Haiti Feb 2011

1. Food for Peace GardensLebrun, Haiti March 5, 2011 Global Coalition for Peace

2. HavServe HaServe is a non-for-profit organization working in the framework of the Millennium Development Goals to achieve empowerment of villages outside of Port au Prince to create more prosperous, strong and resilient communities. HavServe has launched a pilot project in the village of Lebrun which is ideally situated to serve as a central hub from which services and resources can benefit the residents of Lebrun as well as the surrounding communities.

4. The project is backed by the expertise and training of Rose Mirabai Lord of Sattwic Peace Garden and Global Coalition for Peace

6. Waiting for our ride outside the airport Carline and me

7. Through the window Crossing Port au Prince –one hour ride

8. Our first encounter with Haitian food Julie and me

9. Broken bridge-broken truck A good chance to strech our numb legs

10. Breakfast

11. One of the four schools

12. Children having class

13. Women coming back from selling in the market

14. First garden Franz and me

19. Carline

20. More people arrived

23. seeds

25. papayas

26. Franz’s beautiful garden Next morning

27. Franz’s family

28. One of the streets

29. This garden needs more soil!

34. Playing vegetable memory

35. Another garden…

36. Ramon, he spent all day doing his garden

37. Working on the garden kits

38. Julie looking for bugs in the peanut butter

39. An orderly system Nice flash

40. 10 bags ready to go After many hours of work!

41. One of our meals

42. Baby goat – 3 of them

43. Another school

44. A small business

45. Drying fish

46. A piggy

49. shower

50. Taking care of the first garden

51. Another one

56. Snap peas starting to be productive

57. The market

58. Another good business

60. The wonders of internet

62. Port au Prince

63. politics

67. Follow-up Monitoring of the Gardens Encouraging the locals to compose Additional Vegetables Training on Seeds

68. Needed Projects A Local Bakery-for food security and women’s business Fruit Trees Other Sources for Cooking Green Energies