2019 marks THIRTY years of reforestation work with our Haitian partners, CODEP. It is a time to celebrate!
For 30 years, the rural Haitians of CODEP have been terracing the mountainsides, growing seedlings, transplanting them to their permanent home, and protecting them as they grow into full sized trees. The results are extraordinary. According to the Animators, 14 million trees have been planted in the ground while an estimated 12 million are still growing despite disease, drought, and feral goats. 5578 acres of land have been reclaimed and 750 people are ready to celebrate their odds-defying accomplishment.
The view from the Jacmel Road two decades ago.
Now, the trees blunt the sun, provide leaves to compost the soil, and allow for farmers to plant gardens.
SAVE THE DATE FOR THE CELEBRATION
Saturday, September 14, 2019
We will be holding a 30th Anniversary celebration at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. Laurent Dubois of Duke University will be the key-note speaker at a luncheon event that will include a reunion of the many volunteers who have supported CODEP, a silent auction of Haitian art and other items, and more.
Celebrate our 30th.
Send a gift to support the gritty, important work of reforestation in Haiti!
$30 — 600 of the 400,000 plastic bags (sache noir) used in the 42 CODEP nurseries (pepinya) for planting and managing the seedlings.
$300 — 10 truckloads of compost to supply all the pepinya for one of the two annual planting seasons.
$3,000 — salaries for the 15 Animators (leadership) and the Depot security people for one month.
$30,000 — two bags of fertilizer for each of the 750 workers who are each responsible annually for 530 seedlings.