fond-des-blancs library

HAITI PROJECTS

HAITI PROJECTS

The mission of Haiti Projects is to empower women in rural Haiti to lift themselves out of poverty, become self-sufficient and build community.

HAITI PROJECTS

It does this by providing rural Haitian towns with the educational, cultural, economic, and family planning services necesary to support dignified and self-sustaining life in rural communities.

Rural women face particular challenges.

“Us Haitian women, we have a lot of challenges, but as peasant women we have even more. We truly carry the burden of society. We’re the ones who hustle to feed the household and send the sick to the hospital if need be. We women, we work the land, we raise cattle, we transport merchandise like plantains, yams, and black beans to the capital. If we don’t work, there won’t be any flow of goods.”

Gerta LouisamaThird World Resurgence No. 253 September 2011, pp 44-45

Rural women face particular challenges.

74% 32%MALE LITERACY FEMALE LITERACY

Haitian women are less literate than men

Education


Education

1/2 as many girls complete secondary school

74% 32%MALE LITERACY FEMALE LITERACY

32%MALE LITERACY FEMALE LITERACY


Education

1/2 as many girls complete secondary school

70% 30%Just 1/3 of university students are women

74%

Economics

44% of households are female-headed

Economics

44% of households are female-headed

Of those, 60% live in extreme poverty

Health

30per 1,000 births

Maternal mortality in Haiti is 4.5x higher than the regional average *

* based on the WHO regional average in the western wempisphere

Health

30per 1,000 births

27per 1,000 births

Maternal mortality in Haiti is 4.5x higher than the regional average

Neonatal mortality is 3x higher than the regional average

Health

30per 1,000 births

27per 1,000 births

per 1,000 births

87

Maternal mortality in Haiti is 4.5x higher than the regional average

Neonatal mortality is 3x higher than the regional average

Mortality for children under 5 is 4.5x higher than the regional average

PoliticsPolitical representation for women is low. Only 6 out of 127 parliament members are female

CubaArgentinaBarbados

MexicoEcuadorJamaica

BelizeColombia

BrazilHaiti 3.6%

27.6%

Politics

% of women in parliament

Political representation for women is low. Only 6 out of 127 parliament members are female - the lowest percentage in the region.

Port-au-Prince

Fond des BlancsFond des Blancs

Haiti

Fond des Blancs

Fond des Blancs

Town Statistics

Fond des Blancs

Population: 10,000

Town Statistics

Fond des Blancs

Population: 10,000Education: 80% don’t finish 5th grade

Town Statistics

Fond des Blancs

Population: 10,000Education: 80% don’t finish 5th gradeEconomy: Subsistence level farming, with high unemployment

Town Statistics

Fond des Blancs

Population: 10,000Education: 80% don’t finish 5th gradeEconomy: Subsistence level farming, with high unemploymentIncome: < $10USD/month - far lower than the national average

Town Statistics

Fond des Blancs

Fond des Blancs

Existing Market Street

Fond des Blancs

Spanish Market


Fond des Blancs

Spanish Market


Church

Fond des Blancs

Spanish Market


ChurchSt. Boniface Hospital

Haiti Projects

Haiti Projects Women’s Health Clinic

Haiti Projects Women’s Health Clinic

Serves 4000 rural women a year

Founded in 1994 as a stationary clinic

Now includes a satellite clinic

Also now includes a mobile clinic reaching 22 rural communities currently and 40 in two years

Focuses on malnutrition for mothers and children

Teaches family planning and child spacing

Educates women and girls on human papillomavirus

Haiti Projects Artisanat Cooperative

Haiti Projects Artisanat Cooperative

Employs 100 rural women

All these women now can send their children - over 400 - to school

Prior to employment at the Artisanat 97% could not

Produces exquisite passe plate handwork embroidery

Designated a Fair Trade enterprise

Haiti Projects RATRAP

Haiti Projects RATRAPFarmers CooperativeMembers: 600

A civic forum for the exchange of ideas, development of community consensus and the exercise of leadership

