Mar 30, 2022
Folks, I am the caretaker for a guest house here in Leogane where American doctors stay when they come to work on maternal health issues. In return, I am allowed to live here. It’s a good arrangement. I’ll be talking more about the facility this year as we...
Mar 30, 2022
Folks, It is with a heavy heart that we share the news of the passing of Venus Cerant. He had been an Animator with CODEP for over two decades, working patiently with his teams to plant and nurture trees on the mountainsides. His death was sudden, and it has hit us...
Mar 10, 2022
Folks, I was standing outside the CODEP depot, and a small group of folks clustered around me to talk about Ukraine. Haiti is not a country with newspapers. It’s all about radios and smart phones (which have been supplied cheaply ever since the 2010 earthquake)....
Mar 3, 2022
Folks, Our CODEP partners live and work in the very steep mountains of Haiti. It is easy to underestimate what such a vertical environment demands. A good example of the challenge is in the CODEP nursery system. We have over 40 nurseries where hundreds of thousands of...
Feb 11, 2022
Folks, Last year was “epic” for our Haitian colleagues. They planted more trees than ever before. I know we are well into 2022 now, but I can’t let go of one story about that record breaking work. The CODEP Animators (leaders) and I were having our...
