Fall 2007 Newsletter — Contents
GBM visits Haiti … p. 1Organization profile … p. 2
Carbon offset—Plant a Tree … p. 3
Member Profile … p. 4
New Projects
The following new projects were recently approved by the Lambi Fund and are in need of funding. Your donation will help bring these projects to life.
Goat Breeding
The 220 members of the Association of Grassroots Microcredit Funds of Peasants of Veney (AGKPV) plan to improve socio-economic conditions with a goat raising project. They need funds to buy 64 goats, establish a veterinary pharmacy, supply food for the animals and training for the goat breeders, and plant 20,000 trees.
Potable Water
MJDMH (Mouvement des Jeunes pour le Développment du Morne l’Hopital) plans to provide about 40 families (240 people) with potable water by constructing ten rainwater cisterns. They also want to build a communal cistern on the school site owned by the organization to provide drinking water for school children. The members will construct the cisterns while Lambi Fund will purchase the materials and provide training on water treatment and hygiene.
Ox Plowing Service
Ti Komite Legliz, Oscar Romero (TKL/Oscar Romero) raises beans, corn, cabbage and tomatoes. The 75 members of TKL Oscar Romero plan to operate an ox plowing service to cultivate the land more productively. Lambi Fund will purchase six oxen and plows, train the plow operators and train the members on project management and organizational development.
Goat and Sheep Breeding
The members of the Peasant Organization of Pereni (OPP), a community of 1,225 residents, plan to raise goats and sheep. Lambi Fund will purchase 22 goats and 11 sheep, provide food for the livestock and training for the members. The members will also plant 20,000 trees.
Reforestation
PEDISEG is a federation of 56 grassroots organizations with over 4,200 members near Gwomon. They will plant 180,000 fruit and forest trees to reforest the badly eroded area. Lambi Fund plans to purchase the seeds and the materials to construct the tree nurseries, and provide reforestation and organizational development training. The members will construct the nurseries, plant the seedlings, and educate the residents about the needs for reforestation.
