KORE FOUNDATION INC

Create jobs for families in extreme poverty by establishing more smallholder layer (egg) farmers,
focusing on widows and single mothers.

Increase availability of nutrient rich food, specifically animal protein, produced by local farmers
for local consumption.

Improve quality and production for farmers through training, extension services and quality inputs.

Provide one egg each school day to 10,000 kids across 31 rural Haitian schools, and 3 eggs per week through summer programs to address and prevent diet deficiencies and increase their chance of long-term success.

Explore alternatives to current feeding industry model. Introduce locally sourced foods by investing in the local economy.

Make Jesus known to every farmer, child, teacher, and parent we encounter through ministry, bible studies, and vacation bible schools.

While there is a time for relief – an immediate response to emergency situations, such as a family on the brink of starvation – sustainable development focuses on providing resources that are not depleted over time. KORE implements programs that empower people rather than create dependency, equipping communities to change their own futures. We focus on addressing immediate needs AND empowering future generations with the ultimate goal of breaking the cycle of extreme poverty.

In November 2017, after a meeting with our Business Advisory team, KORE began a pilot project converting four broiler coops to layer (egg producing) coops with 180 laying hens per coop. This small-scale pilot project resulted in conversations with W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Summits Education, a WKKF partner representing one of three Model School Network school districts and 58,000 students in the Centre Department of Haiti. We received our 4th grant from W.K. Kellogg Foundation to expand this project to add 48 additional farmers with the capacity to feed 8,000 students an egg-a-day in MSN schools.

Our purpose is to provide opportunities for Haitian people to overcome poverty and become self- sustaining. We use a “Business as Ministry” approach focusing on three key areas:
l Economic Development
Empowering future generations through business opportunities (Chicken Coops)
l Physical Development
addressing the immediate nutritional needs of children
l Spiritual Development
impacting eternal destiny by sharing the Gospel with those we serve.
KORE’s Business Advisory Board
We have assembled an impressive group, all committed to help make an impact in the lives of impoverished people.
“For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisors.” Proverbs 11:14
Steve Cesler Chair, Retiree from Procter & Gamble
Don Stoner, Almark Foods CEO/Founder
Larry Johnson, Riverview Farms CEO/Founder
Blain Peerson, Director of Agribusiness (recent retiree from large feed mill in Florida)
Rick Wood, CEO Wood Development
KORE combines agribusiness opportunities with mission endeavors to provide a “wholistic” approach. We work with families to improve their agriculture practices for better production so they can feed their families and produce a surplus. We help them with access to the market so they have a place to sell. And we provide relief for malnourished children, partnering with our agricultural partners in the process.

Since 2012, Small Holder Poultry Enterprise has been our primary tool, providing opportunity and resources to people stuck in dollar-a-day poverty. KORE provides the necessary resources, training and oversight to help Haitian farmers begin his/her own small business, providing food and income security for a family. KORE farmers do a great job raising healthy birds, but in the difficult economic climate of Haiti, finding markets not saturated by the Dominican Republic and other imports, is a challenge. We continue to work on improving market access and have been successful in securing a grower contract with Haiti Broilers, a subsidiary of Jamaica Broilers, to raise broilers (meat chickens) for market. Additionally, KORE supports the farmers by buying some of their chicken to provide much needed protein for at-risk children.

In 2019, 22 new farmers started producing eggs. 2,033,605 eggs were provided to schools and orphanages throughout Haiti feeding 9,569 children. New and current farmers attended 5 technical training courses to improve production. We also started serving a community of elderly by providing improved housing and nutrition. We are entering the 2nd year of this current project and will be adding additional farmers and feeding more kids.