Growing Churches. Strengthening Communities.
A church-led micro-grant initiative that invests in income-generating projects — creating jobs, building church sustainability, and serving communities across Haiti.
What Is Emmanuel Community Seeds?
In Haiti, the local church is often the most trusted institution in its neighborhood — the place people turn to in crisis, the space where community life is organized, and the voice that speaks for those no one else is listening to. But trust alone does not sustain a community.
Emmanuel Community Seeds provides funding of $8,000 to $10,000 to local churches in Haiti to launch income-generating projects that simultaneously serve their surrounding communities. It is a structured investment in the productive capacity of the local church — with full accountability, documented co-investment, and a mandatory plan for financial growth.
Every funded project must satisfy two non-negotiable conditions:
- The church must earn from it. Every project must generate real, recurring income for the church — sufficient to reduce its dependency on external support.
- The community must visibly benefit from it. Every project must include a built-in service component for the surrounding neighborhood — specifically for those who cannot fully pay.
Before receiving a single dollar, every church must demonstrate 75% of the amount they are requesting in documented, itemized assets — land, equipment, materials, labor, or existing funds. Every funded church must also present a plan to reinvest 25% of the received grant back into the project within 8 to 12 months.
- Minimum 3 jobs created
- 12-month completion window
- 90-day progress report
- 60% upfront · 40% at milestone
Church Sustainability
Generate monthly income that reduces the church's dependency on outside support.
Job Creation
Each project must create a minimum of 3 stable, paid positions in the community.
Community Impact
Projects must serve a real, identified need — water, food, education, or more.
How Projects Are Selected
Applications are reviewed by the EIM leadership team in partnership with our field coordinators in Haiti. Projects are evaluated on feasibility, community impact, and the church's capacity to sustain the initiative beyond the grant period.
Selected projects receive funding in two installments: 60% upfront and 40% upon submission of a 90-day progress report with photos.
Submit Your Project
Applications are open to churches partnered with or affiliated with Emmanuel International Missions. Complete the form below. Our team will follow up within 10 business days.
Formulaire de Soumission de Projet
Accès réservé aux églises invitées
Ce formulaire est réservé aux églises qui ont reçu une invitation à participer au programme Community Seeds. Sélectionnez votre église et entrez le code fourni par Emmanuel in Missions.
Be a Founding Funder
We are in our launch phase. Your gift today goes directly into the Emmanuel Community Seeds fund and will be disbursed to the first approved church projects. Every dollar you give creates jobs and builds sustainable income for a local church in Haiti.
As projects are approved and launched, you'll see them listed here with direct giving links.
The Types of Projects You’re Funding
We are currently reviewing applications from our partner churches. Here are the categories of projects your gift will make possible.
Agriculture
Church-run farms and market gardens that produce crops for local sale — creating stable income for the congregation and food security for the surrounding community.
Agro-Processing
Church-run units that turn raw crops into value-added goods — cassava flour, fruit juice, peanut butter — generating consistent revenue well beyond the harvest season.
Community Kitchen & Feeding
Communal kitchens and school feeding programs that meet nutritional needs while training local workers and sustaining the church's long-term mission.
Micro-Enterprise
Small income-generating workshops — sewing, soap-making, artisan crafts — equipping community members with a marketable trade and a reliable, dignified source of income.
Vocational Training
Practical skills centers run by the local church — carpentry, construction trades, and life skills — investing in the next generation of self-sufficient Haitian workers.
Community Health
Community health worker training, first-aid posts, and maternal care programs that bring essential health services to underserved rural congregations.
Digital Access
Computer labs, internet access points, and digital literacy programs connecting Haitian churches and communities to economic and educational opportunities.
Water & Sanitation
Wells, cisterns, filtration systems, and hygiene programs serving both the church campus and surrounding families — one of the most urgent and fundable needs in rural Haiti.
Livestock
Church-managed goat, pig, and poultry programs that generate consistent income, provide protein for the community, and build long-term financial resilience.
Literacy & Education Support
Tutoring centers, reading rooms, and adult literacy programs run by the local church — empowering children and adults left behind by the formal school system.
Every dollar you give today goes directly into the Emmanuel Community Seeds fund and will be disbursed to the first approved church projects.
To every partner who has chosen to invest in this work — thank you. Your commitment is not just financial; it is a declaration that local churches in Haiti are worth believing in. Together we are not simply funding projects, we are building something that will outlast all of us: sustainable communities anchored in faith, dignity, and economic independence.
We are grateful to walk this road with you.
Become a Partner
We would be glad to cooperate with you. Download our partnership package to learn how your organization or business can be part of what God is doing through local churches in Haiti.