FULL LOAD OF BLOCK...... Now we can start building!

MEET MY TEAM OF SOLAR POWER HAITIAN BUILDERS!!!!

If you're a dedicated handyman and enjoy doing projects around your home like me, it's very likely that you've considered building your own house. One of the absolutely pivotal parts of that process, however, is the foundation. My team of Haitian builders working very hard, mixing cement by hand, pouring concrete on footing, bent rebars. This team is powered by solar. We are building green every step of the way. LOL!

Second step....Pillars placement.

 Today we place the pillars. We close and close and close.....KALITE FARM AND B&B COMING SOON!!!!!

HAITI- GRANDE RIVIERE-DU-NORD

Haiti colonial past

General Jean Jacques Dessalines father of Haitian independence - Born at Habitation Cormier, near Grande Rivière-du-Nord in 1758.He took up the fight against the French, fought with savage courage and cruelty, and became notorious for his battle cry, koupe tèt, boule kay (cut off heads, burn down houses). The defeated French forces left the colony, and on January 1st 1804, war had decimated the population and destroyed towns and infrastructure.  

HAITIAN SUGAR CANE....

 During the eighteenth century, France grasped Haiti as a colony from the Spanish. Haiti soon became an important portion of France’s economic dominance. The luxurious item of Sugar cane drove the French economy and helped it surpass its nearby European neighbors. The consumption of the profitability of sugar cane by the French offered no benefits to the African slaves on Haiti. Until these day Haitian still scrap to make a living. Thank you France!

CASHEW APPLE

Let's eat cashew apple forget about the nut. Cashew nut is an important item of commerce, however, in the past the cashew apple was of primary interest, not the nut.( Our land is full of them)
LOVE AND PEACE
Edwine, Ines and Barbara

TI-KAY Traditional haitian adobe house can be seen along the road in the country side, usually housed a family of six.

HIBISCUS RECYCLING PROJECT

Micro recycling project: Using disposable  drinking water sachet that litter the streets throughout Haiti. Sachet will be use for planting a thousand hibiscus cuttings and other seedlings.

"PYE KOKOYE"

"Pye kokoye " Some people believe that coconut palm is the symbol of romance in the tropics, they associate the coconut palm with relaxation and shade looking out over the sea to the horizon 

Our new Land is full of Sweet Mango and Guava......YUMMMM!!!! 100 % ORGANIC ONLY IN HAITI!!!!

Work in progress....

First Step...Building the Foundation for our new Project. HAPPY!!!!!