Released on: October 3, 2008, 10:32 pm

Press Release Author: Blueprint Creative Group

Industry: Environment

Press Release Summary: Back-to-back storms destroy Haiti’s crops, intensify its food
crisis, and reveal a greater need for long-term investments in Haiti’s agricultural
sector as a solution towards food security.

Press Release Body: MIAMI, FL, October 6, 2008 – Back-to-back storms ravaged through
Haiti, destroyed its agricultural sector, and set the country ten steps backwards in
its effort towards achieving food security. A country slowly overcoming April’s food
riots is now left to battle famine, extreme malnutrition, and homelessness. For over
ten years, the Lambi Fund of Haiti has worked tirelessly to support and invest in
grassroots efforts focusing on sustainable development, environmental integrity, and
economic empowerment of the Haitian people only to have some of these efforts washed
away in the past month’s tumultuous storms. Irrigation canals have been destroyed
and crops swept away, but Lambi Fund of Haiti vows to help Haiti rebuild.

In the aftermath of the hurricanes, the people of Haiti have received a tremendous
amount of relief support and food aid from their American neighbors and
international community. The waters have since receded and as the people of Haiti
have found temporary solace, they must nonetheless face the daunting task of
rebuilding their lives. With crops and herds of farm animals washed away, the cost
of staple foods is sure to rise even higher than before, and farmers who earned a
living by selling their crops are faced with bare fields and lost crops.

While temporary food aid will be needed, the only viable solution to Haiti’s food
crisis remains grounded in its long-term investments in its agricultural sector and
the promotion of local food production. Lambi Fund of Haiti’s Center of Plantain
Propagation is helping in rapid reproduction of healthy plantain trees to replace
rice and banana crops destroyed in the wake of the storms. Cisterns and irrigation
canals rebuilt after the devastation from 2004’s Tropical Storm Jeanne and destroyed
for a second time by Haiti’s recent storms will have to be rebuilt once again by
Lambi Fund of Haiti. Partner organizations and their communities who have lost pigs,
goats, cows, and other farm animals will now require support from Lambi Fund of
Haiti to fund their animal breeding projects and become self-sustainable again.
Consequently, the non-profit will intensify its grassroots efforts in Haiti and
continue working towards sustainable development.

As a non-profit organization Lambi Fund of Haiti relies on generous donations to
help make its programs available, and now more than ever Lambi Fund is in dire need
of funding. To support the sustainable development efforts of Lambi Fund of Haiti,
please visit LambiFund.org and make an online donation or mail a check to Lambi Fund
of Haiti, PO Box 18955, Washington, DC 20036.

About Lambi Fund of Haiti

Lambi Fund of Haiti provides financial resources, training, and technical assistance
to peasant-led community organizations that promote the social and economic
empowerment of the Haitian people. Their programs focus on sustainable development,
community micro-credit, animal husbandry, restoring environmental integrity, and
organizational and leadership training.

Contact:

Fabiola Fleuranvil of Blueprint Creative Group
for Lambi Fund of Haiti
(404) 437-0078
Fabiola@BlueprintCreativeGroup.com


Web Site: http://www.BlueprintCreativeGroup.com

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