President and CEO Pierre Ferrari, meeting with full Haiti staff in Port au Prince office, on Friday said "we're working hard to breed the best goats in Haiti."President and CEO Pierre Ferrari, in Port au Prince, Haiti, for an agricultural investment tour with President Bill Clinton and 19 other key players in development, met Friday with the Heifer Haiti staff for the first time in the office that just opened last month.
Staff from all three offices, including some who have been on the job only a couple of weeks, came together for introductions and brainstorming on how to work together as the Haiti REACH project powers up to help thousands of farm families throughout the country in the next five years.
"One of the things Heifer is most proud of is represented in this room," Ferrari said to the assembled staff. "Look around and it's all or mostly Haitians. If you go to our Kenya office it's the same; the work is being done by Kenyans. It shows what the soul of this organization is, that we believe in and invest in the people in the countries we serve."
Ferrari will spend several days meeting with and touring agricultural investment sites linked to Clinton Foundation work, including a visit to a North Coast Development farm on Sunday that will showcase a planned Heifer goat-breeding center as well as bee and honey operations.
Heifer Haiti staff meets in Port au Prince. Photo by Craig Renaud
