haiti three months on

8/9/2019 Haiti Three Months On

1/21

Haiti Update

April 2010


2/21

It is now three monthssince a major earthquakehit Haiti, measuring 7.0 onthe Richter scale.

This was the strongestearthquake that Haiti hadexperienced in more than200 years.

An estimated 250,000

people died (about thepopulation of Rotherham)and more than 1.5 millionpeople lost their homes.

12 January: Haiti


3/21

Our Caritas partnersand CAFOD Emergencystaff have beenworking around theclock ever since,delivering life-savingaid to the mostvulnerable in the worstaffected areas.

This is all thanksto your help.

Your support


4/21

Your support

CAFOD supporters havedonated 4.75million tohelp the people of Haiti.

Thank you!

Carmen and family


5/21

Your supportCardinal Wiseman

School, Birminghamheld cake sales, aweekly soup kitchenand non-uniformdays. Year 8 schoolcouncillorspresented a chequefor 1280 to CAFODrepresentative,

Anne Mitchell.


6/21

Your support

Year 9s at St Anne'sConvent inSouthampton raised800 for Haitithrough a bring andbuy sale.


7/21

Your support

Students at St Joseph's,Bradford, swam theequivalent length of theEnglish Channel toraise money for Haiti.

Well done and thank you to everyone!


8/21

The situation now

The earthquake destroyed90 percent of schools inPort au Prince.

Makeshift schools havebeen built and, now that

Easter is over, children arestarting to go back toschool.

The schools must bereopened, children have togo back to their studies asquickly as possible.

Fr. Zucchi,Salesian head teacher


9/21

But this is also the rainyseason, bringing more

problems for people whohave lost almosteverything.

Heavy showers fall everyday and can collapsetents and turn the campgrounds into mud baths.

Rebuilding a tent after heavy rain

The situation now


10/21

Despite the rains, ourpartners, Caritas, have

been distributing food to7,200 families living inthe Ptionville Club camp,Port au Prince.

Caritas efforts havefocussed on ensuring thatthe communitiesthemselves share fully inthe distributing of food.

Through cash for workschemes, people can helpdistribute food and earn awage at the same time.

Partners work


11/21

Each family of six

receives an 80 kiloration of food that willlast them for a month.

Jenny arrived at

Ptionville Club with herparents and five sistersand brothers the dayafter the earthquake.

This food has come justin time. Now we cansurvive for a bit longer.

Jenny

Partners work


12/21

Caritas are providingmeals for 1.5 millionpeople, trucking in 30,000gallons of clean water to

four camps every day,building latrines andgiving out hygiene kits,jerry cans and waterpurification kits.

Partners work

Preparing World Food Program suppliesfor delivery to over 1000 people


13/21

In addition, Caritas child

protection staff helpmore than 2,000 childrenin five locations withcounselling.

It is difficult to get thechildren to talk directlyabout what they havegone through. When wefirst see them, they areshy and silent. Often,

they will stand in thebackground.

Joseph Vilton

A girl painting in one of three child-friendlyspaces in Ptionville Club camp

Partners work

Counselling helps childrenand gives them back somenormality in their lives.


14/21

Haitian determination

Robert Cruikshank fromCAFOD recently met a Haitianvolunteer called Flaubert inPort au Prince.

Flaubert had been given workdigging but, the morning aftera conversation with Robertabout sanitation, he arrived atcamp with a full set of

technical drawings of latrines,sketched by torchlight in hismakeshift shelter. He was adraughtsman by trade.

We managed to setup a regular watersupply and built five

latrines but the work,of course, willcontinue.

Robert Cruikshank


15/21

"Haitians are determined to be apart of rebuilding their countryand with this they feel they aredoing something that gives themdignity."

Robert Cruickshank,CAFOD senior emergency response officer

Haitian determination

It is vital thatHaitians areallowed to be at the heart ofthis massive task of recovery

Matthew CarterCAFOD head of humanitarian support


16/21

Let us pray

Haitians met in the ruinsof the Cathedral in Portau Prince to celebrateEaster.

Let us join our prayerswith theirs


17/21

For the people of Haiti

Risen Lord,

Your resurrection brings us hope and joy.

May the light of Easter shine always in

our hearts, and through us to others.We pray that the Haitian people willexperience something of your new lifethrough our love and support.

Comfort those who mourn and givewisdom and strength to all who arehelping to rebuild Haiti. Amen


18/21

Your support

If you are still trying to fundraise andwould like some ideas, the fantasticfundraising toolkit on our website will

help you to organise and plan afundraising event at school.

>


19/21

How is your money spent?

These are just a few examples:

30 buys a food pack to feed a family for one week1.5 million people have received emergency food

330 buys a tent for six people100,000 people have received tents or tarpaulin

25 buys a basic hygiene kit for a family

350,000 people have been provided with healthcare including surgeries, trauma care and healthkits


20/21

You can keep up to date with progressin Haiti by visiting our blogs:

More about Haiti

You can also visit our website to take actionto cancel Haitis debts to the IMF:

>

>>

You can see how graffiti is being used inone of the Haitian camps:

>>


21/21

Photos:

Cardinal Wiseman, Birmingham

St. Josephs, Bradford

St. Annes Convent, Southampton

Mathilde Magnier/Caritas Internationalis

N Fischer/Caritas Switzerland

Lane Harthill/CRS

CaritasCAFOD

haiti three months on

Documents