Haiti - Environment : Community leaders engage in the protection of Morne l'Hôpital
Tuesday to Canape-Vert, Sonia Orismé, the West Departmental Director (DDO) of the Ministry of the Environment in the presence of several Communal Section Administration Boards (CASEC), Administration of Communal Sections (ASEC) and Ministry officials proceeded the launch of a series of training sessions for the benefit of and more than 150 heads of organizations, platforms and community leaders living at Morne l'Hôpital. The objective is to sensitize these actors to protect the site going from Jalousie to Mariani.
In her speech, Sonia Orismé explained that the protection of Morne l'Hôpital, water tower of the metropolitan area, very vulnerable because of harmful citizen actions, must go through the training and awareness of the population on the values of this rich environment. According to her "this two-day training will lead to 5 days of awareness of the population living Morne Hospital. Soil conservation at Debussy, tree planting at Marchand and door-to-door eco-citizen behavior are among other activities planned for the 5 days."
She affirmed that the environmental education of the Haitian population must be a priority for all organizations and groups working for the development of the country concluding "Thus, the DDO, through its roadmap, wants to train, raise awareness, plant seedlings and protect watersheds in order to safeguard national biodiversity, particularly in the department of the West."
wants to train, raise awareness, plant seedlings and protect watersheds in order to safeguard national biodiversity, particularly in the department of the West. "
The community leaders were very satisfied with this initiative stating, "This training is very important because we have an untrained population that does not really know how to manage its environment. After this training, we will retransmit our assets to the community, in order to help manage the Morne Hospital which is deteriorating day by day [...]" concluding "Thus, we will be able to reach our goal is to work on the rehabilitation of the environment of the zone."