Farm tools exchange

Civic education

Public health education

Goat micro lending

Haiti Projects RATRAPFarmers CooperativeNow entirely Haitian run and owned

No longer under the auspices of Haiti Projects

RATRAP’s independence is a proud achievment for Haiti Projects

Haiti Projects Library

Haiti Projects LibraryServes a rural area of 60,000 people

As a Lending Library546 library members, 3200 bookslends to children up to 3 hours walk away via member-lenders

As a Cultural/Educational CenterWeekly lectures on diverse topicsRegular cultural preformancesFilms

As a Community Space24/7 sheltered veranda for study and conversation

As an Internet Cafe700 computer users : 7 computers

As a Women’s Business Center, a new initiative supporting:

Business developmentFinancial literacy and job placement

Issamuel Jean LouisGeneral Manager for Haiti ProjectsFormer Director of the Haiti Projects Community LibraryLibrary Founder

Existing Library The Story


"In 2001 my brother was sick and Sarah (Sarah Hackett, Founder of Haiti Projects) came to my house in order to help. When she arrived she saw a little library.”

Issamuel Jean Louis


“She said, ‘This is the first house where I see a library.’ And so we start speaking about having a library in Fond des Blancs. After one year she come with more books.”

Issamuel Jean Louis


“In 2003 we moved to this locale - we made some rebirth and improvements, and we have cultural activities on Sunday.”

Issamuel Jean Louis


“What was di!erent about Sarah was she just think about books and people, and it was working. Every time we create more activity, more people came."

Issamuel Jean Louis

Existing Library Current Services

Book lending

Current ServicesExisting Library

Book lendingDiscussion Groups



Teen Literacy Program



Cultural Activities



Computer access


Cultural Activities



Computer access


Cultural Activities


Lectures and Events


Computer access

Classes


Cultural Activities


Lectures and Events


“The new library will be solid. Because right now there is a rain we lose books. The construction of the new library will allow us to accomplish exactly the work that we have to do.”

-Issamuel Jean Louis

Haiti Projectsneeds a new facility...

but Fond des Blancs needs more than just a library.

Without such an institution and the services required to maintain it, Fond des Blancs will not be able to retain its best and brightest.

A new library presents a vision for a decentralized Haiti...

a prototype for the future of rural education.

KLEKOM

KLEKOM KILTRIEL EDIKASYON KONEKSYON Culture

KLEKOMCulture Education KILTRIEL EDIKASYON KONEKSYON

KLEKOMCulture Education Connection KILTRIEL EDIKASYON KONEKSYON

KLEKOMCulture Education Connection Hub KILTRIEL EDIKASYON KONEKSYON MWAYE

KLEKOMCulture KILTRIEL EDIKASYON KONEKSYON

KLEKOMCulture Education KILTRIEL EDIKASYON KONEKSYON

KiltrielEducation

KLEKOMCulture Education Connection KILTIREL EDIKASYON KONEKSYON

KoneksyonConnection

KoneksyonConnection

KLEKOMCulture Education Connection Hub

MwayeHub

KILTRIEL EDIKASYON KONEKSYON MWAYE

KLEKOMCulture + Education + Connection Hub

MwayeHub

KILTRIEL EDIKASYON KONEKSYON MWAYE

MwayeHub

KLEKOM

ARTISANAT CO-OP

HOUSINGHAITI PROJECTSHEADQUARTERS

WOMEN’S HEALTHCLINIC

PORT-AU-PRINCE

PETIT GOAVE

JACMEL

SPANISHMARKET

RATRAP (AGRICULTURAL

CO-OP)

ST. BONIFACE HOSPITAL

The introduction of a tech hub is unprecendented in rural Haiti...

MwayeHub

KLEKOM

ARTISANAT CO-OP



PORT-AU-PRINCE

PETIT GOAVE

JACMEL

SPANISHMARKET


CO-OP)


KLEKOM

ARTISANAT CO-OP



PORT-AU-PRINCE

PETIT GOAVE

JACMEL

SPANISHMARKET


CO-OP)


but successfull precedents exist in other resource-limited settings.

