“In Harmony with Haiti,” Zanmi Agrikol’s fund-raiser this year, was held on June 1st at the Wyche Center Peace Pavilion in downtown Greenville, South Carolina. It was an idyllic summer setting for the event that featured a five piece band and an authentically prepared Haitian meal. There were approximately two hundred people in attendance. (Pictured… more →

IL y’avait beaucoup de café a Morne Michel surtout avec les anciennes varietees, elles sont remplies avec des cerises. Nou espere ke Nan kek ane ki pwal vini la nap gen yon grand kantite Pou Nou exporte

Dotting the fields and gardens of several farmers in the Bois Jolie community are small wooden stakes with yellow and red tags tied to them. They are labeled inconspicuously with a series of letters and numbers, CK-##-#. Below each of these stakes is a seed, and within each seed is an interesting history and an… more →

Every self-respecting 2000’s kid knows Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana’s hit single, “The Climb.” With lyrics such as “there is always gonna be another mountain // you’re always gonna wanna make it move,” it is clear why this song popped into Bernice and I’s head as we made our way up the mountain path to Bois Jolie… more →

Ces travaux sont réalisés par. Des agronome de compétences et expérimenté. A savoir de notre directeur Noël Maxo, Wupy Bosquet, Deborah McGrath. Et notre  collaborateurs. Agr Jean Francique, Noël ephesyen, Jacques louisjeune.

    This past Monday, Maxo and Bosquet, the head agronomists of Zanmi Kafe, convened a meeting between fifteen of the ZK farmers. We met at the home of Jean Nelson, one of the programs most successful farmers, and began to discuss a workshop series on terracing. In the meeting, we discussed several points, including… more →

This Monday night, we spent the night in the classrooms of the school at Bois Jolie. All of the Sewanee interns laid out our sleeping bags and we had a sleepover – asking each other questions ranging from “when was your first kiss?” to “what do you have a hard time accepting about yourself?” We… more →