The KANPE Foundation

The “jaden lakou” to fight against food insecurity

September 18, 2020

Our “jaden lakou” project started at the end of August in the community we support in the Central Plateau in Haiti. This subsistence gardens project aims to enable 500 families, among the most underprivileged, to grow their own food and sell the surplus in the local market. Seedlings, plants and seeds of several varieties of

Improve living conditions through agroforestry

September 11, 2020

Agronomist Odinave Dominique is the manager of the experimental farm in the community we support in the Central Plateau in Haiti. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, he highlights the importance of this project for the whole community. “The experimental farm gives us the means to fight food insecurity while improving the living conditions

COVID-19: our actions to strengthen food security

September 2, 2020

We have taken action to address the threat of food insecurity within the community we support in Haiti. As a result, the experimental farm resumed its activities following the strengthening of health security measures. With the help of our partner Mouvement Paysan Papaye, we were able to: Train more than 50 farmers, members of 6

Back to school for the students in Baille Tourible

August 21, 2020

The children of Baille Tourible hit the road to school this week to complete the school year interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The joy could be seen on their faces! Since the schools closed this Spring, they have been able to stay in touch, remotely, with educational content through the “Read Haiti” Creole reading

More preventive measures against COVID-19

July 14, 2020

Prevention measures continue to be deployed in the community we support in the Central Plateau in Haiti. While COVID-19 cases continue to increase across the country, no cases have been detected yet at Baille Tourible. We are starting soon to implement new security protocols with the distribution of: Cleaning and disinfection equipment; Hygiene and personal

Anténor Firmin, key figure in the fight against racism

June 3, 2020

Anténor Firmin is a 19th-century Haitian politician and eminent intellectual. He is known for his avant-garde work entitled “The Equality of Human Races. Positivist Anthropology” published in 1885, in response to the racist theories of Gobineau in his work Essay on the inequality of human races. Drawing on empiricism, history, and anthropology, he deconstructs the

An awareness campaign against COVID-19

May 15, 2020

For two weeks now, as part of our prevention campaign against COVID-19 in Haiti, a dozen awareness raisers have been deployed in Baille Tourible, the community that we support in the Central Plateau. They were previously trained in collaboration with our local partner Zanmi Lasante/Partners in Health. With their megaphones, they will cross mountains, valleys,

KANPE is 10 Years Old!

May 12, 2020

Ten years ago today, the members of our Board of Directors signed letters patent formalizing the birth of The KANPE Foundation with the mission to bring support to the most vulnerable communities in Haiti to help them achieve autonomy. What a long way since we started our activities in Baille Tourible (Central Plateau) through 6 pillars: health

KANPE launches its COVID-19 Emergency Fund

May 6, 2020

Today, KANPE launches its COVID-19 Emergency Fund. This fund will allow us to respond to the effects of the pandemic in Haiti, and particularly in Baille Tourible. With a hundred cases already detected in Haiti, we must equip the health clinic with the means to protect its population and surrounding communities and work to reduce

Today is Earth Day

April 22, 2020

In the midst of the COVID19 pandemic, this EarthDay reminds us of the importance of preserving the soil and reforesting the environment in order to create the ideal conditions for agriculture that will help combat food insecurity in the most vulnerable communities. To meet these challenges in Haiti, KANPE collaborates with its local partner Mouvement