Let's Build Gonave, Haiti!

Let's Build Gonave Haiti is ending the year on a high note.  We have seen so many developments and have laid a good foundation to build on.  We have and will continue to support building up the local plant and tree population on the island of La Gonave.  Not only to support our current honeybee program, but future programs. We will look into rabbit rearing when we visit the island of La Gonave to see if this would be a viable industry.  We talked about Talipia farming, which is still something that we are interested in, however the lack of water is a major concern.  Finally we are hoping to put programs in that will allow for more sustainable farming, and ways to overcome issues with the poor soil. By this time next year we will talk about visiting the island next year and harvesting the honey.  Our hope is to start building a marketing campaign that will get locals involved and understand honey and beekeeping.  If our partner organization obtains...

The Backyard Beekeeper which is one of the many honeybee books we will have purchased. Through many of the projects that I have been researching there are books and magazines that are very important to developing agriculture on La Gonave.  Many of these books have provided detail guidance on next steps. We have started the process of purchasing some books that will go into a small Agricultural Library.  Since our first project is in honeybees and deforestation/reforestation, the first books will pertain to those subjects.  The first set of books should arrive on Dec. 2.  We will set a budget for future purchases of books that will be for the library on La Gonave. This Agricultural Library is only for members of the Cooperative.  So regardless of what type of farming they are in, if they are part of the cooperative then they would have access to this library.  The books can not be checked out and taken out of the library.  Members can read the...

http://inhabitat.com/launchpad-shipping-container-computer-labs-let-south-african-students-communicate-with-mentors/ The above link talks about how LauchPad setup computer labs equipped with solar panels in South Africa as computer labs for students.  As you know I and my team are always on the phone, scouring the internet, and researching ideas.  This idea is a great way to help connect Gonave to the world. It will take a few different programs to get this started.  First the plan. Plan Create some 50 different computer labs throughout the island of Gonave.  Which will use shipping containers as the computer lab.  Each lab will contain two shipping containers connected to have a total of 20 different computer stations (10 per container).  The labs will be powered by solar panels on the top of each building.  These labs will either use Netbooks, full size desktop computers, laptops, or Tablet PC's.  With over 50 computer labs with 20 di...