CARE Haiti current programs by project (2014)
Updated March 2014
For sixty years, CARE has been actively fighting against poverty and advocating for social justice and gender equality in Haiti.
CARE has always been at the forefront in responding to emergency needs of those affected by the frequent natural and man-made disasters in Haiti. Following
the January 2010 earthquake, CARE assisted 330,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in spontaneous settlements in the affected areas of Léogâne and
Carrefour, providing access to safe water and sanitation, shelters and improving skills in building sturdier structures. CARE’s education sector also provided
psycho-social support and training to children, parents, teachers, and community members in earthquake-affected zones. Since the cholera outbreak in October
2010, CARE has been particularly active in rural areas (Grand Anse, Nippes, Artibonite) and in a few urban areas (Port-au-Prince and Carrefour) focusing on
cholera prevention, improved water supplies and support of medical facilities with infrastructure and materials. More recently in 2012, CARE activated
emergency responses in the departments of Grand Anse, Léogâne and Carrefour, following Tropical Storm Isaac and Hurricane Sandy, leading assessments and
providing much needed hygiene and water treatment kits and shelter materials to those most affected by these recent storms. CARE is also responding to shortterm food security needs to these populations.
Beyond our emergency work, CARE seeks to design and implement long-term, 10-15 year, programs targeting specific groups with defined impact goals to
address the underlying causes of poverty and social injustice in Haiti. Through these long-term programs, CARE seeks to leverage lasting social impact at scale,
making poverty reduction and social justice an inherent process. Always maintaining capacity for Emergency Response, CARE’s current programming is targeted
at addressing the underlying, causes of poverty: gender inequity, environmental vulnerability, poor infrastructure and support services and a lack of social
cohesion and good governance. This recovery to long term development strategy is approached by:
 Designing and piloting impactful, evidence-based, innovations that contribute to reduce poverty and social injustice
 Facilitating the development of social enterprises (promoting poverty reduction and social justice as an investment opportunity, thus sustained)
 Mobilizing and facilitating the engagement of the Haitian Diaspora in development programs
 Using data-driven management methodologies to allocate resources efficiently
 Piloting mobile technology advancements to scale up development innovations
 Managing and sharing knowledge with other development actors
 Creating strategic partnerships and brokering collaboration among development actors
 Advocating for changes in social policies and practices to address structural and relationship issues that contribute to gender inequities
CARE currently has development programs in Community Driven Development (CDD), Education, Food Security and Nutrition, and Economic Development with
our offices headquartered in Petion-Ville, a suburb of Port au Prince and sub-offices in Carrefour, Gonaives, Hinche, Jérémie, Cap Haitian, Jacmel. We employ
224 Haitian Nationals and 16 International Personnel. Each program sector in overseen by a Project Coordinator with a field Project Manager assigned to each
project. Operations, Human Resources, Monitoring & Evaluation, Gender Equity and Administration staff support all activities.
Program
Current Projects
Key Achievements
COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
Funder:
Europe Aid
Amount:
$7.5mUSD
Project dates:
8 April 2013 to
7 April 2016
Funder:
ARC
Amount:
$ 2,118,089 USD
Project dates:
1 Dec 2013 to
30 Dec 2015
Katye Nou Pi Bèl (Quarter Beautification)
A Scale Up to CARE’s comprehensive approach to integrating
housing, WASH, DRR, capacity building and economic
development, this project seeks to rehouse populations affected
by the 2010 earthquake by supporting sustainable
reconstruction and safe neighborhoods in Carrefour,
metropolitan Port au Prince.
The project aims to ensure that urban development of
Carrefour neighborhoods is planned, developed and managed in
a locally sustainable and safe way in order to allow the
relocation and economic development of populations most
affected by the earthquake. To maintain city capital, focus is
made on repairing damaged homes providing structural
strengthening for earthquake damaged houses, recovery of
public spaces, closing of camps and assistance to families leaving
camps.
