Category Archives: Haiti

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    Farmers and Consumers v. Monsanto: David Meets Goliath

    Written on Apr 9, 2013 4:41 pm, by

    Below is an article by Tory Field and Beverly Bell of Other Worlds. The article is one in a series of food sovereignty blog posts about their new publication Harvesting Justice: Transforming Food, Land, and Agricultural Systems in the Americas. This...
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    Spreading Healthy Seeds in Haiti

    Written on Mar 29, 2013 12:39 pm, by

    Around the world, Groundswell International is working with local partners to spread healthy seeds and build sustainable, local food and seed systems. In Haiti, Groundswell works with partner Partenariat pour le Développement Local (PDL) to build community-managed seed banks that provide...
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    Updates from the Groundswell Board

    Written on Mar 19, 2013 7:52 pm, by

    The following post is written by our Community Outreach Coordinator, Cristina Hall.  This past Saturday I attended my first Groundswell International Board meeting since I joined the team in September of 2012. While I was intellectually aware of how international...
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    Images of Haiti’s rural communities building the future

    Written on Jan 15, 2013 11:23 am, by

    Since 2009, Groundswell International and partner organization Partenariat pour le Développement Local (PDL), have been working to strengthen rural communities as a foundation for Haiti’s development. The devastation of the January 2010 earthquake further reinforced the need to invest in...
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    Haiti’s rural communities lead the way toward national renewal

    Written on Jan 11, 2013 4:19 pm, by

    Three years have passed since the January 12, 2010 earthquake, and Haiti still waits for the implementation of a comprehensive earthquake reconstruction plan. Many thousands of families still live under tents or in makeshift homes without any basic services and...
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    Join us in celebrating Giving Tuesday!

    Written on Nov 27, 2012 6:20 pm, by

    Today marks the official kick-off of the first annual #GivingTuesday, a national campaign that encourages charitable giving to support the work of non-profit organizations. Groundswell is excited to participate in an event that brings so much awareness to causes and...
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    Resiliency in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

    Written on Nov 12, 2012 12:10 pm, by

    People working together are resilient. In Haiti, they say that it’s easy to break a single stem of rice, but hard to break a bundle of stems together. We see that resilience as communities respond to the devastation of Hurricane...
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    Building resilient communities in Haiti

    Written on Aug 29, 2012 2:11 pm, by

    Hurricane Isaac hit Haiti on August 24th.  While it could have been far worse, the country is extremely vulnerable to disasters and the storm still caused severe flooding, loss of houses, crops and livestock and new outbreaks of cholera. The...
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    Baseball in the Time of Cholera

    Written on Jul 31, 2012 4:31 pm, by

    Just 10 months after the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake, one of the largest cholera epidemics in modern history swept across Haiti. As of June 10, 2012, 555,328 cases of cholera had been reported, over 300,000 people had been hospitalized,...
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    Frequent natural disasters devastate farmers, limit food supply in Haiti

    Written on Jul 11, 2012 9:48 am, by

    Natural disasters are frequent in Haiti, and many peasant farmers say they must start over after each one. They complain that foreign aid is not reaching them and government initiatives are misguided. Some are migrating to cities, reducing food production...