Give Back To Haiti THE CROPS PROJECT
THE CROPS PROJECT: “Kore Peyizan”
A man can be fed for a day if given a fish. To feed a man for life, teach him to fish.
Give to Haiti thinks that a better approach to improving the living standards of rural Haitians is to help them capitalize on the resources they already have. Agriculture is the essential sector of the Haitian economy, employing nearly two-thirds of the workforce but only accounts for around a quarter of GDP. “Kore Peyizan” is an Agricultural for Sustainable Development project catering to disadvantaged youths and local farmers. The project aims to establish an Agricultural Project to support 8000 farmers in Arcahaie.
“Kore Peyizan” aims to help farmers become self-sufficient, sustainable, and capable of providing for themselves and their children in Arcahaie. The project targets 18,000 marginalized and disadvantaged farmers in the region of Arcahaie. The project aims to increase the production of crops to attain the natural disasters of the last decennia.
Poverty is mostly approached on the surface with countless ineffective programs failing to move people out of their situational poverty, often treating emergencies with band-aids that cause dependency and no long-term solution. For years, solutions to poverty have focused almost exclusively on addressing the symptoms, providing access to material necessities like food, clothing, shelter, and healthcare. While the results of these well-intentioned efforts might make poverty easier to endure, they do not make it any easier to escape. And most of all, they fail to acknowledge or cultivate the innate abilities and knowledge of those who are currently entrenched in the problem, helping them discover fulfillment and meaning in their lives.
At Give to Haiti, we work hard to disrupt the roots & causes of Poverty and help remove barriers, but our solutions at their core must empower people to understand and tap into their unique skills to see their value, paired with the opportunity and space to put their gifts to use. This will empower people to permanently break down barriers in their lives and in the lives of those around them. To unlock such masked potential will spark massive transformation inside communities, led by people who have experienced transformation themselves. When poverty continues generation after generation, this is the potential that is lost