Project Report
| Jun 21, 2011
Breeding, selling and investing in tomorrow
By Sarah Leavitt | Digital Outreach Manager
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Parents can afford to send their kids to school
Members of the pig breeding group in Kasis, Haiti have been working incredibly hard these past three months. Thanks to training and the purchase of a few starter pigs, group members have been breeding pigs and selling the offspring in markets. This valuable source of new income is helping the organization breed even more healthy pigs and to invest their profits into a community microcredit fund. Investing profits in a microcredit fund is incredibly important for project sustainability. This community “slush fund” will allow the organization to pay for foreseen and unforeseen costs incurred and to make small loans to members. Many women in the group use these loans to purchase goods for merchant activities and to monetize their crops.
Thanks to your support, these Haitians living in rural Haiti have gone from hoping to breed pigs to making pig breeding a vibrant part of their community. Help Lambi Fund reach the last phase of our funding goals as we work to monitor the project for sustainability, purchase more pigs and provide additional training. Creating opportunities for incomes is an essential part of developing communities in Haiti. Cheers!
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Mar 18, 2011
Breeding towards sustainablity
By Sarah Leavitt | Digital Outreach Manager
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Baby piglets
First off, Lambi Fund would like to say mesi anpil! Thanks to all of your generous donations, this project is incredibly close to being fully funded.
The 55 members of a local grassroots organization in Kasis, Haiti are currently working on moving their pig breeding enterprise towards sustainability. Lambi Fund has nearly reached our goal of purchasing 27 pigs for the project. After a series of organizational training, bookkeeping, animal care, and seminars on pig breeding, members are beginning to breed pigs and offspring of healthy piglets are being born! As the members in Kasis are learning, it takes much more than the birth of piglets for a successful pig breeding enterprise. They must regularly check up on and care for the animals to ensure they remain healthy and everyone in the organization must work together to manage and run the project. As we speak, members are learning what works best and agreeing on each individual’s duties and responsibilities. For instance, an important decision they are making is to determine which piglets each member will receive once they are born.
As the Lambi Fund of Haiti approaches the final stages of this project, we would like to thank you for your continued support. Please consider helping this project become fully funded, by sharing this with your friends and family. Lambi Fund’s work is not yet complete as we work with members in Kasis to monitor problems as they arise, continue training, and purchase more pigs for training.
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Dec 20, 2010
Moving forward after the earthquake
By Sarah Leavitt | Digital Outreach Manager
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Grassroots meeting in rural Haiti
As we approach the end of the year, Lambi Fund is happy to say that pig breeding in partnership with 55 members in Kasis, Haiti is right on track! The community organization has received training on organizational management, pig breeding skills, and general animal care. Members of the organization have worked to build animal pens to prepare for the animals once the pigs have been purchased.
Thanks to your much needed support, Lambi Fund is now entering the final phase of this project. Local pigs will be purchased and group members will begin their pig breeding enterprise. This is the truly exciting part of the project, where all of the community’s hard work, preparation and training can be used to achieve a positive outcome! Help Lambi Fund reach its goal of purchasing 27 pigs and help Haitian peasants in Kasis begin an economic enterprise that will increase household incomes and improve livelihoods.
This holiday season, the gift of a pig truly is priceless. The sale of piglets in the local market is an opportunity for a better future.
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