1. About Us
Nourish International
invites students at
colleges across the
country to be a part
of the solution to
global poverty. By
running ventures Our mission
throughout the year,
Nourish chapters
is to eradicate
earn money to poverty by
conduct community
development engaging
projects. Over the
summer, students
students and
from Nourish empowering
chapters travel
abroad to partner communities.
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2. Nourish International
Deforestation in Haiti
Haiti is the third hungriest
country in the world. In rural
areas, about 60%
go without food on
Many Haitians rely on wood created to save the forests
for cooking and household but these parks are struggling
activities due to the lack of to survive.
energy produced by the
country and the sanctions Some recent environmental
and embargoes that block initiatives aimed at increasing
shipments of fuel to Haiti. the use of environmentally
This has resulted in massive sustainable agricultural
deforestation and left only practices have begun to fight
3% of Haiti untouched. This the deforestation. These
deforestation has allowed groups, like USAID encourage
much of the rich topsoil to wider use of non-charcoal
wash into the sea, choking fuels. 250,000 farmers have
the reefs and marine life. adopted natural resources
National parks have been management practices. These
http://www.earthyfamily.com/H- practices included
issues.htm constructing rockwalls and
gully plugs and employing
http://www.globalissues.org/art
intercropping, hedgerows,
icle/141/haiti-and-human-rights
tree planting and contour
ridging. Within 2 years of
building water catchments,
farmers may completely