Peasant Movement of Haiti (MPP)/Grassroots International started a large project to plant 200,000 trees in five Haitian communities, educate the population about the relationship between trees and soil erosion, establish 4 experimental organic farms, conserve 600 acres of land by implementing biomechanical structures for soil conservation; and protect water sources by placing 800 threshold dikes made from drystone walls. Pangea funded 20% of the first year's work.
The Lambi Fund of Haiti built a sugar cane mill in the Tach area of Haiti to enable the farmers there to mill their sugar cane on site, saving time and effort and increasing the income they receive from their crops.
Haitian Health Foundation added to an existing goat breeding & distribution program to provide food, milk, and economic opportunity for families in remote villages. Pangea funded the distribution of 60 additional goats. The goat offspring were used to contribute to a Food program, to give to another family in the village, to eat, and to sell.
CEDICAM (a 2003 grantee in Oaxaca, Mexico) used Pangea funds for a pilot project to form a farming and marketing cooperative for local produce. Two groups of 10 families each grew and marketed organic, healthy food that will appeal to the local palate. The project included construction of a greenhouse, purchase of a truck to take products to market, and market site storage and staffing.
Jubilee House (Managua, Nicaragua) used its grant to add to the revolving loan fund it uses to provide credit to the community of people displaced by Hurricane Mitch. The first loan from Pangea funds was used to repair and upgrade the machinery at a successful women's sewing cooperative which a Pangea delegation visited in May 2004.