MwayeHub

The prevalence of tech hubs in Africa allow entreprenuers there to leap frog into developed market economies.

The prevalence of tech hubs allows African entrepreneurs and communities to leapfrog 20th century modalities into the 21st century.

MwayeHub

MwayeHubIn Botswana, Kitsong Centres help farmers connect with business partners and potential customers.

MwayeHub“When I want to find out prices from the Botswana Meat Commission, I can just find out over the internet. I can even communicate with customers from different places.”

MwayeHub“I’m looking forward to doing my Masters degree and I can still stay in this village.”

MwayeHub

MwayeHub

MwayeHub

INTERNET ACCESS

MwayeHub

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

INTERNET ACCESS

MwayeHub

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

IDEA EXCHANGE

INTERNET ACCESS

MwayeHub

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

BOOK LENDING

IDEA EXCHANGE

INTERNET ACCESS

MwayeHub

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

BOOK LENDING

IDEA EXCHANGE

INTERNET ACCESS

COMMUNICATE WITH FAMILY ABROAD

MwayeHub

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

BOOK LENDING

IDEA EXCHANGE

INTERNET ACCESS


CONNECT WITH BUSINESS PARTNERS

MwayeHub

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

BOOK LENDING

IDEA EXCHANGE

INTERNET ACCESS



CONNECT WITH CONSUMERS

MwayeHub

ACCESS TO ONLINE DEGREES

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

BOOK LENDING

IDEA EXCHANGE

INTERNET ACCESS




MwayeHub

ACCESS TO ONLINE DEGREES

ACCESS TO LECTURES

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

BOOK LENDING

IDEA EXCHANGE

INTERNET ACCESS





“The key...


“The key... to communication.”

SiteLocation

MARKET / TOWN CENTER

SiteLocation


HOSPITAL

SiteLocation


ACCESS FROM MAIN ROAD


HOSPITAL

SiteLocation


PROPOSED SITE



HOSPITAL

SiteLocation

PROPOSED SITE

SiteAdjacencies

PROPOSED SITE

TRAFFIC TOHOSPITAL

SiteAdjacencies

PROPOSED SITE

TRAFFIC TOHOSPITAL

TRAFFIC TOTOWN CENTER

SiteAdjacencies

PROPOSED SITE

CEMETERY

TRAFFIC TOHOSPITAL


SiteAdjacencies

PROPOSED SITE

CEMETERY

PRIVATELANDOWNER TRAFFIC TO

HOSPITAL


SiteAdjacencies

PROPOSED SITE

HOUSE+ BAR

CEMETERY


HOSPITAL


SiteAdjacencies

PROPOSED SITE

HOUSE+ BAR

CEMETERY

CAR WASH


HOSPITAL


SiteAdjacencies

PROPOSED SITE

HOUSE+ BAR

CEMETERY

CAR WASH


HOSPITAL

LOTTO +COMMERCE

SiteAdjacencies

PROPOSED SITE

HOUSE+ BAR

CEMETERY

CAR WASH


HOSPITAL

LOTTO +COMMERCE

MATUREMANGOTREES

SiteAdjacencies

COURTYARDFRAMES MANGO GROVE

ENTRANCE +VERANDA

ENTRANCE + VERANDA

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RECESS RESPECTSGRAVE

CORNERCAFE

CORNERCAFE

SITTINGSTEPS CREATETHEATER

CORNERCAFE


LECTURE HALL SPILLS INTO COURTYARD

GUEST SUITE

CORNERCAFE



PRIVATE ACCESSTO GUESTSUITE

CORNERCAFE



ADDITIONALSEATING


CORNERCAFE


ADDITIONALSEATING


CORNERCAFE

CORNER ENTRANCE TO LECTURE HALL

NEW COMMUNITY GROUND

WHEN COMBINED, THESE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES CREATE A NEW COMMUNITY GROUND FOR FdB.

