On March 1, 2024, armed gangs and other individuals looted the National Association of Fruit Processors (ANATRAF) offices and warehouse in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. ANATRAF is a non-profit organization that helps hundreds of smallholder farmers grow fruit and process it in local workshops. On March 1, the unthinkable happened: armed gangs stole or destroyed all the finished products they had already processed (such as jams, chocolates, cassava, mamba, alcoholic beverages, etc.), all the raw materials (cocoa, alcohol, sugar, etc.), and all the materials and inputs contained in the store (mills, mattresses, refrigerators, control equipment, bottles, jars, training materials, etc.), including a stock of 7 tons of cocoa. This is a massive loss for a small non-profit organization like ANATRAF. It took them years to reach that level of organization and autonomy.

The proceeds of this campaign will temporarily help ANATRAF relocate its operations to the south of Haiti, sustaining 70 fruit producers. They can no longer work in their warehouse in Croix-des-Bouquets, which is overrun by gangs. The project will address the following key areas: Supply Chain Reconstruction in the South, Infrastructure Rehabilitation, Product Diversification and Value Addition, Community Engagement and Capacity Building, and Risk Management. 

Your donation will enable ANATRAF to mobilize its network of small fruit growers to supply two centers in southern and northern Haiti and rebuild its supply chain strategy.

ANATRAF’s relocation to southern Haiti offers lasting benefits. It will stimulate production by creating new jobs, benefit smallholder farmers in the South and North, and ensure the sustainability of ANATRAF’s activities. ANATRAF’s food processing role strengthens local nutrition and production in the country. By prioritizing sustainability across economic, social, and environmental dimensions, ANATRAF guarantees long-term development benefits for local communities.

Donate online today to support small fruit growers and processors in Haiti!

If you can donate only by check or wire:

• In Haiti, send a check to FOKAL at 143 Avenue Christophe, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Memo: ANATRAF)
  • Wire donation to FOKAL’s bank account: 

                                   Name: Fondation Connaissance et Liberté

                                   Address:  143 Ave Christophe, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

                                   Account number: 141-1022-1244226

• In the USA, send a check to Ayiti Demen,28 Bethune Street, New York, NY 10014 (Memo: ANATRAF)

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More about ANATRAF:

The Association Nationale des Transformateurs de Fruits (ANATRAF) was created on June 12, 2002, by a group of thirty-seven processing units. In agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Rural Development (MARNDR), and with the support of the Projet Rural Franco-Haïtien, this initiative aimed to strengthen processing units to meet the significant challenges facing the processing sector in Haiti. ANATRAF specifically targets farmers in search of sustainable livelihoods. Thanks to the association’s various interventions and support, the country now has over a hundred workshops spread across the 10 regions of Haiti, 70 of which are ANATRAF members.