Haiti remains the poorest country in the Latin America and the Caribbean region and one of the poorest in the world. Two-thirds of Haiti’s vulnerable population survive on subsistence agriculture. Haiti is also one of the most severely deforested countries in the world. Rural poverty, food insecurity, and deforestation are connected. Deforestation leads to landslides and soil loss, diminishing agricultural productivity.
To turn this around, Quixote Center supports tree planting that also generates household income and produces food for rural Haitians. Fruit tree production in tree nurseries is an activity that helps not only in reforestation efforts, but also enables farmers to gain more profit from the trees they cultivate. We hope to produce a total of 29,000 fruit trees within 12 months. Your gift of any amount will help cultivate this result. Photo credit Quixote Center
