Farmers head out early in the morning into the mountains to plant, care for and harvest sugar cane, corn, mangoes, plantains, cabbage, tomatoes and other crops to feed their families and sell at market. Currently the farmstead houses the agricultural programs including animal husbandry, mango drying, and agronomy training.

CBP plans to continue ongoing efforts to ensure community well-being, cultural preservation, food security and economic development. The following are just some of the future agendas:

• Organizing a trade school to instill education and environmental sustainability
• Introducing Sharecropping Plus Project which plans to assist with agriculture development by providing the community with tools needed to continue with long term development of the region
• Introducing “modern agriculture technology” to assist with continuous sustainability and thriving region for those within the community

Access to clean water continues to be one of the major problems in Haiti. Most water borne diseases like Cholera and Hepatitis could be eliminated with safe water for drinking, bathing and other sanitary purposes.

Promise for Haiti, in response to the problem, has partnered with Comite Bienfaisance de Pignon (CBP) to maintain over 2,000 wells in and around the Pignon area. Despite the new water sources, a large number people still continue to wash clothes, clean equipment and fill containers with drinking water at the river.

Promise for Haiti and CBP are working to educate people on the dangers of river water as it can spread disease and bacteria. Wells have been drilled at each of the nine Christian school locations run by Promise for Haiti and CBP, along with thousands of wells in Pignon, Hinche, Mirebalais, and as far as Cap-Haitian. The wells have become busy places at all hours of the day and have provide a safe source of water for drinking and everyday sanitation.