Jan 26, 2022
Folks, “My family ate eggplant last night!” Jobe’s voice filled my phone. “It was delicious!” In response to food shortages and the the utter chaos in the markets, Jobe and the other reforestation proteges have planted vegetables at the...
Jan 17, 2022
Folks, I am so excited! We have been working ourselves to the bone here at Haiti Reforestation Partnership: half a million trees last year… tough Haitian challenges… mentoring program start-up… Edvy’s passing and filling his shoes… Today,...
Jan 1, 2022
Folks, To celebrate the New Year in Haiti everyone – EVERYONE – eats a rich pumpkin soup called Soup Joumou. Recipes include various mixtures of pumpkin (always), spices, vegetables, meat, pasta, and plantains. The tradition is that the soup was part of...
Dec 28, 2021
Folks, This is the time of year that the days shorten and nights stretch long. The nighttime darkness in the Haitian mountains is quite something. When the moon isn’t out, it is blackout dark. And that is when the stars become magnificent. Against a blue-black...
Dec 13, 2021
Folks, It has been a staggeringly tough year. However, in the face of all the mayhem and catastrophe, I am thrilled to report to you that in November 750 CODEP workers transplanted 294,000 seedlings from the nurseries to the mountainsides. Stop for a moment and take...
