Mar 7, 2023
It is the International Day of Women and we have every reason to celebrate it here at CODEP. For one thing, the preponderance of CODEP workers are women. They have always been the ones who understood in their bones that planting trees was their gift to their children....
Feb 14, 2023
I am simply blown away. Again. I’ve been telling you about the group of young people who have finished the Reforestation Mentoring program. One of them is Faude. Coming out of high school, Faude was not, shall we say, at the top of his class. But, it is clear he...
Jan 5, 2023
As I said in my last posting, I am simply hopping up and down with pride over the group of young people who have finished the Reforestation Mentoring program. I have been carrying their stories in my heart through the holiday season. They have been like bright stars...
Dec 26, 2022
In the midst of these dark times in Haiti, we have been boosted in spirit and hope. Last week we celebrated the first class to complete the Haiti Reforestation Mentoring Program. We recognized nine terrific young people who have hung in there and proved their worth as...
Dec 17, 2022
It was only four years ago. I felt like Father Christmas handing out hundreds of picks and shovels. They had been paid for by a generous donor who wanted to help boost the numbers of seedlings being planted. CODEP folks were thrilled and announced they could and would...
