Trees4Haiti

In 2006, while watching PBS ‘Antiques Roadshow’, they announced the next show to
air was a Bill Moyers Wide Angle documentary called ‘Unfinished Country’. Previews
about the documentary showed Haitian elections, and environmental concerns, with
a photo of a mountain range with a man on an ATV. The man shown was the founder
of the group ‘Fondation Seguin’, which was featured throughout the documentary.

While already doing business in the Dominican Republic, and having never been to
Haiti, I decided to contact the group from the documentary to offer them donations
and supplies I collected as President of the Plaistow Lions Club. Also, I wanted to
show them the products and services for erosion and dust control that my company
offered. I flew to Haiti, and met with Serge Cantave and Winthrop Attie, who were
the co-founders of Fondation Seguin featured in the documentary.

They were planting more than five hundred thousand trees per year, from a nursery
on top of one of the tallest mountains in Haiti in Parc la Visite. Since the 2010
earthquake, several hurricanes, and political unrest, Fondation Seguin has lost many
members and is no longer active. I co-founded Trees4Haiti.org with VP Winthrop
Attie and we continue to maintain and support the nursery, planting at least
100,000 trees per year.