Our Story
It all started with a dream and a jingle that went "plant a tree; watch it grow." As someone who spent her childhood in the countryside, playing under luscious green mango trees under the heat of Haitian sun, the desire to aid with the current deforestation problem in Haiti started as a personal initiative after seeing the devastation caused by the earthquake in January 2010.
Sandra, along with the support of family and friends, came up with a goal that the small peninsula in the Caribbean, struggling with massive tree cutting problems, could regain its green canopies once again. That vision officially came to life in July of 2010. Ten years later, we have provided the means to grow more than 200 000 trees in many nurseries found in the commune of Leogane and surrounding regions.
Today, we are very proud to see all the programs which derived from this grassroots movement. This includes educational, wellness and agricultural programs. They help with food security and sustainable development.
We are moving in the right direction and wish to continue for many years to come.
Our Mission
Tree Angels for Haiti is a community-lead reforestation program aimed to help decrease environmental catastrophes, diseases and poverty associated with massive tree-cutting activity in Haiti.
We vow to contribute over a long period of time and in a sustainable way to the current reforestation efforts in Haiti, and to reduce environmental degradation through educaional and neighborhood revitalization planting projects. The primary goal is to plant trees where there's an urgent need. We wish to help establish environmental and economic stability and therefore help educate and empower the community.
Our Programs
Tree Planting
Our main program is to plant trees. Three times every year we go on a Haiti trip and plant in Leogane. See more.
Enviromental Education
In Haiti we visit schools and educate the children about trees. Recently we've published our own educational booklet about forests. We plan to publish more in the future. Read more.
School Partnerships
Including the backpack for Haiti program and Teachers helping Teachers Scholarship. Read more.
Dental Education
Ever since 2014 we've been going to Haitan schools and educating them about dental health. We've distributed many toothbrushes to the children and also informed them how to take care of their teeth. Read more.
Seeds for School Supplies
Exchange of seeds for school supplies in order to foster community support. Read more.
Francine's Garden
Haiti lacks many vegtables that we use everyday to cook. Our plan is to give families vegtables to plant and sell them or eat them. We've started with a few families and plan to take on neighborhoods. Read more.