Donate a Pig: Invest in Haiti's Future

Help fight poverty in Haiti

Summary

In rural Haiti, wealth is measured in pigs. Owning a pig means your children get health care and go to school. Help families rise out of poverty by buying a pig for them to raise. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

A pig can make a big difference in Haiti. No pig means no money. For years, as conditions worsened in Haiti, the number of pigs dwindled. Now, thanks to the self-sufficient projects run by grassroots groups that partner with Lambi Fund, families who once lived meal to meal are now able to get things they could only dream of before — education, health care, dignity and self-respect. Therefore, a grassroots group in Kasis, Haiti, wants to start a self-sufficient pig breeding enterprise.

Activities

If we provide 27 breeding pigs, supplies and training for 55 members of the grassroots group in Kasis, they will pass on their knowledge and new piglets to other members so that it becomes a self-perpetuating enterprise for self-sufficiency.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $7,933
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $8,810
Total Funding Goal: $16,744

Additional Documentation

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 fattened pigs at market, children will have steady meals, improved health, go to school and have hope for the future. More importantly, 55 families will become self-sufficient.

Project Message

“Before we got the pigs from Lambi we were very poor. Now that we are raising pigs, we have enough money to feed our families and even send our children to school. Our children have a hopeful future.”
- Marie, Member of group that raised pigs with Lambi’s help

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Josette Perard
Haiti Director
94 Ave Lamartiniere
Port au Prince,
Haiti
509-245-9445
Email:

Project Sponsor

Lambi Fund of Haiti

Organization

Lambi Fund of Haiti Logo

Lambi Fund of Haiti
PO Box 18955
Washington, DC 20036
United States
202-833-3713
http://www.lambifund.org

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in HaitiHaiti and can also be found under Economic DevelopmentEconomic 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

Project Update

By Leonie M. Hermantin - Deputy Director, October 14, 2009 10:56 PM

During our last visit to Kasis, members of the organization’s council prayed and sang songs of gratitude for their donors from overseas who have “placed their faith and treasures in the hands of us poor farmers from Kasis”.
The pig breeding project is going well. The revenue generated by the organization from selling pigs at markets has been used to create a credit fund. Under ADZK's management, the loans are given out to farmers and market women. With ADZK’s support local farmers are able to buy farming tools and the resources they need to make their land more productive. The women are able to increase the profits they make from selling products at the local markets.
The nurseries also symbolize Kasis’ “ can do” spirit! Last year’s hurricanes and ensuing floods brought great destruction to the village. Animals and trees were carried away by the raging waters. With the support of the Lambi Fund’s hurricane funds, ADZK's members restocked their nurseries and have been busy growing seedlings and planting trees.
ADZK members’ are strong believers that civic engagement is an integral part of their strategy for sustainability. At the organization’s last elections, most of the posts for executive council were contested with an unprecedented number of three contenders running for president…. That’s democracy in action!
This project’s success reflects the determination of the people of Kasis to rebuild, replant, grow and persevere in spite of the daily challenges they face.

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