By Claude Levy
The year started with a major and most important Mental Health Seminar designed for teachers and school principals by Health Professionals to help teachers detect early signs of depression in children and take appropriate steps.
In the summer we had our regular KPP Summer Camp monitored by members of KPP Haiti. It was well attended and a fun time for students who participated.
The Sponsorship Program is doing well with the help of donors who guarantee the necessary supplies for children in need. This translates into academic success for those children.
The KPP Children Library turned from curiosity to avid interest for the children in the community, even the preschoolers.
The School Garden Project is developing a sense of responsibility in the students and is a hands-on activity. They learn how to plant and grow vegetables that they can actually consume. It has become an actual class in proper nutrition.
The Animal Breeding Project was conceived with the idea to eventually get the owner of the goat to become more secure financially after returning a newborn goat to the project. The future babies born to that goat will be his to sell and profit from. As for the cows, the interesting outcome of the donation is that the inhabitants of the village will be consuming milk as well as sell the surplus.
The latest venture is the Agricultural Coffee Project which has started recently. The coffee plants look very healthy already; although we know that it will be years before they come to production, the farmers who receive the seeds to plant are experienced in that type of production.
All in all, KPP has seen satisfactory results in all of these projects for the year 2022 and will continue to support the population of Port-a-Piment in whatever ways that will make them financially secure in the long run, which will stimulate them to develop their villages.
May we emphasize that all the above projects were developed and are supervised by the members of KPP Haiti. We are so proud of their commitment and their professionalism.
The Board of Konbit Pou Potapiman wishes you a Peaceful Holiday Season, as we continue to work toward a Better Year 2023 for our homeland.
Thank You so much for the support.
Congratulations KPP for these initiatives. If each department of Haiti had one group of Haitians lending a hand at this level, we would less of our brothers and sisters in poverty. KPP is an example to follow. Thanks to Frantz & Nicole Jean for their leadership.