OUR MISSION
The goal of Harvesting 4 Haiti Foundation (H4H) is to help Haitian agriculture initiatives become self-sustaining by providing financial and business assistance, thereby reducing poverty through long-term development.
ASSISTANCE
Our goal is to help reduce poverty by assisting a Haitian agriculture initiative with financial and business resources until they have become self-sustaining.
DEVELOPMENT
We are helping Planting for Hope and Future (PHF). They develop rural farms to bring jobs and food security to the people. Currently, five farms with multiple varieties of fruit trees that are operational.
PLAN
The plan is to provide farmers with the techniques and improved varieties to grow more healthy food.
OUR PROCESS
Increasing productivity with progressive farming techniques is key to the plan of achieving self-sustainability. Once enough farms are in full production, the vision will become a reality.
Planting for Hope and Future meticulously plans for every crop variety, favoring perennial crops for their sustainable, cost-effective, year-after-year yield.
Since the beginning of this project, thirteen different varieties of crops have been taken to the local marketplace, providing fresh, nutritious and affordable food to a food-insecure population.
WHY PEOPLE DONATE TO US
People are excited to invest in something that will make a long-lasting impact that is designed to curb poverty. Donators are enthusiastic about an initiative that emboldens people to get a hand up, not a hand out. They are ready to invest in this farming initiative with farmers who are knowledgeable, equipped to increase farm production, educate their farming community, while working toward self-sustainability.
OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS
We want to thank all of those who have joined with us throughout the years to empower others to become more independent by helping to create self-sustainable agriculture initiatives in Haiti. Even with the many challenges, much has been accomplished, and all of the help we have received has driven us closer to the goal.
Some gifts have been from children, giving from the bottom of their hearts and piggy banks, some have been from single parents giving a “widows mite,” some have been one-time donors who have helped to move this project forward, and some have given monthly, showing overwhelming trust in this project.
We also want to acknowledge our H4H Board Members, who give of their time, expertise, and financial assets to make this project successful. Below are a few of the donors that have helped this project become what it is today… five farms, growing trees, organic farming, growing nutrient-rich produce, with many families depending on the employment that this project provides.
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL!
Epworth United Methodist Church, located in Toledo, Ohio; a huge part of their mission is to empower, encourage and support regional and international partnerships and the work they do in their communities. They have been involved with the Harvesting 4 Haiti (H4H) initiative from the very beginning. Even before H4H became a 501(c)(3), EUMC sent funds to help purchase the first drip irrigation system for the Haitian agriculture organization, and to Planting for Hope and Future (PHF). Their gift helped to establish new agricultural technology in Haiti. They host men of PHF visiting from Haiti and meeting with the Epworth Mission Committee and congregation to report on the progress of the farms. They have provided financial assistance on an annual basis, even during COVID-19. We are extremely indebted to their continued dedication, trust, and financial gifts to this project.
The Andersons Inc. (originally family-owned) is a large, philanthropic agriculture business in Toledo, Ohio, devoted to helping others less fortunate. In their mission statement, The Andersons Inc. pledges to “support our communities,” which they have consistently done. H4H was the first international foundation The Andersons Inc. had enough faith in to approve and allocate funds to help support. They understand the importance of farming in developing nations and wanted to extend a helping hand to initiatives whose purpose is to create a self-sustaining agriculture business. We are extremely humbled and honored for their annual gifts.
City on a Hill, a church located in Northwest, Ohio, learned about H4H several years ago and was motivated by the philosophy of investing in an agriculture initiative that provides jobs in a poverty-stricken area, educates the community on food insecure, and the goal of self independence. We are thankful for their partnership and monthly contribution to this cause. We are very grateful for their trust and faith in this initiative.
HELO Haiti is a Christian orphanage and school in SW Haiti co-owned by Elisabeth Kennedy from Connecticut. We have traveled to Haiti with Mrs. Kennedy and her teams since 2014. We visit the orphanage every year with Mrs. Kennedy as our guide and have found it to be a very rewarding experience. The men of Planting for Hope and Future (PHF) have provided agriculture classes at the school, and have mentored one of HELO’s own, a very passionate, skilled young agronomist. Encouraging the Haitian youth in agriculture is something PHF feels strongly about, and collaborating with HELO helps H4H and PHF to continue these efforts. We are very grateful to Mrs. Kennedy and her team for their help each year and for providing us the opportunity to meet with the HELO children who spread their love to everyone and their enthusiasm and energy to learn with all who encounter them.
Grandview United Methodist Church, has had a long history of working in Haiti. They became interested in H4H, first hearing about it through team members of the Haitian agriculture team, Planting for Hope and Future (PHF). GUMC has created fundraisers for H4H, hosted some of the members of PHF to tell of their progress on the farms, and has created huge interest with the people in the Winfield, Kansas- area. We are very grateful for their past support of H4H.
Bower Hill Community Church, Pittsburg, PA., they have served in the Haiti Water Project and found out about our Harvesting 4 Haiti Foundation (H4H) farm project. Being interested and involved with water projects in Haiti, members wanted to reach out to H4H to help us create a much-needed irrigation system to save the fruit trees from devastating droughts occurring more and more due to climate change. Since our first introduction, Bower Hill Community Church has been helping H4H purchase this much-needed system and we thank them from the bottom of our hearts.