MPP at Library of Congress Videos

1. Morning Session
2. Afternoon Session

Seeds for Haiti

“Seeds for Haiti” is a program launched by Bassin Zim EDF at the end of 2008 in response to the food crisis and devastation created by the four hurricanes that hit Haiti in the spring of the same year. It was an initiative to counter famine and create a seed bank with local seeds necessary for sustainable agriculture. This program helped us provide over 200 peasant families with corn and bean seeds for the last planting season. We were far from reaching our goals yet the interest of people in the community is steadily increasing to support and sustain this program.

Seed for Haiti Delegation January 2010

One year after the launching of the Seeds program we organized a delegation to the Plateau Central of Haiti from January 7th to January 12th Ten people from New York participated. The main objective of this delegation was to convey to the public the relevance of programs such as Seeds for Haiti and Trees for Haiti (to be launched 2010). In addition, impress upon them the necessity of supporting the grassroot/peasant organizations in their struggle to produce natural and unrefined food while contributing to the protection of the environment. Sending several delegations to Haiti will be one of our programs every year.

Upcoming Delegation

July 1st - July 6th

Bassin Zim Education and Development Fund invites all to our 6-day Delegation to Haiti to visit the Papaye Peasant Movement (MPP) and its projects, peasant’s farms, farmers market, hospitals, etc. Participants will meet and have the opportunity discuss with MPP leaders, women group, youth group, displaced people, etc. Participants will be staying at the MPP training center.
The delegation meets in Port-au-Prince on July 1st and travels to Hinche in the Central Plateau where the whole time will be spent. The return date to Port-au-Prince is July 6 in the morning. All participants are to arrange for their air travel (we urge all to book their flights in advance to find the best rates). Room, board and transport will cost $300.00 altogether and should be paid to Bassin Zim EDF no later than June 15. Please contact us at (917) 378-2192 or at info@bassinzim.org.

Petition to Monsanto Corporation to stop shipping contaminated seeds to Haiti.

In mid May of 2010, it was announced in Haiti that your company, Monsanto Corporation, decided to give 475 tons of seeds to Haiti. In fact, 60 tons had already been distributed in some areas. Perhaps you have been surprised at the criticism of this donation and at the protests against your company and the Haitian government for accepting what many people call a “poisonous gift.” On behalf of thousands of local farmers in Haiti, we demand that you halt further shipments of hybrid seeds to Haiti.....

Click here to read more..... and sign the petition

Food Sovereignty in Haiti

Youth Summer Camp Program

August 15 – 21, 2010

The Peasant Movement of Papaye (MPP) offers every year a training summer camp for youth between the ages of 15-30.  The summer camp is a space for youth to learn and think and also to develop leadership skills.  The camp is specially designed for the Youth Peasant Worker (Jèn peyizan Travyè, JTP). The JTP, which is the youth section of the MPP, will count for 50% of the participants, and the other 50% will come from other organizations all over the country. Last year, the camp had some international participants from countries such as Dominican Republic, Brazil, the US and France.  About 600 youth will be in this camp which will take place at the MPP Training Center located in Papaye.

 
The theme of this year’s camp is Food Sovereignty.

Among the subjects to be covered are:

. Sustainable agriculture
. Environment
. Global warming
. Youth organizations and reconstruction of a new Haiti
. Children rights
. Youth and University
. STD (Sexually Transmissible Diseases)

Some of the camp activities will include:

- Physical exercise
- Soil conservation practice
- seed bed building
- Natural pesticide production
- Natural fertilizer production
- Tree planting