ODW + TEARFUND

Project #270 | Climate Justice in Haiti

Our partnership with Tearfund

Haiti is the most vulnerable country in Latin America and the Caribbean to climate change. In an island nation where 40% of the population depends on small-scale agriculture as their primary food supply, the increased frequency and severity of natural disasters is catastrophic.  The situation for women farmers is compounded by deeply rooted attitudes and practices that create an environment conducive to violence against women. In Haiti, 29% of women ages 15-49 report having experienced physical violence by the age of 15. Gender inequities limit the opportunities women have to contribute to their families’ food supply and economic well-being.

One Day’s Wages partnered with Tearfund USA to train and equip 110 women smallholder farmers in Haiti’s Sud-Est region to increase their agricultural yields and fight hunger in their community. Tearfund collaborated with a Haitian-led partner, Etapase, to train the farmers in climate smart agriculture techniques.  Each woman received vegetable seedlings for her market garden and learned to make natural pesticides. To address gender inequities, the women also participated in awareness campaigns about sexual and gender-based violence.  As a result, a majority of women increased their knowledge of organic market gardening techniques and are regularly using these new practices!

Our Collective Impact

Women Farmers Have Improved Agriculture Knowledge

Women Raised Their Voices in Campaigns Against Sexual Violence

Vegetable Seedlings Distributed and Planted by Farmers

Meet Marie

Marie’s whole life has revolved around agriculture.  With four children to provide for, she is continually looking for opportunities to increase her harvests so she can better support her family.  When the opportunity to learn more about climate-smart agriculture came to her village, Marie jumped on it.

Marie gained not only new knowledge to supplement her farming expertise, but also pepper, eggplant and cabbage seedlings for her market garden.  She is putting the environmentally friendly methods she learned into practice so that her soil revitalizes and her yields increase.

Like many of her neighbors, Marie prayers fervently for peace in Haiti so that she can sell her produce at additional markets and improve her financial stability.  She shares: 

“This project has given me oxygen, strengthening my conviction that I can earn enough from agriculture.  From the extra profit, I am able to feed my family, pay down debts and pay the outstanding balance of my children’s schooling.”

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