Events/Updates


Emergency Relief and Reconstruction for Haiti

Here is the latest summary of major Haiti Outreach activities since to the most recent tragic events in Haiti due to the earthquake 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.
- Began repair program of hand pumps in Leogane with UNICEF
- Are partnering 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
- Working with the Haitian government to GPS and map tent city locations; there are more than 600 tent cities that have sprung up.
- Working with IOM on restoring irrigation wells in the Gonaives area for long term food supply.

Dale Snyder
Executive Director

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USAID is coordinating relief activities in Haiti . IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE ITEMS THAT ARE NEEDED BY NGO’S IN HAITI AND/OR ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING ON A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO AND HELP, SEE THEIR WEBSITE:

http://www.usaid.gov/helphaiti/