Project History
We've planted a lot of trees!
2011 Cavaillon, Haiti (21,000 trees + 500 seminar attendees)
600 Mango Madame Francique trees were planted across 3 villages
15,000 hardwood seedlings of 3 species were planted around crops on mountainsides
500 families attended seminars on reforestation
2012
Follow-up and surveys concluded 90% survival of Mango trees, growing 6 feet high
Hardwood trees faced drought but still survived at 60%
2013 (3200 trees + 600 seminar attendees)
3200 Mango Madam Francique and Citrus trees were planted by families around their homes with 90% survival
600 families attended seminars on reforestation from 6 mountain villages
2014 (1,800 trees + 500 seminar attendees)
1,800 mango "Madam Francique" distributed across 10 villages with 90% survival
500 families attended seminars on reforestation
2015 (3,200 trees + 1000 seminar attendees)
2,400 mango and lemon trees distributed to landowners with 90% survival
8,000 hardwood trees were distributed to landowners with 60% survival
1000 families attended seminars on reforestation across 10 villages
2016 (8,000 trees + 2,500 seminar attendees)
3,000 citrus trees were planted by landowners.
5,000 hardwood were planted in a mountainside forest including Sed, Chen, Nago, and Acacia with 65% survival
2500 families attended seminars on reforestation across 9 villages
2017 (3,000 trees)
2,500 fruit trees, mostly citrus and mango Madame Francique, were distributed to landowners for planting.
5,000 hardwoods were planted in a mountainside forest including Sed, Chen, Nago, and Acacia.
2018 (3,500 trees)
3,500 fruit trees were distributed to landowners across 5 villages.
2019 - Saint Louis de Sud, Haiti (1 new nursery + 2,400 trees + 300 seminar attendees)
Established a tree nursery that can support more than 30,000 trees a month
400 coffee trees planted
2000 mango Madam Francique given to families to plant
300 families attended the first educational seminar for the new region
2020 (22,000 trees)
5000 Mango Madam Francique distributed
8000 Hardwoods distributed
5000 Tamarind and Citrus trees distributed
3000 Avocado
1000 Cashew
2021 (33,000 trees)
5000 Avocado
4000 Cashew
2000 Tamarind
3000 Breadnut
6000 Mango
4000 Fwenn (indigenous forest tree)
4000 Sed (indigenous forest tree)
1000 Chenn (indigenous forest tree)
3000 Mix of Almond, Cacao, Corossol, Coconut, Lime, Orange, Moringa, Sopadillo
3 protected forests established where we plan to plant many trees in great variety
2022 (23,500 trees planted and 450lbs of food from tree harvests)
18 species of fruit trees grown: Cacao, Mango, Coconut, Guava, Custard Apple, Breadnut, Breadfruit, Cashew, Citrus, Coffee, Kapab, Kenep, Corossol, Almond, Avocado, Tamarind, Barbados Cherry, Zapote, Moringa
4 species of native hardwood trees grown: Dalmarie, Spanish Cedar, Haitian Oak, Bwa Fwenn
350lbs of breadfruit flour sold to a retailer in Port-au-Prince
3 schools received Konparet breadfruit cookies with nutrition seminars
Ground 30 lbs of Cacao for Haitian Chocolate producers
2023
22,000 fruit and hardwood seedlings started from those above that are in season so far this year
4.000lbs of breadfruit flour produced for making breadfruit biscuits
Produced 70 lbs of ground cacao for Haitian Chocolate producers
5 women entrepreneurs selling breadfruit biscuits from our new bakery built to produce breads from tree products
Looking Forward
In the Saint Louis de Sud nursery, and at our site in Bwalo, we have unlimited capacity and great human resources. Our goal by the end of 2025 is to start growing 1,000,000 trees per year, mostly in private lands of small holder farmers with agroforestry training.
To get there, we need more regular funding from donors like you who give a little each month. This will allow us to plan and budget for the support of farmers as they care for their trees during the first year of life.
If you like to talk to get involved or learn more, contact Haiti Tree Project Director, Karen Nicolas, anytime:
Cell: 919-720-4102
Email: thehaititreeproject@gmail.com
