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911 Haiti Coffee Trees

Replanting Haiti's hillsides with coffee trees brings life back to the soil, cash to the family farmers and Haitian coffee to the world.

  • Grenn Lajan means money seeds. The future of Haitian Farmers
  • These are the sprouts of the first seeds we planted so far.
  • Makouti helps farmers dream big and makes their dreams happen.
  • These are photos of the "911 Haiti Coffee Trees" seeds being planted now in Dec. 2013
  • Our local expert, checking on trees and educating us what are the coffee varieties with the best disease resistance and excellent flavor.
  • International Program director with DGES and DIrector of HaitiCoffee.com
  • He keeps tract of all the finances on the Haiti side and anything else we need to audit.
  • A coffee expert with lots of export and farmer education experience. He is new to the Haiti Coffee team but already having an impact.
  • Director of Makouti Agro Entreprise and our on location contact. He is largely responsible for making this project a reality. He is way ahead of us already with 2000 seeds planted.
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911 Haiti Coffee Trees

911 Haiti Coffee Trees

911 Haiti Coffee Trees

911 Haiti Coffee Trees

911 Haiti Coffee Trees

Replanting Haiti's hillsides with coffee trees brings life back to the soil, cash to the family farmers and Haitian coffee to the world.

Replanting Haiti's hillsides with coffee trees brings life back to the soil, cash to the family farmers and Haitian coffee to the world.

Replanting Haiti's hillsides with coffee trees brings life back to the soil, cash to the family farmers and Haitian coffee to the world.

Replanting Haiti's hillsides with coffee trees brings life back to the soil, cash to the family farmers and Haitian coffee to the world.

Myriam Kaplan-Pasternak
Myriam Kaplan-Pasternak
Myriam Kaplan-Pasternak
Myriam Kaplan-Pasternak
4 Campaigns |
Nicasio, United States
$3,185 USD 37 backers
39% of $8,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

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 Educational Services has been supporting agricultural

entrepreneurialism in Haiti to the benefit of many Haitian families.

It became personal after several team members survived the earthquake side by side with millions of shaken Haitians. Their request was help creating jobs in agriculture and help selling Haitian coffee. The once famous Haitian coffee industry was in ruins and its great taste was lost to the world. 

Now we have a chance to replant, re-educate and rebuild this once famous industry bringing back a vital livelihood to family farmers and reforesting the hillsides with trees that will change lives.

                                       

A seed planted today yields coffee in two years

Working in collaboration with Makouti Agro Entreprise, Partners of the Americas' Farmer to Farmer program and Haiti Coffee, our goal is to plant 250,000 seedlings over the next 5 years.  
We currently are planting 25,000 seedlings in 10 locations at a start up cost of $4 per tree.
Each tree is estimated to produce a net profit of $1 in its first harvest two years from now and more in subsequent years. Not only is this vital to the environment, but to the livelihoods of the coffee producing families who are wrestling against climate change, coffee beetles, coffee rust, deforestation and a lack of capital to replant. Your assistance can make all the difference.
                                   

Haiti once produced 50% of the world's coffee

It's hard to imagine that political strife, embargoes, deforestation and climate change could take that away from us. Image what that means to those whose livelihood depended on those trees. In the 1940's coffee made up 40% of Haiti's GDP.  Replanting coffee will once again have a huge impact but it has to start with planting the seeds and re-educating the industry. Haitian coffee has the potential.  It closely resembles Jamaican Mountain Blue.  And yes, we are planting the Blue Mountain Varietal.

Other Ways You Can Help

  • Help us spread the word about our campaign and about Haitian coffee
  • Follow our progress on Facebook
  • The more people hear about Haitian coffee the more people will ask for it at their local coffee shop
  • Close the loop from farm to cup by visiting HaitiCoffee.com and try it.  It's awesome! 

                                         

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Every Dollar Counts

$1 USD
We will thank you on Facebook and personally by email to show that every dollar counts and all the money goes straight to Haiti
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Plant a money tree in Haiti

$5 USD
Your donation will result in a farmer receiving a coffee tree that will provide an income for them. For that we will send you a heartfelt Thank You via email and on our Facebook pages to let everyone know you care.
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February 2014
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A heartfelt Thank you

$25 USD
We'll send you a photo of our field team hard at work planting your coffee seeds and our heartfelt thanks for joining us in rebuilding the livelihood of Haiti.
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February 2014
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French Roast Haitian Coffee

$50 USD
Your donation of $50 or more will result in lives changed and the production of great coffee. To show our appreciation, we'll send you a bag of 100% Haitian coffee. A taste of things to come
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February 2014
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A signed book on Haiti

$75 USD
"Bearing The Bruise: A Life Graced by Haiti", signed by author Ethan Casey, is a wonderful book about Haiti. Ethan is a journalist who shares his adventure and the voices of those he meets along the way. Experience Haiti's past and her hopes for the future. Be a big part of her change.
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French Roast Haitian Coffee

$100 USD
Your donation of $100 or more will result in lives changed and the production of great coffee. To show our appreciation, we'll send you a bag of 100% Haitian coffee. A taste of things to come
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February 2014
6 out of 500 of claimed

A Signed Book on Haiti

$1,000 USD
"Bearing The Bruise: A Life Graced by Haiti", signed by author Ethan Casey, is a wonderful book about Haiti. Ethan is a journalist who shares his adventure and the voices of those he meets along the way. Experience Haiti's past and her hopes for the future. Be a big part of her change.
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February 2014
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Portrait of a Haitian Woman

$5,000 USD
Feminine Spirituality This acrylic on canvas measures 29.5” X 39.5”.It represents the Haitian feminine psyche. Behind this beautiful Haitian woman is a traditional voodoo drum and lamp.The water jug is spilled slightly at night in offering, inviting the feminine spirit to enter her dreams.This painting has a powerful presence.The artist is St. Louis
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