Moringa in Haiti Benzolive

Yo di Haitien pa gen tèt ansanm (they say Haitians can't come together)... Miss Haiti Carolyn Desert went from being stranded at the airport for $344.18 to raising $4,515 online in just two days...

Read her story: Miss Haiti Carolyn Desert cancels contract with Miss Haiti Committee and Ministry of Tourism (Shocking Story)

With some of that money, Miss Haiti plans to educate some of the Haitian people about Moringa...

Also read: Moringa, the miracle tree

Miss Haiti plans to feed 300 while informing them about the benefits of moringa...

"Each person will go home a bag of moringa powder, 1 plant and exceptional knowledge," She writes on her donation page.

Want to help Miss Haiti out? Visit her donation page here.

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Moringa: Every house in Haiti needs one in the back yard... Here are some nutritional content of Moringa, the miracle tree:

Much of the plant is edible by humans or by farm animals. The leaves are rich in protein, vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C and minerals. 100g of fresh Moringa leaves have 8.3 g protein, 434 mg calcium, 404 mg potassium, 738 μg vitamin A, and 164 mg vitamin C.

Feeding the high protein leaves to cattle has been shown to increase weight gain by up to 32% and milk production by 43 to 65%.

The seeds contain 30 to 40% oil that is high in oleic acid, while degreased meal is 61% protein.

The defatted meal is a flocculant and can be used in water purification to settle out sediments and undesirable organisms.

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