Dear Friend, We’re excited to share an excellent piece on our long-time Haitian partner MPP (Mouvman Peyizan Papay/Peasant Movement of Papaye) published in The Guardian over the weekend. Grassroots International is a proud member of the CLIMA Fund, which channels resources to movements on the front lines of climate chaos. Through this collaboration, our movement partners will benefit from the still-ongoing 2021 charity appeal of The Guardian focused on response to the climate crisis. The Guardian has spotlighted several groups doing exemplary work in this area, and MPP is among them. |
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Grassroots International has long recognized MPP as a leader in cutting-edge solutions to the climate crisis rooted in agroecology and food sovereignty, and we are thrilled for MPP to receive this coverage. As Sara Mersha, our Director of Grantmaking and Advocacy quoted in the article, says: “Regionally and internationally, the MPP is part of global efforts to strengthen grassroots feminist movements, and is part of a global movement of small-scale farmers advancing food sovereignty with La Via Campesina. It’s this combination of strategies – with a focus on powerful organizing and a connection with the earth – that make me understand what it means when MPP and La Via Campesina assert, ‘small farmers cool the planet!’” Thank you for standing with us, and with movements like MPP, in collective efforts to heal the planet. In solidarity, |
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Chung-Wha Hong
Executive Director |
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