A Tree Grows Quietly in Haiti (8 Million Times Over)
February 16, 2011
LEOGANE, Haiti — The key to making good news in Haiti is to stay out of it. That’s according to John Winings, acting director of the Comprehensive Development Project, a small organization operating in the hills above Leogane.
Over the past 20 years, CODEP has quietly planted more than 8 million trees — a living, breathing forest in Haiti. Reforestation and anti-erosion programs are overwhelmingly unsuccessful in Haiti, which suffers from vast deforestation. But CODEP has a remarkable 80 percent success rate with the trees it plants.
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A Tree Grows Quietly in Haiti (8 Million Times Over)
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