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Haiti assistance Program
July 12, 2010
six montHs after tHe eartHquake, Building for tHe future
Over the past six months, I have made three trips to Haiti, and each
has lft m ll with a mixtur f hp a spair. Trmus
progress has been made, and the resiliency of the Haitian people is
ispiratial, but imms s still rmai.Ppl I saw walkig thrugh th strts f Prt-au-Pric aftr tharthquak with littl mr tha thir shck a grif ar w livigur at last tarps r tts. I aiti, ma Haitias hav accssta t mr rliabl supplis f f, cla watr, saitati a, ism cass, bttr halth car tha th i bfr th arthquak.A w Amrica R Crss prgrams will prvi acialassistac that will mpwr familis wh c st i li fr rlifistributis t bu sm f th thigs th mst, which i turshul hlp stimulat th cutr’s cm.But fr vr sig f ptimism i Haiti, thr is a sa rmir f hwmuch mr rmais t b .Rubbl lls ma si strts i Haiti’s capital. Tts a tarps cvrarl vr p spac, a la wrship is still urslv, lavigfw placs t buil th thusas f much- trasitial shltrs.A thrats f crim a ifctius isas utbraks ar prvalt.W kw th crisis is t vr a th rcvr prcss will b lga ifcult. Haiti a its ppl must rbuil thir hms, cm,halth sstms, schls a trasprtati twrk. With a stimat
$12 billion needed to rebuild Haiti, the needs are far beyond the
capacit f th R Crss al t x, a will rquir th cllctivffrts f gvrmts a humaitaria grups aru th wrl.I wat t assur vr wh grusl at t us that thAmrica R Crss a th glbal R Crss twrk ar ig thabslut bst w ca t hlp as ma ppl as pssibl i Haiti—aur llars ar makig a big iffrc. Th Amrica R Crsssps 91 cts f vr llar ur humaitaria missi, a wwill sp th fus at fr Haiti rlif a rcvr traspartla wisl. Th Amrica R Crss will b i Haiti util th lastat llar is spt, a thaks t ur grsit, w ar makig aiffrc i th livs f th Haitia ppl.
Gail McGovernPresident and CEO, American Red Cross
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Th glbal R Crss twrk is prviig:
Emergency shelter materials for 625,000 people
•Cash grats a micrlas t hlp arl•
210,000 peopleWater for 280,000 people each day
•F fr 1.3 milli ppl fr mth•
Disaster preparedness activities to protect
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500,000 peopleMedical care and/or health education for
•435,000 pplSmi-prmat shltrs t hus 165,000•
people
Latris fr 238,000 ppl•
Emergency supplies for 125,000 people for use
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during hurricane season
a r c f H eh rp
th a r c h v $468
in donations to date. This chart reects $148.5million in spending as of July 12, 2010. This doesnot include an additional $71 million in agreements
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shelter and nancial assistance programs.
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35%
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for 165,000 Haitians.
As shelter
is a tp pririt, th Amrica RCrss has ithr spt r has sigctracts t sp $28.6 milli
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to
prvi smi-prmat shltrs fr aiitial 40,000 Haitias. I th cmigwks w xpct t sig agrmts
for an additional $21 million
. This ffrt
is part of a commitment by the global
R Crss twrk t prvi smi-
permanent shelters for at least 165,000people and permanent shelters for tens
f thusas mr.
Partr R Crss scitisar w builig shltrs i aras utsith capital—Lga, Ptit Gav aJacml—whr lss rubbl rmais tb clar a lawrs ar asir titif. Mawhil, i th Prt-au-Pricighbrh f Cité Slil, cstructiis als ur wa t buil 300 smi-
permanent shelters, enough for 1,500
ppl, i what is th rst larg-scal
shelter project in the capital by a single
rgaizati. Th R Crss a itspartrs hav alra spt $23 milli
to provide more than 625,000 people
with tarps, tts a tls, icluig mr
than 9,200 tarps donated recently to acamp managed by actor Sean Penn’s
rgaizati.
Hh sv—ny $9 p H hp p pv ph h j.
Th Amrica R Crss is rachig
hundreds of thousands of Haitians
with mical srvics a cmmuit-bas halth a hgi ucati.
I a wagrmt with Partrs i Halth, w arspig $3.8 milli t pa th salaris
of more than 1,800 Haitian doctors,
urss a thr staff, ma f whm
have not been paid since even before the
arthquak, at th largst gral hspitali Prt-au-Pric. Th Amrica RCrss is als spig $1.8 milli tkp a Grma R Crss l hspital
open to patients, and is partnering
with th Itratial Cmmitt f thR Crss t prvi $1.4 milli i
prosthetics and rehabilitation support
t ijur Haitias. This is i aitit a xpasiv R Crss cmmuit
health and hygiene education campaign
currtl ur wa i th camps, valuat $900,000.
d Pp—m h$7 pp .
With hurricane
sas up us, th Amrica R Crss
is spending millions to prepare the most
vulrabl ppl—mst f thm livigur tarps r tts—fr svr wathr.Arm with shvls a whlbarrws,lcal rsits i R Crss cash-fr-wrk prgrams ar iggig raiag
ditches, putting sandbags on steep
hillsis a laig gravl. I th vt ahurrica hits th isla, th R Crss isals pr-psitiig mrgc supplis
in 10 cities around Haiti and in a regional
warhus i Paama. Ths suppliswill b abl t hlp 125,000 ppla iclu tarps, tts a blakts. Iaiti, a sris f R Crss isastrprparss activitis, w ur wa,will vtuall trai mr tha half a millippl i mrgc rst ai, saf
evacuati
prcurs a arl warigsstms i 150 camps aru Prt-au-Pric.
