A Few Achievements

From 1989 to 1995 – thanks to the combined actions of our team and of the BAC, and under the supervision of Mr. Ivon Cabouet and Ruth Sanonime of the CDOCO – we have trained and guided 164 groups of women through our project of dried mangoes and new transformative technologies, such as marketable peanut butter, the a-k 100 (typical Haitian drink made from corn) wine made from corn, mango jelly and jam, flour made of the fruit of the “arbre vertitable” (Lam veritab in Creole), etc.

Please note that the dried mangoes branch has been initiated by the BAC (marketing support bureau), a non-governmental Canadian-Haitian organization. Thanks to this NGO’s financing, 3 transformation centers were built in juampas, loncy and saco. The small projects, that are managed and executed by women’s organizations, with the support of local technicians trained on site, have given the women involved the chance to attain financial autonomy.

• We have made a donation of many dozens of peanut mills to women in vulnerable status living in rural communities. Thanks to these mills, that grin the corn necessary for the a-k 100 and the peanuts necessary for the butter, these farming women have gone from minimal gains arising from low-scale agriculture to a regular income linked to the transformation of these products.
• In a partnership with the Centre d’étude et de coopération internationale (CECI), we were also able to encourage intercommunity exchanges between young leading farmers. Many seminars have been organized at La Croix des bouquets, with the help of the CECI and the financial support of the BAC.

Other Achievements

• Thanks to donations from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), we were able to distribute free bean and corn seeds, as well as tools and other agro-input to groups of young farmers.
• We have trained many dozens of technicians and nurserymen in the lower central plateau region, and more specifically in the Saut d'Eau, Lascahobas, Boucan Carré, Savanette communities and the borough of Baptiste.
• With the financial help of the Haiti Department of Justice, we have helped over 50  families of the municipality of Lascahobas, all victims of the 1991 military coup d’état. The funds provided by the minister Max Antoine have been used to deploy a series of rescue projects aiming at the rapid recovery of agricultural and commercial activities of these families, who were already living in poverty. Through our guidance and the efforts of the communal farmers of petit fond (Lascahobas), we have helped re-launching and creation of a local seed production pole in the locality of Chapoteau (communal section of petit fond).

Our Partners

• STAS Syndicat des travailleurs agricoles de Savanette
• STRAL Société des travailleurs agricoles de Lascahobas
• ATAG Asosyasyon tet ansanm gwo moulen (en créole)
• Association des femmes de Loncy
• Groupement des femmes de Saco Bodrun
• Association des paysans de morne Michel
• MJPL Mouvement des jeunes paysans de Lascahobas
• Mouvement lave je sodo (en créole)
• RPB Rassemblement paysan Baptiste, thanks to the collaboration of courageous volunteer workers such as Frantz Joseph, Michel and Wilio Flamant, Ronald St fort from the MJPL, Ernst Cabouet and Brenice Antoine from the STRAL, Gérard Amazan d`ATAG, and many more. We may also draw attention to exceptional achievements in many fields such as environmental management, awareness and education in the agricultural field.  
• The organization has also conducted many activities to increase environmental awareness amongst the Artibonite river shoreline residents, in Lascahobas. These activities are held in collaboration with the fishing associations of the Richard locality (Communal section of Juampas), under the supervision of Gesner Altenor and at Chapoteau (Communal section of petit fond), under the supervision of Mr. Emmanuel Fils aimé.

Considering the obvious success of the CDOCO in terms of guiding the women’s groups and the young farmers of the lower central plateau, and based on the various positive experiences lived by our teams and partners, we have decided to go even further with the Joseph Guiteau Foundation: your support is essential for our new commitments and agenda.

Thank you for your donations.