A|  Global warming will continue to bring droughts, hurricanes and other extreme weather events to Haiti. It will create more food insecurity and force greater numbers of people to abandon land and homes. It will lead to dwindling natural, human and financial resources, which in turn will lead to more poverty, the collapse of social support structures and greater political instability. In Haiti, the poor in urban areas suffer far more than the rural poor. Those living in flood plains, do so by default, because they cannot afford to live anywhere else. Since coastal lines and river banks are country-owned land and the government does not have the capacity to enforce laws, most "fè tè" homes are constructed on these banks illegally. As a consequence, the population that is most vulnerable to floods are also the most socio-economically disadvantaged. | MORE 

B|  This two-part water initiative will 1) install ten communal wells, and bring restoration to an additional well, in the upper urbanized areas of Kafou so that residents can have access to freshwater, and 2) lead a water-harvesting movement and reforestation effort among rural communities so that the commune of Kafou can heal her degraded watersheds and start to become self-sustaining. We believe that in guiding Kafou's smallholder farmers toward a regenerative food and agriculture system, in addition to a reforestation movement, Kafou will have power to:

• End hunger among her people
• Restore access to abundant fresh, clean water sources
• Restore health and well-being to her people
• Increase the water-holding capacities of soils
• Increase crop yields and the diversity of cash crops
• Revitalize the local economy
• Restore rural livelihoods and independence
• Regenerate ecological health, including soil fertility and biodiversity
• Promote social justice and fair trade
• Reverse global warming

Your first collective $25,000 contribution will purchase and install the first well in an upper urbanized section of Kafou. It will also start the process of guiding each rural community in the science of watershed management, show them how and where to construct water harvesting earthworks based on the contours of their land, and guide them in agroforestry practices so that they can start healing their degraded watersheds and ecosystems.

Furthermore, your donations will provide land mapping services through Haitian interns, native seedlings, and tools. Instruction and ongoing support will be provided as new forest gardens and water harvesting structures are created and maintained.

We invite donors to join .... THIS DEDICATED FACEBOOK GROUP .... where before-and-after photos will be shown by the residents of Kafou. You will get to see in live-time, the excitement and action of this community as their two-part water initiative rolls out. You will also get to see how the gift you are giving them is making a difference. Both English and Kreyòl (Creole) will be spoken.