Piton's coffee project is a success!

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In 2022, Aid to Infrastructure launched a coffee initiative. Two years later, Samuel and a group of ladies are reinvesting in their program, selling seedlings to others who want to grow for themselves and selling ground coffee in the market. We're so proud of their initiative and hard work!

Samuel's report on the coffee project - June 2024

Translated from Haitian Creole and lightly edited

I've sold coffee seedlings for 40,000 gourds (~$300 USD) to members of the community who are interested in planting coffee, with this money I buy coffee seeds for 15,000 gourds (~113 USD) to continue producing more coffee seedlings in the Piton Community with the goal of having coffee products to transform into coffee powder (grinds). The powder will be sold in local markets and in the rest of the country. This will help us financially support the activities of the community such as: Agriculture and other activities in the community. There is an expense to support the school garden to buy tools and seeds and maintenance of 15,000 gourds, we have 10,000 gourds (~$75 USD) left available from the money received. Community members are happy to plant coffee in the earth because God gave us the earth to plant to give good crops in the Gardens.

For now I continue to produce coffee at the nursery site so that there are seedlings available for people to plant. It is an agricultural enterprise that produces coffee for people to find. It is with coffee that farmers make money. Long ago in the community, coffee was an economic resource that used to help the peasants a lot. I am very happy because people have a lot of happiness to join together to plant coffee.