the
Rooster's
CURRENT
Activities
:
Singing
Rooster
began in
August
of 2009.
After
helping
friends
survive
the earthquake,
we've finally
submitted
our nonprofit
paperwork,
and we'll
forge ahead
while we
wait.
Although
we've yet
to raise
hundreds
of thousands,
we have
raised
several
thousands
since August
and thought
it important
to put
that money
to work
immediately.
We
traveled
to Haiti
in late
December
/ early
January
to meet
initial
grant recipients.
These
are our
active
projects:
 Village
of Jeannette
-- We're
sending
tools and
seeds to
Jeannette
for spring
gardens;
with the
influx
of people
moving
from the
now destroyed
Port au
Prince
to the
countryside,
vegetable
gardens
help rural
communities
absorb
and feed
the hundreds
of new
people.
With
continued
training
and support
-- spring
gardens
will be
annual
events:
we help
build tool
lending
sheds,
establish
seed harvesting
programs,
and offer
free training
on land
management,
composting,
and garden
planning.
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Jeannette
is
located
in
the
southern
peninsula
of
Haiti.
It
is
70
miles,
an
adventurous
5-hour
drive,
west
of
the
capital,
Port-au-Prince.
Like
many
rural
places,
Jeannette
is
more
of
an
area
than
actual
town.
If
you'd
like
to
learn
more
about
a
typical,
Haitian
rural
community,
Jeannette
is
a
good
example.
If
you
want
to
help
us
support
the
Rooster's
work
in
Haiti,
donate
here:
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Coffee
Seedling
Nursery
The
elliptical
leaves
of
the
coffee
tree
are
shiny,
dark
green,
and
waxy.
The
plant
has
become
a
major
source
of
oxygen
in
much
of
the
world.
Each
hectare
of
coffee
produces
86
lbs
of
oxygen
per
day,
about
half
the
production
of
the
same
area
in
a
rain
forest.
If
you
want
to
help
support
the
Rooster's
work
in
Haiti,
donate
here:
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Singing
Rooster
supports
a
Coffee
farming
community
near
Jacmel
Haiti
is
a
relatively
small
place
-
about
the
size
of
Maryland.
Moreover,
much
of
it
is
vertical
/
mountainous.
Mountains
aren't
good
for
most
agriculture,
but
it's
IDEAL
for
coffee
growing
because
coffee
trees
thrive
in
moist
but
well-drained
soil
at
high
altitudes.
Because
coffee
trees
are
water-intensive,
they
do
best
growing
in
the
shade
of
other
trees
[coffee
trees
resemble
big
bushes
more
than
trees].
Fruit
trees
provide
ideal
canopies
where
fruit
becomes
an
additional
food
source.
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The
traditional
typica
coffee
produced
in
Haiti
is
world-renown
for
its
high
quality,
and
it
is
in
the
specialty
market
area
that
represents
the
best
opportunity
for
Haitian
coffee.
Despite
obstacles,
there
is
a
great
potential
for
transforming
Haiti’s
coffee
sector.
Key
factors
already
exist
on
the
ground
to
facilitate
development
:
-
key
agro-ecological
conditions
such
as
soil
and
altitude
- Haiti
has
generations
of
coffee
know-how
- Haiti
has
production
structures
in
place,
including
an
abundance
of
labor
and
increased
abilities
for
wet-processing
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Coffee
Federation
Near
Jacmel
Coffee
Processing
Plant
near
Jacmel
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100%
of Singing
Rooster's
efforts
go BACK
to Haiti;
our
goal is
to provide
direct
assistance
to rural
coffee
farming
communities
through
interrelated
grants
for
the sake
of self-sustainability,
dignity
and autonomy. |
