The Lambi Fund of Haiti providing financial, training and organizational support to rural community organizations in Haiti. The Lambi Fund focuses its funding in five main project areas: Sustainable Development, Community Micro-credit, Animal Husbandry, Environment, Organizational and Leadership Training. With respect to earthquake recovery, the Lambi Fund of Haiti has begun implementing a four-phase strategy to help rural communities throughout Haiti cope with the mass migration from Port-au-Prince to the rural communities.
The Lambi Fund of Haiti was founded in 1994 by Haitians, Haitian-Americans, and North Americans. The Lambi Fund draws its name from the lambi (pronounced lahm-bee), which is the Haitian Creole word for conch shell. The conch shell, blown as a horn, has played a vital role in community organizing throughout Haiti's history. During the slave rebellion against the French colonialists in 1791, the lambi's call alerted the slaves to impending danger and the need to assemble. Today, the echo of the lambi alerts villagers in distant hamlets that a community meeting is about to commence. The symbol of the lambi was chosen to represent the Haitian people's hope, strength, resistance, and struggle for self-determination.
