Anonymous ID: e598f9 Interesting Haitian Feed Farm Aug. 12, 2018, 8:58 a.m. No.2569085   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9200 >>9600

I vaguely recall linking Haiti with the port in Seattile a few months ago…However while searching that connection…I found this…FWIW

 

https://www.haitifriends.com/what-we-do/feed

 

Feed

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, and as a result, Haitians are chronically undernourished. "I am hungry" and "Give me one dollar" are the first things most visitors are faced with when they come to Haiti. Gifts of all sizes are pooled together and sent each month to Fort Liberte to support food programs.

FEED MY LAMBS

The lunch program at the Eben-Ezer School is supplemented by the money collected in the Feed My Lambs fund. This money comes from everywhere- individuals, schools, vacation bible schools, and special fundraisers. Any donation earmarked "food" goes into this program to help feed hungry children. Food money is raised by the Christmas trip group to host a large New Year's Day dinner for hundreds and hundreds of children in the community. Feed My Lambs also provides meals for Vacation Bible School each summer. The church uses the fund to alleviate hunger as it sees the need.

 

FARM

 

The twenty acre farm in the Northeast Province of Haiti is a partnership between Friends of Fort Liberte’ and the Jerusalem Baptist Church. The farm not only provides food to the residents of Fort Liberte’ and the surrounding community, but also provides employment which brings self esteem.

Throughout the three growing seasons, crops that are a staple of the Haitian culture are sold at the local market. Some of the most sought after crops are plantain, peppers, beans, pumpkins, pineapple, papaya, and limes. For the last several years, our farm has distributed thousands of plants to the congregation of the JBC. The poultry project is ongoing and thriving with 1,300 live chickens sold at the market every 45 days. Under the watchful care of the beekeeper, there are 30 bee hives from which the honey is harvested each year