The Situation in Haiti

Quixote Center's relationship with the farmers of Gros Morne, Haiti began in 1999. Since then, we have worked with our Haitian partners, primarily the Jean Marie Vincent Formation Center, to create and maintain a tree nursery, reforest a local mountaintop, develop markets for their produce, and how best to increase crop yields. In May of this year, thanks to contributions from our many friends, Quixote Center responded to the community's "mango crisis" by sending funds that enabled farmers to harvest and distribute their crop to schools in the area. [Read more here]. 

Over the past year, however, the gang violence plaguing Haiti's capital, Port au Prince, has begun spreading to other regions of the country, including smaller communities like Gros Morne.  Already fragile, the sustainable farming system developed and maintained by local people over the years and that allows them to grow enough food for their families and to sell at nearby markets, is at risk. Quixote Center continues to send much needed financial support to the farmers of Gros Morne while at same time, we tackle a major cause of the raging gang violence: guns from the US that arm the gangs. We meet with members of Congress and their staff, provide them with reliable data about the dire situation and offer possible solutions.

Your contribution allows Quixote Center to continue--and expand--its efforts in Haiti.

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