Initiatives

Restoring the Land

Restoring the Land

A root cause of numerous problems in Haiti is deforestation of the mountainous terrain, which decreases biodiversity, exacerbates drought while paradoxically causing frequent flooding, degrades water quality, and magnifies the impact of natural disasters. Beginning several years ago, Etienne enrolled volunteers to plant and nurture tree starts in a church garden in Les Anglais. Farmers…

Agronomy Internships

Agronomy Internships

Etienne collaborates with American University in Les Cayes, developing and teaching agronomy and veterinary courses. Each year he trains a group of interns, including taking them into the field to work on a variety of projects. Compassion for Haiti contributes funds for transporting, feeding, and housing these unpaid interns while they are deployed. Etienne keeps…

Food and Income Security

Food and Income Security

Etienne and his employees bring crop knowledge, high-quality seeds, and assistance in marketing their produce to farmers. Besides increased incomes, people are healthier because of the introduction of food crops with better nutritional value and higher yields than the limited range of plants previously available in the area. As part of Hurricane Matthew recovery and…

Kids 4 Kidz Goat Program

Kids 4 Kidz Goat Program

A great opportunity to give a meaningful gift or end-of-year donation! This program is especially important NOW, as it directly helps families unable to buy food because of  unavailability, inflation, shutdowns for Covid-19, and protests that frequently shut down business and keep people from earning their regular income. Program Highlights: Young people are given one…

Agronomy & Veterinary

Agronomy & Veterinary

Current projects: Goat Programs – Young goats are provided to children, along with training in their care. With the help of their families, these girls and boys raise the baby goats to provide milk, offspring (more baby goats), and meat for family use and to sell for income. In many cases, the income is used…