Together We Can Make a Difference
OUR WORK
ODENOH's Program Areas
ODENOH's programs are organized around three interconnected areas.
1. CIRCULAR COMMUNITIES & WASTE
Turning Environmental Challenges Into Community Solutions
Haiti's waste challenges are environmental problems, but they are also opportunities for education, innovation, community action, and enterprise.
ODENOH works with schools, markets, and communities to develop practical approaches to waste reduction and circular economy.
Our activities can include:
Environmental Education
Helping students and community members understand waste, pollution, recycling, resource use, and environmental responsibility.
School Circular-Economy Labs
Creating practical learning environments where students can separate, measure, track, and improve waste systems.
Recycling & Collection
Connecting communities with local recycling pathways and developing simple systems for recovering recyclable materials.
Waste Reduction & Reuse
Encouraging practices that reduce unnecessary waste, promote reuse, and keep materials in productive use for longer.
Composting & Organic Waste
Where appropriate and feasible, developing small-scale systems that turn organic waste into a useful resource.
Community Cleanups
Using cleanups as opportunities not only to improve public spaces, but also to build environmental awareness, identify sources of waste, and strengthen community stewardship.
Waste-to-Value & Green Enterprise
Exploring opportunities for local entrepreneurs to create value from materials that would otherwise become waste.
Zòn Pam Pi Bèl
Zòn Pam Pi Bèl — “My Area Is More Beautiful” — is one of ODENOH's emerging youth-led environmental initiatives.
The initiative explores how schools can become practical circular-economy laboratories where students help design, operate, measure, and improve local waste systems—and then carry environmental practices into their homes and communities.
The goal is not simply to collect more waste.
It is to build young environmental leaders who can help change behavior.
2. CONSERVATION, AGROFORESTRY & CLIMATE RESILIENCE
Protecting Natural Resources While Strengthening Rural Livelihoods
ODENOH's environmental work extends beyond waste.
In rural communities, environmental sustainability is closely connected to agriculture, food security, land management, and household income.
Our experience includes training in agroforestry, crop diversification, sustainable agricultural practices, and small-scale reforestation.
As this program develops, ODENOH aims to strengthen community-based approaches to:
Agroforestry
Integrating trees and crops in ways that can support productive and more resilient farming systems.
Sustainable Agriculture
Promoting environmentally responsible agricultural practices that strengthen food production and livelihoods.
Land and Soil Stewardship
Encouraging practices that protect productive land and reduce environmental degradation.
Restoration & Reforestation
Supporting locally appropriate restoration activities where communities are ready to participate and sustain them.
Conservation Education
Helping farmers, youth, and community members understand the connection between natural resources, livelihoods, and long-term community well-being.
Climate Resilience
Exploring practical strategies that help communities adapt to environmental and economic pressures.
ODENOH's long-term goal is to develop conservation work that is not simply about protecting nature, but about helping communities become effective stewards of the landscapes on which they dep
3. GREEN ENTERPRISE & SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS
Creating Economic Opportunity Through Environmental Responsibility
ODENOH believes that environmental sustainability and economic opportunity do not have to be competing goals.
Our Green Enterprise work supports women, youth, and community entrepreneurs with education, practical business skills, environmental awareness, and opportunities to develop more sustainable livelihoods.
We work with existing entrepreneurs and community economic initiatives to explore practical improvements such as:
reducing waste and unnecessary packaging;
reusing materials;
separating recyclable materials;
conserving resources;
adopting more environmentally responsible purchasing practices;
improving sustainable agricultural practices;
developing environmentally responsible products and services; and
identifying emerging local green value chains.
We are particularly interested in enterprises that address real community environmental challenges while creating income.
Women and Green Enterprise
Women are central to many local economies.
ODENOH works to strengthen women's economic participation through business development, financial literacy, community savings initiatives, networking, and opportunities to adopt or develop environmentally responsible business practices.
Our emerging green-enterprise approach is designed to connect two forms of opportunity:
stronger livelihoods for women and healthier communities.
Youth and Green Enterprise
Young people also have an important role in Haiti's emerging green economy.
Through environmental education and practical entrepreneurship activities, ODENOH can help youth understand how environmental challenges can inspire new products, services, enterprises, and community solutions.
CROSS-CUTTING APPROACHES
Women and Youth Leadership
Women and youth are woven throughout ODENOH's work.
We seek to create meaningful opportunities for them to organize, learn, make decisions, develop skills, and lead local action.
Community Partnerships
ODENOH works through relationships with schools, farmers, entrepreneurs, community groups, local institutions, and other partners.
Practical Learning
We favor hands-on approaches that allow participants to practice, measure, reflect, and improve.
Local Ownership
We aim for communities to have a meaningful role in designing and sustaining the work.
Evidence and Learning
As ODENOH grows, we will strengthen our ability to document results, learn from implementation, and share models that can be adapted elsewhere.
OUR URBAN-TO-RURAL APPROACH
One Organization, Two Connected Settings
Haiti's environmental and economic challenges look different in cities and rural communities.
ODENOH therefore works across both.
In Urban Communities
We focus on:
Schools
Environmental education, youth leadership, recycling, waste reduction, and circular-economy learning.
Markets
Waste reduction, responsible commerce, recycling, organic waste, and opportunities for women-led green enterprise.
Neighborhoods
Community cleanups, environmental awareness, local collection, and practical behavior change.
In Rural Communities
We focus on:
Farms
Agroforestry, crop diversification, sustainable agriculture, and climate resilience.
Landscapes
Reforestation, restoration, conservation, and responsible natural-resource management.
Livelihoods
Connecting environmental stewardship with food security and sustainable income.
Connecting the Two
Urban and rural environmental work should not exist in separate worlds.
Materials, food, markets, livelihoods, natural resources, and people connect them.
ODENOH's long-term opportunity is to build practical models that recognize those connections.
