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CHF International Resource Development
8601 Georgia Ave, Suite 800
Silver Spring, MD 20910

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Erin Mote, Resource Development Manager at
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Thank you for helping the people of Haiti. Your donations are invaluable in helping the Haitian people in the reconstruction and recovery of their communities and country.

CHF International Earthquake Recovery Activities in Haiti

WHERE WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW:

We are working Port-au-Prince (namely Delmas, Petion-Ville, Cite Soleil, Port au Prince and Carrefour). We are also working in Grand Goave, Jacmel, Petit Goave, Leogane, Petit Guinee, Cap Haitien, Martissant St. Marc and Gonaives as well as a host of other communities across Haiti.

ON THE GROUND IN HAITI RIGHT NOW:

At the end of February, CHF was awarded $20.9M from the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance to continue our earthquake response for eight months. We are focusing our recovery activities on:

Heavy Machinery Rubble Removal

CHF has been partnering with Caterpillar-Haytrac in Haiti since before the earthquake, jointly running a vocational training program to train Haitian Caterpillar operators. We are working with Caterpillar-Haytrac now to remove large amounts of rubble from roads, canals and public buildings on a daily basis, employing graduates of the CHF-Caterpillar vocational training program and training more operators. Additionally, as part of this process, we have retrieved important public records such as the archives of the Ministry of Education and the main Cathedral.

Cash for Work Rubble Removal Teams

Creating employment is vital. Haiti has an unemployment rate estimated around 70% and this has been increased by the destruction. CHF will employ approximately 16,000 day laborers for a minimum of 20 days each, to clear rubble in rubble removal teams. The teams are of 12 laborers, equipped with tools and safety training, and paid 200 gourdes a day (approx $5). We aim for 40% of the laborers to be women. CHF provides laborers with basic health insurance and vaccinations.

Shelter

We will be building or improving up to 5600 shelters for Haitian families. CHF’s transitional shelters are made of a wooden structure and a special plastic sheeting, and requires approximately 4 skilled people and 3-4 community helpers to build. The building has a slanted roof with a gutter, so that rain water can be recycled for drinking, and we are looking into including solar lamps to upgrade the shelters. The size of the shelter responds to international standards of 3.5 square meters per person.
 

Where a Haitian family has an existing good quality shelter, we can also provide them with a kit of construction equipment and training to enable them to make their shelter safe, sanitary and resistent to the climate.

Jobs Creation

Working with our offices throughout Haiti, we are undertaking infrastructure projects such as road building, canal clearing and school construction that create short term cash-for-work jobs for people in these sectors and teach them new skills. We are also continuing our long term jobs creation plans, both in Port au Prince and around Haiti, in sectors such as garments and agriculture.

Learn more about how your donations are helping the people of Haiti.

Learn more about CHF's long-term programs in Haiti.