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This should be happening in Haiti : http://www.flickr.com/photos/67022082@N07/6102238089

Does anyone know if Mains Unis have started their program in schools in Haiti?

How is knowledge about EM(Effective Microorganisms) uses and benefits progressing in Haiti? I haven't heard much, and wanted to stir the pot with this bit of Humble Pie ingredient :

http://www.emrojapan.com/monthly-message/content/526.html

Haiti needs me there to teach the ways and benefits of EM

Histoire de la Journée de la Femme

La journée de la femme trouve ses origines dans les mouvements révolutionnaires socialistes européens du début du XXe siècle. Les insurgées de l'époque c'était elles, des femmes ordinaires, des ouvrières, des mères de…

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Cutting down trees can cause soil erosion. This is when there is rainfall but since there is no trees to suck in the water it washes the soil away causing run off's or flash floods. Soil erosion can also make it hard for other plants to grow in that area. Trees also play an affect in global warming, When more trees are cut down there is more c02 left hanging around. Trees are also a main source for a lot of our needs. From paper to fuel woods and timber, losing trees can cause problems for…

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Diandine, In the near future, reforestation projects using EM™ compost and Bokashi will be starting aiming at the implementation of organic farming, leading to local development and alleviation of unemployment problems. In addition, a project promoting EM™ in household will be improving living conditions.

 

In February I heard that Mains-Unie will be starting to teach this technology in schools. In the meantime you should check out…

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Hello, I'm new to Haiti Reconstruction so I haven't followed your page on "Bank&Infrastructure Needs". My question is has anyone here heard of the Banque Haitienne De Développement" (BHD)?



This was a cooperative bank, 51% owned by cooperatives beginning back in 1999. This was an innovation in a time when microcredit-caisses populaires had alrady been set in motion. The idea of the BHD was what I've caught here briefly and in the NYT's article Can Microlending Save Haiti? Doesn't… Continue

Note: this is not a sales pitch by an NGO. It is a call for all interested people invested in Haiti to consider a new way to support Haitians for the long term, cooperatively, for basic human rights.



CHRH- Cooperatives for Human Rights In Haiti by Tom Luce, President of Hurah, Inc.… Continue

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