Empty Camps and Secure Neighbourhoods
The project, a five organization consortium lead by CARE, seeks
to improve the living conditions and resilience to disasters in
Campêche and LAMIKA areas of Port au Prince. Its major
objective is to effectively contribute to the closing 2010
earthquake IDP camps by providing assistance to families to
permanently leave camps and rebuild their former
neighbourhoods. This includes:
 Accessibility and services improvements
 Safe and long-term relocation of displaced households
 Improvements of housing and living conditions
 Safer and more hygienic schools
 Reduce burden to water supply
 Community driven development
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FOOD SECURITY
Financing solution to finance housing rent and
construction.
Supports homeowners in rehabilitating houses in exchange for hosting a
camp family for one year, rent-free.
Works with communities to build capacity of Disaster Risk Reductions
measures.
Engages previously trained and accredited local “bosses” for
construction works
88 Women trained in construction via pilot project
Provide new or rehabilitated sanitation facilities for 90% of all direct
beneficiaries
Supports homeowners in rehabilitating houses in exchange for hosting a
camp family for one year, rent-free.
Works with communities to build capacity of Disaster Risk Reductions
measures.
256 Homeowner families will receive assistance in retrofitting their
earthquake damaged home Haitian Government standards.
256 families formerly living in the selected camps will move to a
retrofitted house
427 families formerly living in the selected camps will leave camps 673
persons will participate in hygiene promotion sessions
205 toilets or latrines will be built or rehabilitated in retrofitted houses
Funder:
USAID
Amount:
$80m USD
Project dates:
October 2013 to
September 2017
Kore Lavi - Support our Lives
The Kore Lavi program directly supports the Government of
Haiti’s (GOH) social protection efforts to prevent hunger and
malnutrition by implementing a safety net program that will
build demand and improve access for locally-produced foods
among vulnerable households. The four-year project will also
work with the Government of Haiti’s Ministry of Social Affairs
and Labor (MAST) to establish a national household level
targeting database system.
Directly impact approximately 18,150 households through the provision
of food vouchers
Impact 205,000 households through maternal and child health and
nutrition interventions
Institutionalize a food security vulnerability monitoring and targeting
system
Establish a food voucher-based safety net system
Implement maternal child health and nutrition using the 1,000 days
approach that targets pregnant, lactating women and children up to two
years of age
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Funder:
USAID - Hi Five
Amount:
$422,000USD
Project dates:
May 2013
to April 2014
Village Savings and Loans (VSLA) – Links to
Economic Development via Mobile Technologies
Over 350 VSLA groups formed with 10,000 members, 77% being women
An extension of CARE’s highly successful Village Savings and
Loans Association program (VSLA), a member savings programs
that creates assets for group members. Members buy shares
and then lend out to other members, increasing the value of
shares and creating income for the group. At the end of a
saving cycle, accumulated savings with earned interest is
shared between the members based on the amount each
saved. Groups are expanded by a network of Village Agents
who are commissioned by group members to train and guide
new groups.
This program introduces new and existing VSLA groups to more
secure, cash-free savings transfers via mobile phone
technologies,
Funders:
Village Savings and Loans (VSLA) - Social
70 Village Agents trained on Social Enterprise
Adean & James
Bridges, Peierls
Amount:
$95,000
Project dates:
Sept2013 to
Sept 2014
Enterprise Development
An extension of CARE’s highly successful Village Savings and
Loans Association program (VSLA), a member savings programs
that creates assets for group members. Members buy shares
and then lend out to other members, increasing the value of
shares and creating income for the group. At the end of a
saving cycle, accumulated savings with earned interest is
shared between the members based on the amount each
saved. Groups are expanded by a network of Village Agents
who are commissioned by group members to train and guide
new groups.
Three social enterprise sectors being developed: Solar Lamps, Used
Books and Cocoa production
$4,300USD in revenue in products sales generated in first 3 months of
Social Enterprise development (average income in Haiti is $2USD/day)
This program creates additional revenue generating activities
via the establishment of Social Enterprises run by Village
Agents.
