The Unexpected Roadblock

I am writing this note from Haiti. I traveled back here in late October. It took a bit of doing to nail down my plans but I finally I bought a ticket on United Airlines. At that time there was only one flight scheduled each day into Haiti from the US. It was an eerie...

Determination isn’t enough. It takes Seeds.

Given the headlines in the news, you are justified in wondering how CODEP is faring. Yes, the schools have been shut for two months; inflation is rampant; the markets have been closed; the streets are blocked in many places; and more. And, we are not simply talking...

Rough Trip – One for the Books

Folks, I have written before about travel difficulties due to the violence and upheaval in Haiti. I recently returned to the States, and I’m not sure I would call that trip experience “difficult.” It would describe it instead as fraught, chilling,...

Great.com Interviews Michael Anello

Danielle Riberio from Great.com recently featured Haiti Reforestation Partnership as part of their Great.com Talks With… podcast. This series, they explained, is their effort to provide an antidote to the chronic waves of negative news stories we are all exposed...

A Prayer for Haiti

We have just learned that earlier today Bill Hathaway, our Board Chair, was able to place a written prayer for the people of Haiti in a crack in the Western Wall in Jerusalem. From near and far, the hopes and prayers are for peace, stability, and food.