ESF-Life is Good Urban Garden Project

Lara Lechtenberg, Ben Guillaume, Lori Albright, Jen Leary, Ysmaille Jean-Baptiste, Roudy St. Huebert

Background

During the ESF Dec 2010 trip to Haiti, Lara and Ben were struck by the food insecurity and nutrient deficiencies endemic in the tent cities where ESF provided medical care. In handing out handfuls of multivitamins to the children, teenagers, and adults in the clinics, we decided that this was a short-term solution that would only last until our team returned to the US, after which the problems would persist. We realized these communities deserved a long-term solution to their problems with malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, requiring a plan to address the underlying cause of the problem— lack of access to fruits and vegetables. In talking to Ysmaille Jean-Batiste, a community worker and ESF liaison in Port-au-Prince, we discovered a common enthusiasm for solving this problem in the Camp Toto community, and decided an urban garden would be the first step in providing more fruits and vegetables to the men, women, and children of this community.

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