Growing food security in Haiti's southern mountains

Cap Rouge: Building Resilience Through Water and Trees

In Haiti's southern mountains, farming families face a daily reality: soil erosion, deforestation, and water scarcity aren't distant problems—they're obstacles that determine what gets planted each season and whether the harvest will survive.

Since 2014, Grown in Haiti has worked alongside Cap Rouge's farmers, learning and growing together. Through AgriNatuf, our farmer-led network, we're transforming the landscape. Our three farmer-leads—including Kenya, the only woman on the team—design custom agroforestry systems that work with each family's land. We plant jackfruit and other perennials alongside annual crops, so families eat while trees establish and build soil. Recently, we completed our first paid regenerative job, proving this model can sustain itself.

But trees need water to survive. Women and children currently walk long distances to gather water for household use and garden irrigation. Our community water infrastructure is essential—it's not separate from agroforestry; together they form one interconnected system.

This campaign expands both. We're extending water access to more farming households, training families in regenerative methods, and developing our demonstration plot's treelines.

The families of Cap Rouge aren't beneficiaries of this work—they're its stewards. This campaign gives them the resources to lead the way forward.