OUR STORY

Creating Opportunity One Farm at a Time

In 2008, a bond of strength, love, loyalty, and trust was formed at an unexpected time between these two, one a retired school teacher on a mission trip in Haiti; Kathy Radcliffe, and Frantz Dorcel Ady, a young vibrant college student, translating to earn money to pay for his education. They met, worked together throughout the week and formed an unbreakable relationship. Their undying loyalty has been the motivating factor in this mission project that has created opportunities for many in a land of need. One might ask how such a meeting could be the beginning of such a heart-felt connection. These two can only explain it in this way: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28

When Frantz Dorcel was a young boy he heard God speak to him telling him that he would do things to improve Haiti through farming. In 2009, he was selected to receive an international internship with The Ohio State University that brought him to Metrolina Greenhouses, in North Carolina, one of the largest greenhouses in the United States. It was at Metrolina that he found a way to answer his calling to improve farming in Haiti.

A NEW APPROACH

Through the internship and visits to many farms throughout the USA, Frantz Dorcel formulated a plan to start something new in farming for Haiti bringing a new idea of creating a model agri-business of self-sustainability for others to follow. It was a new idea of helping others to help themselves, not a hand out. He had the goal of starting a farming business supported, in the beginning, by a non-profit in the United States. After Frantz Dorcel’s internship, he asked Kathy if she would be willing to open a non-profit organization in the United States whose mission would be to help Haitian agriculture organizations become self-sustaining. Kathy believed strongly in helping others to help themselves. A hands on education for the community was important to her. She agreed to begin an organization devoted to this cause; a service that has been void in Haiti. In 2011, Kathy started gaining support for this project and work began with Planting for Hope and Future (PHF),the Haitian agriculture team and started with one experimental form that had a drip irrigation system.

Frantz Dorcel Ady with Kathy Radcliffe at the first PHF farm project in Haiti.

“Simply increasing aid is not enough. Investments must be made empowering the national Haitians working to pull themselves out of poverty with dignity.”

Frantz Dorcel Ady, Founder and Executive Director of Planting for Hope and Future.

GOALS

FOR THE CURRENT INITIATIVE

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Produce & Distribute Quality Disease Resistant Seeds

 

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Reduce Malnutrition & Acute Hunger

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Maintain Farmland

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Spread Education

THE PLAN FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

 

  • Implement the Most Advanced Farming Technology
  • Empower Transformation Through Community Education
  • Plant Long-term Cash Crops
  • Continue to Advance Strong Business Practices
  • Provide a Model for Others to Follow

Implementing Advanced Farming Technology

Developing Demonstration Farms

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Experimentation of Disease-Resistant Seeds

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Promoting New Farm Techniques

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We are there to assist, empowering community transformation and independence.

Educating local farmers, community members, and local universities.

Model for Others to Follow

New Varieties Added

Diversity is always a must to increase produce production. This year many new fruit tree varieties were added to the farms such as: star fruit, sugar apple, coconut trees, cherry, and grapefruit. Trucks bring in the loads to be planted on the farms.

  • New fruit trees added for diversity
  • Adding star fruit, sugar apple, coconut trees, cherry, and grapefruit
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Ongoing Work to Keep the Farms Productive

  • Root weeding a lime tree
  • Continued work on the farms to keep them productive
  • Mango Trees in Bloom

 

FOUR DISTINCT CHARACTERISTICS

OF H4H AS A NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION

  • We are dedicated to community-based organizations driven by the local people’s initiatives. H4H seeks to identify agriculture organizations and communities in poverty-stricken areas striving to become independent and help them realize their full potential through lasting development.
  • We work as a financial facilitator, not a program manager, to empower local Haitian organizations to address the social and economic factors that affect their lives.
  • We recognize that the success of a target project is due solely to the diligence and creative initiative of the local organization.
  • We are dedicated to good stewardship of all donations by maintaining very close communication with the recipient organizations and by engaging in strong due diligence measures, including requiring a detailed budget, an itemized monthly accounting of all expenditures and capital expenses, and meeting virtually with the Haitian Board.
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