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December 29, 2008 - MIAMI, FL — The holiday season and upcoming new year is a celebration where friends and families gather and rejoice with one another, but for millions in nearby Haiti, the holidays is just another daily struggle where many, particularly young children and the elderly, fight to live another day. While the American economy is crippled and many Americans are cutting back this holiday season, imagine living on less than one dollar a day and having to feed yourself let alone feed a family of four. While the collapse of many U.S. industries has resulted in the loss of employment for many Americans, imagine the people of Haiti where their primary industry, the agricultural sector, has been devastated and virtually wiped out by four recent hurricanes and storms. In Haiti, where there is no unemployment income or government assistance to aid the unemployed and the needy and no affordable housing for the one million Haitian families that have been displaced by Haiti’s recent hurricanes, millions of families will go hungry this holiday season and many will even die from it. However, the gift of a pig, goat, flock of chicks, and even seeds can help feed families in Haiti sustainably for years to come.
This holiday season give a gift in the name of a friend or family member that will feed the people of Haiti for years to come. By working with the people of Haiti to breed and raise livestock and plant and grow seeds, Lambi Fund of Haiti helps Haitian families feed their families sustainably for years. A gift of a pig serves as “living and breathing bank accounts.” Struggling Haitian families can sell the offspring of female pigs, which on average can produce 16 piglets a year. The gift of a goat is a sustainable way to help a struggling family in Haiti. Goat milk is not only a source of nutrition, but goat breeding can be a pathway out of poverty since goat meat is very popular and can be sold as food. Sheep also make incredibly important contributions to Haitian communities who depend on them for wool and meat, which can then be sold for added income. A flock of chicks makes the perfect gift for struggling families in Haiti. Most good hens lay up to 200 eggs a year- plenty for families with inadequate diets to eat, share, or sell. Due to Haiti’s food crisis, farmers have had to buy seeds at triple the cost of what they can earn from their crops. Therefore, a gift of a seed bank enables Haitian communities to plant inexpensive, high-quality seeds, and grow food to feed their families sustainably for years. Many other gifts such as ox, honey bees, water cisterns, a grove of trees, and irrigation canals among others can transform entire communities, fight hunger and poverty in Haiti, and help save the environment.
While Haiti struggles in its rebuilding efforts from this summer’s storms and temporary food aid has brought some relief to the country, the only viable solution to Haiti’s food crisis remains grounded in long-term investments in its agricultural sector and the promotion of local food production. Lambi Fund of Haiti has intensified its efforts to work with and support local groups whose farm animals and agricultural crops were washed away by the recent storms and plant crops, seed community micro-credit funding, support animal breeding projects, build irrigation pumps for quality water supply, and plant millions of trees.
Give a gift that will feed the poor and help them become self-sufficient. For more information, please visit LambiFund.org/support_catalog.htm or email info ( @ ) LambiFund dot org dot
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