Our Center

The Youthaiti Center for Sustainable Development is our base of operations, an education center,  a community gathering place, and provides accommodations for people who travel from overseas or from other communities for a day or a week of training programs.

The Center provides many young Haitians with their first “hands-on” experience with ecological technologies including 3 styles of ecological toilets, permaculture, and household container gardening and experimenting with other sustainable practices such as ecological charcoal manufacture.  (Continued below)

Volunteer Shelly Hagen teaching crocheting to women’s coop at the Center.

 

 

 

Technician Marie Lucie checking hoses at our water treatment tanks at the Center.

Although our building is complete, there are many projects we dream of doing there still: rainwater capture, increased solar electric capacity, aquaponics, and ongoing educational programs for youth and young adults.

Your support helps our programs continue to grow!  Please consider becoming a sustaining member of our Center for Sustainable Development.

 

 

Cook and housekeeper Benada Elysee in kitchen of Center for Sustainable Development.

Below: Community tree distribution at the Center.  Families came to pick up fruit tree seedlings for planting.