiti. Help 35 families out of poverty with the gift of a beehive.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Beekeeping is an important livelihood in Haiti. Honey is a natural sweetener that can also be used for treating illness. Cross pollination by bees makes honeybees an essential part of a healthy agricultural economy. After losing their hives in a hurricane, a beekeeping association in Southern Haiti wants help re-building their beekeeping activities.
Activities
If we provide 60 beehives, supplies and training for the 35 members of the beekeeping association in southern Haiti, they will be able to lift themselves out of poverty and once again provide a sustainable income for their families.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $4,986
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $14,873
Total Funding Goal: $19,860
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This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
With the extra income provided by the sale of honey at the local market, children will have a chance for a better life. More importantly, 35 families will become self-sufficient.
Project Message
"We lost all our hives in the hurricane. All we need are hives, supplies and training to get started again."
- Micheline, Member of beekeeping association
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Josette Perard
Haiti Director
94
Port au Prince,
Haiti
509-245-9445
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Lambi Fund of Haiti
PO Box 18955
Washington,
DC
20036
United States
202-833-3713
http://www.lambifund.org
Lambi Fund of Haiti's Current Projects on GlobalGiving
Lambi Fund of Haiti's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
 Haiti: Peasants for the Planet |
 Pigs and Goats: Haitian Bank Accounts |
 Haiti: Micro-Credit Fund for Youth |
 Goats: Help Families Become Self-Sufficient |
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Haiti
and can also be found under 
Economic Development.
For more information about Haiti, read the Human Development Report on Haiti or the Wikipedia entry for Haiti.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 10, 2006
Latest Update from the Field
Honey Production
By Josette Perard - Haiti Director, Lambi Fund of Haiti, May 25, 2009 11:48 AM
"Our honey production has improved so much" states Wilbert Desir, SASH member " the quality has improved and we have collected a lot more than usual"
The training session enabled them to correct mistakes they had made in the past due to lack of information.
Following the training they were able to harvest 10 additional gallons of honey. Sale of the harvested honey has been steady and profitable to the organization.
Emboldened by its success SASH has built 30 more boxes, and swarms of bees have been placed in 15.
"Please send our thanks to those from the US who support us. They have given us the tools and the resources to make our sweet honey" said the members of our organization.
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