Photo Essay: ACDI/VOCA's Continuing Work in Haiti Six Months Later
ACDI/VOCA is proud that we managed to feed and support more than 150,000 people in Haiti since the devastating Jan. 12th earthquake. However, more work clearly remains to be done, especially in terms of long-term economic development.
After initial disruption, ACDI/VOCA has been able to maintain our USAID-funded agricultural development projects in Haiti's Southeast Department, which is one of the country's least food-secure regions and suffers from high stunting rates, low levels of pre-natal care and high poverty levels. ACDI/VOCA helps farmers in rural areas to increase production through high-yielding seed and seedlings and increased access to local markets.
See images below of an ACDI/VOCA-supported seedling nursery and farmers as they harvest beans and prepare their June crop to sell at local markets. To learn more, visit our Haiti Relief and Recovery page here: www.acdivoca.org/haitirecovery
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 Camelate Damas tends to seedlings in an ACDI/VOCA-supported nursery in La Vallée, Haiti.
ACDI/VOCA supports a seedling nursery in La Vallée, Haiti, to supply farmers with high-yielding plants.
Haitian farmers Johnny Saint Louis and Ephesieu Darmes weed seedlings growing in the ACDI/VOCA-supported nursery.
 Haitian farmer Willy Desrosiers employed ACDI/VOCA's farming techniques and grew a successful pepper crop. Peppers are considered to be one of the most vital crops in Haitian agriculture.
Haitian farmer Arnauld Jean Baptiste shows off his bean crop.
 Haitian beans are pulled out by the roots when harvested in the June season. Arnauld Jean Baptiste shows the length the root should be when harvested.
 Beans are picked in the pod, dried in the sun, beaten from the pod and ultimately sorted. Five Haitian farmers beat the beans on Arnauld Jean Baptiste's farm in Morne-a-Bruler, Haiti.
 Haitian farmer Dieuseul Lindor removes empty pods during the bean sorting process.
 Ellie Etienne beats the dried bean pods from his farm's harvest. The beans are harvested, dried and then beaten. The beating process separates the bean from the pod.
 Philomme Itlegi helps sort good beans from bad on a neighbor's farm in Haiti.
To learn more, visit our Haiti Relief and Recovery page here: www.acdivoca.org/haitirecovery Want to see more of what ACDI/VOCA is doing in Haiti?
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