In Haiti, there is a saying “anpil men, chaj pa lou” which means “many hands make light work.”

Yesterday, volunteers met to clean up overgrown vegetation around the Miracle Village Community Gardens. Wilner, Director of the Agricultural Training Center could not return to Love A Child, after being at his home for the weekend, because the violent gangs have locked down the area near Love A Child, Croix-des-Bouquets… And no one, nothing can pass through, causing all kinds of problems for everyday Haitians trying to live their lives.

But his team still conducted an important volunteer clean-up day at the Miracle Village gardens. Here you see the volunteers cutting, raking, and cleaning up the vegetation. Now, that “debris” will go into the large community compost pile to become important “free organic fertilizer”. Compost is an important ingredient in sustainable gardening, and in Haiti, it is their “fertilizer”.

After a few months of decomposing, with the assistance of our red wiggler worms, this becomes a vital soil amendment, helping to produce healthy gardens, soon to be harvested. Your gifts of support to our sustainability outreach reap harvests for many years. God Bless you.

Rad Hazelip, Assistant Executive Director