Nou Tande W is a faith-based organization founded to help rural Haitians improve agricultural productivity. According to Nou Tande W, GIA Web Design has offered to build websites for organizations working on behalf of Haitians. If you are interested, call (845) 523 -3143. Below is more information on both Nou Tande W and GIA Web Design.
Below are remarks made by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Haiti Donors' Conference today. While the United States provides in kind contributions of food, she notes that this is not the answer to Haiti's hunger. She instead emphasizes the importance of environmental rehabilitation, agriculture, livelihoods, and infrastructure. She also highlights the potential of alternative energy. After the conclusion of the conference, Secretary Clinton will visit Haiti en route to the Summit of the Americas.
Below is a reader blog by Daniel Schnitzer, the Director of InterIntel. InterIntel is a small organization that specializes in innovative environmental management and alternative energy projects. Presently, InterIntel is building a clean energy store in Les Anglais and establishing both an educational management course and a Jatropha project in Coteaux. You can support InterIntel by donating, volunteering, or spreading the word about their work.
In 2006, Haiti Innovation called for the Haitian Government to start subsidizing propane, if only on a pilot basis. There has been no movement on the part of the Haitian government to do so, either in practice or in strategic planning documents like the Haiti Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. However, help may be on the way from its closest neighbor, the Dominican Republic.
On the outskirts of Les Cayes several years ago, I came across a school with a bio-latrine that used airless digestion to transform human waste into gas suitable for cooking, heating and lighting. After one month, there was enough gas being produced to cook a meal for all of the students in this fairly large school, without using environmentally destructive wood charcoal. The gas is without odor and, beyond the initial investment, without cost. The experiences of other low resource countries might hold lessons for the potential scale up of this innovation in Haiti.
