MPP

Haïti - Movement Peasant Papaye

Founded on March 20, 1973 in Papaye on the Haut Plateau Central in Haiti by a Haitian agronomist, Chavannes Jean-Baptiste. The Mouvement Paysan de Papaye is a peasant organization whose goal is to unite all peasants (Men, Women, Youth) of rural Haiti organized in groups for their cultural and economic promotion where they are real actors of change in their living conditions.

Its mission is to defend the rights and interests of peasants and support them in their socio-economic activities, allows access to training (technical and ideological training through specific training programs and long training but also facilitates university training for young people both in Haiti and abroad) and facilitates access to basic services in the area.

The MPP has more than 60,000 members and about 100 employees. MPP’s areas of intervention are mainly based on family peasant agriculture, integrated water management, rural energy, environmental protection, small livestock farming, social and solidarity economy, and the processing of agricultural products. Training and gender equity are transversal axes within the organization.