Member Profile
NEWSLETTER SPRING 2010
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Claurène Belony
Member, AGPGM
Members of AGPGM
Claurène Belony is a member of the Peasant Association of Gwomon (AGPGM) in the Artibonite. AGPGM members are farmers and the organization is made up of many smaller grassroots organizations.
Claurène attended the Gender Equity Workshops offered for her organization. In addition, the organization has provided a leadership role in Lambi Fund's Center for Plantain Propagation (CPP) program and trainings.
Claurène lives in Saint Cecile, close to Gwomòn in the Artibonite, and has been a member of AGPGM for 15 years. She lives with her partner and has 8 children: 4 girls and 4 boys. She did not have the opportunity to go to school.
Claurène joined AGPGM to work with others to address some of the problems in the community, and she is a member of the AGPGM Management Committee.
Thanks to support from AGPGM, she states, "We have a clearer understanding about the problems which touch our lives, and understand that it is only by joining forces that we will conquer them. I know that with AGPGM I am better equipped to improve my children's lives and to have an impact on my country."
Claurene appreciates and believes in Lambi Fund's work saying, "The Lambi Fund of Haiti gives great support to our organization, and helps us build the skills that we need to solve our own problems. I really appreciate the training we have received from Lambi Fund for the past six years. They have helped us increase our knowledge about the project and about our role in society."
