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In samenwerking met de Stichting Wilde Ganzen te Hilversum ondersteunt Stichting Projecthulp Haïti het project demonstratietuin Cap Rouge Jacmel Haïti.
Paula die het project begeleid schrijft in november 1999 het volgende:
Dear Piet & Evelien,
Since our last correspondence, a lot has happened.
We have had a lot of rain up in Cap Rouge during the summer months and took advantage of the water to start a vegetable garden, it was doing quite well until my radishes and beets were devastated by the neighbor’s turkeys.
But you know, we cannot get discouraged, and have started everything over again.
Well, we'll see what happens In September, before the beginning of school, talking to the women of the area about how they are managing to get the children ready for the schoolyear I found out that although the tuition was $27 Haitian per year + uniform (clothes, shoes, school bag, etc...)
These ladies were worried that they would not be able to meet these expenses.
As a result, I took the liberty of helping four children with a $50 Haitian donation from the funds to lighten their load.
This is how I did it. After listening to their concerns I told them, Well don't worry, there is still a couple of weeks before school starts. Have faith God works in mysterious ways a couple of days later I delivered $50 Haitian to each of these four ladies from "God".
Needless to say, the signs of relief could be seen on their faces.
I don't think you would mind. If this is a problem please let me know.
I am so very grateful for your generous help, may God shower You and the wonderful people of Holland with blessings for your unselfish deeds.
Furthermore, it came to our mind to start a community vegetable garden that will be cultivated by the children of the area (the only vegetable grown in the area is cabbage and look forward to introducing other crops).
We are very excited for this new project and look forward to get it started by Feb. 2000.
At the moment we are thinking whether to allocate small plots (8'x8') to each or make one big garden.
At any rate, it will be interesting to see how the harvest is distributed.
We feel that by having the children take care of the garden, there will be more "respect" for the work done and pride for bringing home the fruit of their labor.
We have also been thinking of starting a breakfast club for the elderly in the area.
Although coffee cacao are grown in the area, sugar and bread is not.
So, we thought that if people donated coffee & chocolate, we would approach the businesses in Jacmel for donations of sugar & flour.
So that we could get this started. At the same time, we would not want to hurt these folks feeling, by making it seem like a hand out.
As a result, we think of having them participate in the preparation of the meal.
Maybe this can branch out into a nutrition program where we can emphasize the necessity of a well balance meal.
I noticed that although most children in the area are not skinny, the signs of a poor nutrition can be seen in the changing color of their hair (malnutrition), they are fed, but not properly.
Having a full stomach (rice, beans, cornmeal, millet..., but meat vegetables are scarce and rarely part of the diet).
We do not want to bite more than we can chew, so we are planning this carefully.
Will keep you informed.
Once again, THANK YOU.
Gratefully yours,
Paula P. Hyppolite
JUST GROW
Cap Rouge, Jacmel
Haiti W.I.
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