Events/Updates
Earthquake Emergency Relief and Reconstruction for Haiti
Here is a summary of the major activities that Haiti Outreach performed related to the devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010 and its aftermath:
- Delivered relief water to people in Port-au-Prince with our water truck for the first few weeks
- Assisted repairs of water and electricity to the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince
- Installed a water supply for a hospital and recovery center that Doctors Without Borders is building in Port-au-Prince
- Responded to the Haitian government’s water authority (DINEPA) which requested we handle the restoration of rural water supplies in the earthquake affected areas
- In fulfillment of that request, inventoried water sources in the Leogane and Gressier communes and currently working on inventories in Grand Goave and Petit Goave areas.
- Conducted repair program of hand pumps in Leogane with UNICEF
- Partnered with a local federation in Leogane called RAFAPOL to ensure local management of the hand pumps following our community management model for wells
- Worked with geologists from V3 Companies of Chicago to draw up plans for various water projects in the earthquake area
- Worked with the Haitian government to GPS and map tent city locations; there are more than 600 tent cities that have sprung up.
- Worked with IOM on restoring irrigation wells in the Gonaives area for long term food supply.
Dale Snyder
Director of Development
