REACH: Rebuilding Rural Haiti

Heifer International's REACH program is a commitment to help rebuild rural communities and to improve economic opportunities in Haiti. The project —REACH, or Rural Entrepreneurs for Agricultural Cooperation in Haiti — will develop 150 breeding centers and provide training for 120 community health workers who, in turn, will train an average of 200 farmers each. REACH will help 20,250 families increase their incomes by combining livestock and crop inputs for integrated farming, improved husbandry techniques, business training and community-building. This five-year, $18.7-million commitment was chosen to be part of the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting. Heifer Haiti will work with farming families, aid organizations, producers' groups, municipalities, ministries and others to rehabilitate and strengthen the crop and livestock-based livelihoods for farming families in Haiti's Northwest, Northeast, Nippes, Grand Anse, Central Plateau and Southeast departments.