STARTING POINT
 Crisis due to natural disaster,
earthquake 2010, that destroyed
thousands of houses
 Assistance to 2 camps on the road
to Port-au-Prince, close to the
Dominican border
 Type of assistance: provision of
food, medicines, water, clothes,
blankets, tents
 Evaluation of 667 houses of
affected families in the 2 camps
to determine the families who
would be beneficiaries of houses
WHAT MOTIVATED THE
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
Families living out in
the open, without
access to basic
needs, blankets or
protection, after the
earthquake of 2010
PARTICIPATING ALLIANCE
INSTITUTIONS
 Association of Evangelical Men and Women in Action
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(ADHFEA)
Association of Youth for the Development of Boen (AJDB)
Social Service of Dominican Churches (SSID)
Church Word Service (CWS)
Christian Aid
ICCO Cooperation
ECHOES Services
United Methodist Committee On Relief (UMCOR)
NUMBER OF DISPLACED
PEOPLE
 At the time of dismantling
the camps there were 593
families
 356 qualified for the
construction of houses
 The remaining families
returned to their
communities of origin
TARGET POPULATION
 356 families of the 2 camps where we worked after
the earthquake, whose houses got damaged or
destroyed
GEOGRAPHIC AREA
 Ganthier and Boen
 Social and economic characteristics: extreme poverty,
lack of houses, lack of basic services such as drinking
water and water for domestic use, electricity, health
care, education, a.o.
 Economy: depend on subsistence agriculture and
micro business, as well as some animal breeding
SELECTION CRITERIA
 Families with persons with disabilities
 Single mothers with young children
 Elderly
 Having lived in one of the camps
 Have land available
 Contribution in cash and in kind
LAND TENURE
 The land for construction of the houses was
contributed by the beneficiaries, since as common in
rural areas, the families own the land where they built
the houses
 Owners by family inheritance
 Owners through purchase
 Owners through gifts/donations
 Participation of the government facilitating the
authorization to use government plots occupied by
some families
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
 This project consists of the construction and
repair of houses and latrines for families who
lived in the camps of Ganthier and Boen
CONSTRUCTION
 Type of houses: individual houses with 1, 2, or 3
bedrooms, a porch, a living area and a kitchen
 Built with block walls, cement floors and tin roofs
 Structure with high resistance to earthquakes,
hurricanes, and floods, taking into account SPHERE
standards, and following requirements of the
Government of Haiti
SUBPROGRAM OF SUPPORT
TO PARTICIPATING FAMILIES
 Microcredit and micro-businesses
 Food security
 Capacity building in reduction of risks and disasters
 Health prevention, first aid
 Development of local capacities
COSTS OF THE HOUSES
 House with 1 bedroom: $ 7,000
 House with 2 bedrooms: $ 10,000
 House with 3 bedrooms: $ 12,000
GOALS
 Construction and repair of 356 houses and latrines for
an equal number of families affected by the
earthquake in the communities of Boen and Ganthier
 Improve the quality of live of participating families
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
 Provide dignified houses to the families affected
 Reduce the level of insecurity of houses, and increase
the level of quality of live, through provision of quality
houses and programs for family support (food security,
drinking water, environmental protection, etc.)
 Promote strategic alliances in order to add resources,
reduce the housing deficit, and increase the
nutritional level of families
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
 Facilitate 356 houses to an equal number of families
over a period of 4 years in the communities of
Ganthier and Boen
 Implement a program of integral community
development: food security, strengthening of local,
existing organizations and social actors, water for
domestic use, health education, microcredit, and
reduction of risks and disasters
METHODOLOGY
The participative method used has been
one of the most important elements for
the success of the project:
 Participation of leaders and social
actors and integration of participating
families
 Community participation from the
start of the conception of the project
through enquiries, meetings,
diagnoses, planning and execution of
the project
 Contribution of the local community
through provision of unskilled labor
by each participating family and a
small economic contribution
CURRENT SITUATION OF THE
PROJECT
Awaiting construction
175 houses and
latrines
No availability of resources to continue the
construction of houses of remaining families and for
the components of family sustainability
ACHIEVEMENTS
HOUSES BUILT
143
HOUSES REPAIRED
38
TOTAL OF PARTICIPATING FAMILIES
181
PERCENTAGE ACHIEVED FROM THE GOAL OF 356
51%
LATRINES BUILT
181
MICROCREDIT
85
FAMILIES IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
55
CAPACITY BULIDING IN REDUCTION OF RISKS AND
DISASTERS, FIRST AID, HEALTH PREVENTION
110
DETAILS OF HOUSES FINISHED
Repaired (2011)
38
Phase 1 (2012)
44
Phase 2 (2013)
62
Phase 3 (2014)
37
TOTAL
181
NEEDS
 The housing aspect is fundamental after the earthquake,
with a large deficit
 Lack of quality in existing houses and a high number of
people without houses
 Complete the goal set (houses for the remaining 175
families and reach other vulnerable families in the
community in terms of houses)
 Advance in terms of construction of houses, for which we
need strategic alliances, which will facilitate giving an
urgent response. This will for a big part be possible with
the economic participation of multilateral organizations
and partner agencies.
OUR PERSPECTIVE
 Achieve the construction of all houses required in the
communities of our intervention, thus reducing the
housing deficit, and minimize the levels of poverty in
these communities through the inclusion of other
components, through strategic alliances
RECOMMENDATIONS I
 That multilateral organizations and donors use local
agencies and organizations with experience in these
kinds of projects, whose results have been successful
 That more resources are dedicated to reduce the
deficit of houses for those affected by the earthquake
 That donors keep a link between agencies and the
implementing organization for monitoring and followup
RECOMMENDATIONS II
 That the Haitian government establishes a policy of
construction of dignified houses for the families in
need
 Design and implementation of a program of urban
planning
 That the Haitian government facilitates organizations
that propose projects of construction of houses the
access to purchase of materials resulting in lower costs
THANK YOU!