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to give over $60 million in nancial
.
Because the needs of
familis iffr, th Amrica R Crssis cmmitt t prviig Haitias withth acial assistac cssar tchs what lcal gs a srvicsth mst. I rct mths,w tst a ivativ cash trasfr
program to give small cash grants tofamilies in camps using cell phones and
txt mssagig.
Although initial efforts focusedon helping families relocate from areas
at high risk f ig, th prgramwill xpa i cmig mths t rach
400,000 families, at a cost of $50
milli. Th Amrica R Crss has alshac its partrship with Fkz,Haiti’s largst micrac istituti,fr a ttal f $8.2 milli t at, i rr
to help nearly 210,000 people (see box,
pag 4). I aiti, thrugh a $6.1milli partrship with Mrc Crps, thAmrica R Crss is fuig a cash-fr-wrk prgram, with a fcus familisutsi Prt-au-Pric wh ar hstighmlss Haitias.
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“Amrica R Crss fuigabls us t srv sigicatlmr familis… whil w striv
to put evermore Haitians on the
pathwa t prmat shltr.”
—Jonathan T.M. Reckford, CEO,Habitat for Humanity International
“W applau th Amrica RCrss fr thir visi t fu such
a program and their leadership in
partrig with a lcal istitutilik Fkz that is cmmitt t
equipping Haiti's most vulnerable
ppulatis with th acialtls th t wathr futurisastrs.”
—Anne H. Hastings, CEO, Fonkoze
THe WAy FoRWARd In SHeLTeR
Th R Crss has alra mt th
emergency shelter
s f 625,000 arthquak survivrswith tarps a tts, a is w mvigfrwar with builig
transitional
or
semi- permanent shelters
fr 165,000 ppl. ThR Crss is criatig with th Haitia
government as they clear rubble and establish
la wrship rights t mv frwar with
building large numbers of transitional shelters
i th capital.
SoURCe: IASC HAITI SHeLTeR CLUSTeR, 2010GRAPHIC By STAnFoRd KAy STUdIo.CoM
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Th shltr prgram is cmprhsiv aiclus cst f latris, watr harvstigsstms istall rfs a cash-fr-wrk cstructi pprtuitis. Fr mr ifrmati ur partrs utsi th glbal R Crsstwrk, plas s th chart pag 4.
PeRMAnenT SHeLTeReMeRGenCy SHeLTeRTRAnSITIonAL SHeLTeR
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“I lv what I’m ig.” Ami th vastati f Haiti’s capital
city and surroundings, Odette Mednard sounds a note of
ptimism. A rssmakr a wr f a small f shpattach t hr hm, Mar has b a clit f Fkzsic 2005. nw a Fkz grup lar, sh w hsts
regular client meetings at her home and counsels other
wm trprurs thir small busisss.Thaks t th Amrica R Crss a its supprtrs,ott a abut 18,000 thr Fkz clits s far—mstf thm wm—hav rciv -tim pamts t cvrmrgc xpss a ar ligibl t rciv w las tgt back thir ft aftr th Jauar 12 arthquak.ott’s hus was amag a sh lst much f hrstr’s ivtr i th quak, but ta hr busiss isgrwig. “M husba was a mas, but h has’t wrk frsix mths. I’m supprtig th famil w. Withut Fkz, itwul all b vr.”
Based on the initial success of the program, the American
R Crss has ubl its ivstmt i Fkz t hlphurs f thusas f thrs lik ott.
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$1.6
pv w .
T ruc th risk f watrbr illsss, th AmricaR Crss is spig a aitial$1.6 milli t prvi cla watr asaitati srvics, as wll as imprvraiag, fr Haitias i Prt-au-Pric.As part f th brar R Crsssmi-prmat shltr prgram,apprximatl 165,000 ppl will alsbt frm rcivig famil latris,raiwatr cllcti sstms istall rfs a watr strag ctairs. Iaiti, w ar partrig with CcrWrlwi t buil a cmprhsiv
drainage system in a camp of 5,000
rsits at risk f ig. R Crssrlif tams will ctiu t prvi ailwatr a saitati srvics atiwit apprximatl 280,000 a 238,000ppl rspctivl.
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for 1.3 million people.
Vulnerable groups in Haiti have longbeen dependent on food assistance, andthis need has only increased since the
arthquak. Th Amrica R Crss has
provided enough food for 1 million peoplefor one month, primarily young mothersand children, through a partnership
with th U.n. Wrl F Prgramm.Th R Crss has als prvi ffr 300,000 Haitias thrugh irctistributis, which iclu ric, basa il.
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evr wka mrig, T Sait Grmai a a grupf fllw halth wrkrs travl vr th hill, pthl-ll ras f Haiti’s capital t rach sm f its mstsprat rsits.T a his cllagus ar part f a Amrica RCrss-fu ffrt t kp vulrabl ppl livig isptaus camps as halth as pssibl. Th havtravl fr wks frm tt t tt, tachig rsitsabut saf hgi practics i thir w hms, as wllas prtcti agaist HIV/AIdS a malaria.
“After January 12, people had to live on top of each
thr,” sas T. “Th wr’t us t this wa flivig.”A vlutr with th Haitia R Crss fr th past 24ars, T is w a tam lar i th pst-arthquakhalth prmti prgram, which will xpa t 100camps acrss th cit.dspit th ifcult citis i th camps, T sash ss sigs f prgrss thaks t R Crss ffrts.But thr is much wrk t t b .
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