Funder:
Balitsaris
Amount:
$61,680
Project dates:
June 2012 to
June 2014
Village Savings and Loans (VSLA) - Links to
Formal Financial institutions
An extension of CARE’s highly successful Village Savings and
Loans Association program (VSLA), a member savings programs
that creates assets for group members. Members buy shares
and then lend out to other members, increasing the value of
shares and creating income for the group. At the end of a
saving cycle, accumulated savings with earned interest is
shared between the members based on the amount each
saved. Groups are expanded by a network of Village Agents
who are commissioned by group members to train and guide
new groups.
This program links mature VSLA groups to formal financial
institutions creating tailored products, such as group loans and
insurance products.
Targets to credit group financial products for 25,000 members of 1,000
VSLA groups.
Cooperative agreements created with three Haiti based micro-financed
institutions.
Funder:
Seine Maritime
Amount:
$212,000USD
Project dates:
1 Jan 2011 t 31
March 2014
Partnership Council of Seine Maritime, Town of
Dame Marie
Aims to foster an institutional partnership between the
Department of Seine Maritime in France and the Commune of
Dame Marie, in the areas of emergency relief and sustainable
development in land use, housing, economy and employment.
Activities are focused on the development of fishing,
agriculture, environment, culture, youth and sport, health,
infrastructure and capacity building of the Commune. The
projects also seek to strengthen ties with neighboring
municipalities and more generally strengthen links between all
towns within the Grand Anse region in Haiti.
In-depth study developed on the socio-economic impact and value of
fishing to the community of Dame Marie
Full diagnostic conducted on agriculture and fishing for the development
of an economic stimulus project in agriculture and/or fisheries
Establishment of farm equipment vendors across the jurisdictions of
Dame-Marie and delivery of metal silos to Village Savings Credit
Associations (AVEC)
Development of advocacy and training on movement from traditional
fishing to semi-modern fishing practices
Creation of a Municipal Development Plan (CDP) of Dame-Marie and a
consultative committee
Purchase and delivery of agricultural tools (machetes, spades, mattocks,
pliers and hoes) to 6 sectional vendors. Tool costs were subsidized by
AVECs with 35% of crop harvest to be returned to the community.
EDUCATION
Funder:
Educate a Child
Foundation
Amount:
$12mUSD
Project dates:
July 2013 to
August 2018
Partners in Learning
The P4L program aims to contribute to increased access to
quality and equitable primary education for girls and boys in
Haiti. Specifically, the program seeks increased enrollment and
completion of a primary cycle of quality education among outof-school (OOSC) girls and boys in Haiti and aligns with Haitian
Ministry of Education (MENFP) 2010-2015 Operational Plan and
CARE’s education and girls’ empowerment framework. It also
uses CARE’s Community Engagement Methodology with key
components entailing the development of participatory school
management structures – or, School Management Committees
(SMC) - supporting school development planning through sub-
Increased MENFP and partner capacity to identify, enroll, retain, and
monitor/evaluate retention of OOSC within the education system is
strengthened and expanded.
Seeks to put a social movement is in place to address the OOSC problem
across the country.
Seeks to create, expand, and/or strengthen primary school options for
OOSC.
Help target schools receiving OOSC to have improved learning
environments.
OOSC receive extra-curricular support services, leadership opportunities,
Funder:
UNICEF
Amount:
$1mUSD
Project dates:
1-July-2013 to
30-June-2014
grants, teacher and director capacity-building, and institutional
strengthening with the MENFP.
and school kits.
Partners in Learning
Creation of a project partnership Steering Committee
Following on CARE’s proven educational development
programs, this project seeks to strengthen community
participation, teacher and school management capacity as well
as reinforce, train and support Haitian Ministry of Education
staff MENFP in the objective of improving collaboration
between actors for equitable and quality education in Haiti.
Parents of targeted OOSC and other children have increased access to
livelihood and life learning opportunities
Lead partner for the implementation of educational activities in 25 newly
UNICEF constructed schools in the Northern Department of Haiti.
Establish a mechanism to promote information sharing and a common
institutional learning
Strengthen the accountability and transparency between educational
actors in Haiti.
Ensure effective controls to measure and compare effectiveness of
approaches for improving student reading skills of children.