Registered Nonprofit · Georgia, USA

Every farmer deserves
the dignity of the right tools.

Hies equips smallholder farmers in Haiti and worldwide with irrigation, tools, and polytechnic education — while helping the diaspora return, invest, and rebuild. Hope in every seed.

500M+
smallholder farmers worldwide we stand with
18
chapters in our founding vision document
3
pillars: tools, education, diaspora return
HOPE IN EVERY SEED· HAITI· DIASPORA· WORLD· HOPE IN EVERY SEED· HAITI· DIASPORA· WORLD·
Our Model

From seed to self-sufficiency, in five stages.

Hies is built on a simple belief: a farmer with the right tools, water, and education doesn't need charity — they need a fair start. This is the arc every dollar and every hour follows.

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Seed

Access to quality seeds and starter kits for smallholder plots.

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Water & Tools

Irrigation kits, plowing-as-a-service, and the Dignity Kit of hand tools.

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Education

Polytechnic curriculum from primary school through leadership-level training.

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Harvest

Higher yields, less post-harvest loss, and real income from the land.

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Return

Pathways for diaspora families to resettle, invest, and rebuild at home.

What We Do

Four programs. One mission.

Every initiative Hies runs ladders up to the same goal: farmers with real tools, students with real skills, families with real health, and a diaspora with a real path home.

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Agricultural Empowerment

Irrigation kits, plowing-as-a-service cooperatives, and the Dignity Kit — quality hand tools, hermetic storage bags, and soil health supplies delivered at cost, not charity.

Tools & Irrigation
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Polytechnic Education

Anchored by HIES Technical College in the Central Plateau — a hands-on curriculum spanning machinery, soil science, crop health, and four-language fluency, taught on a working teaching farm.

Schools & Curriculum See the full plan →
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Rural Dental & Heart Health

Mobile dental clinics and school screenings for farming communities, where untreated tooth and gum disease is closely linked to heart disease — in both adults and children.

Dental & Cardiovascular Care
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Diaspora & Resettlement

Practical guidance and connections for diaspora families considering a return to Haiti — housing, land, business setup, and community integration support.

Resettlement Support
MOUTH & HEART, ONE SYSTEM
A Health Gap We Can't Ignore

In rural Haiti, a bad tooth can become a bad heart.

Dental care is one of the most overlooked health needs in rural farming communities — and one of the most consequential. Untreated gum disease and tooth decay allow bacteria to enter the bloodstream, driving the same inflammation linked to heart attacks, stroke, and infections of the heart lining. Research shows adults with gum disease face a meaningfully higher risk of heart attack, and childhood tooth decay is tied to hardened arteries later in life. Farmers already carry a heavy cardiovascular burden — poor oral health quietly makes it worse, for parents and children alike.

  • 01
    Mobile Dental ClinicsBringing basic screening, cleanings, and extractions directly to farming villages with no local dentist.
  • 02
    School Screening DaysCatching decay and gum disease early in children, before it becomes a lifelong health burden.
  • 03
    Heart-Health Referral NetworkConnecting patients with cardiovascular risk factors to follow-up care beyond the dental chair.
Help Fund a Dental Mission
Why It Matters

The gap we're closing.

66%
of Haiti's population lives rurally, dependent on farming
<30%
of Haiti's cultivable land has any irrigation
30%
of harvested grain lost yearly to poor storage alone
28%
higher heart attack risk linked to untreated gum disease

Sources: World Bank, FAO, UNICEF Haiti, GAFSP, CareQuest Institute, peer-reviewed cardiovascular research — cited in full in our founding vision document.

Coming Home

The diaspora isn't just a source of remittances.
It's a source of return.

  • 01
    Resettlement GuidancePractical, honest advice on land, housing, and paperwork for families planning a return.
  • 02
    Investment PathwaysConnecting diaspora capital directly to cooperative tool funds and irrigation projects.
  • 03
    Community NetworkLinking returning families with local cooperatives, schools, and neighbors already on the ground.
The land is good. It was never the land that abandoned us. It's everything around it.
— A farmer's reflection, Bombardopolis, Haiti · from our founding vision document
Join Us

There's a place for you in this.

Whether you give, volunteer, or simply spread the word — every seed planted here grows because someone chose to plant it.

Donate

Fund a Dignity Kit, sponsor a classroom, or support our operating costs directly.

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Volunteer

Share your skills — agriculture, education, logistics, or fundraising — with our team.

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