ADDEDSTAIRCREATESELEVATEDLOOP


CORNERCAFE

CORNER ENTRANCE TO LECTURE HALL




SSPACES FOR LEARNING ARE RAISED

ALONG ELEVATED LOOP, ALONG ELEVATED LOOP, REATING AN EDUCATIONAL CLOUDCRE

EDUCATIONAL CLOUD


LIBRARY




EDUCATIONAL CLOUD


LIBRARY

TECHNOLOGY HUB




EDUCATIONAL CLOUD

WHEN COMBINED, THESE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES CREATE A NEW COMMUNITY GROUNDFOR FdB.

LIBRARY

TECHNOLOGY HUB

CLASSROOM




EDUCATIONAL CLOUD


ROOFCOLLECTSRAINWATER




EDUCATIONAL CLOUD


UNDER-GROUNDCISTERN




EDUCATIONAL CLOUD


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EDUCATIONAL CLOUD


COMMUNITY INVESTMENT

Mass Approach

Hiring local labor, teaching new skills and using regional materials will leave a lasting impact on Fond des Blancs.

LOCAL MATERIALS

Mass Approach

Using materials on site and local to Fond des Blancs will reduce production, transportation and material costs.

LOCAL LABOR

Mass Approach

Haiti Projects and MASS have a shared interest in keeping the financial and experiential benefits of construction in the community.

IMPLEMENTATION

Mass Approach

MASS seeks to foster a new self-sustaining construction enterprise that can help build the model community of Fond des Blancs.

ProgramGROSSsm

INTERIOR PROGRAM AREA 293 sm

Café 33 sm

Interior and exterior seating

Service Counter

WC

Lecture Hall to seat 100 66 sm

Storage

WC

Guest Suite 18 sm

Bedroom with Closet

Small Study

WC with shower

Class Room for 30 22 sm

Storage

WC

Technology Hub 33 sm

Secure Storage

Library 121 sm

Circulation Area

Reference Area with Reading Table

Office

Stacks

Children's Room

EXTERIOR SPACE AND PROGRAM 278 sm

KLEKOM entry 158 sm

Veranda for conversation and study

Amphitheater for cultural events

Stage

Stair to Cloud

Outdoor shaded seating for library 120 sm

Balcony view of Amphitheater

GROSSsm

INTERIOR PROGRAM AREA 293 sm

Café 33 sm

Interior and exterior seating

Service Counter

WC

Lecture Hall to seat 100 66 sm

Storage

WC

Guest Suite 18 sm

Bedroom with Closet

Small Study

WC with shower

Class Room for 30 22 sm

Storage

WC

Technology Hub 33 sm

Secure Storage

Library 121 sm

Circulation Area

Reference Area with Reading Table

Office

Stacks

Children's Room

EXTERIOR SPACE AND PROGRAM 278 sm

KLEKOM entry 158 sm

Veranda for conversation and study

Amphitheater for cultural events

Stage

Stair to Cloud

Outdoor shaded seating for library 120 sm

Balcony view of Amphitheater

Budget

INTERIOR $307,230.00

Café $34,650.00Lecture Hall $69,300.00Guest Suite $18,480.00Class Room $23,100.00Technology Hub $34,650.00Library $127,050.00

FURNTITURE & EQUIPMENT $27,800.00

EXTERIOR $87,570.00

Veranda, Amphitheater $49,770.00Stair, Shaded Seating, Balcony $37,800.00

TOTAL $422,600.00

TimelineMAY

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

CD's

3 Months

Construction

14 Months

PROJECT COMPLETE May 1, 2014

2012 2013 2014

Development

14 Months

Design

2 Months

Funding Goals KILTRIEL Culture$ 144 500

EDIKASYON Education$ 157 100

KONEKSYON Connection$ 79, 400

MWAYE Hub$ 41, 600

TOTAL $ 422 600

“We need to make Fond des Blancs a model community for all of Haiti.”

--Mayor Briel Levee

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