CARE HaitiEmergency Response &Community Engagement

Overview: Scale of emergency 220,000 dead 1.5 million displaced Government paralyzed City of Léogâne: 90% destroyed Centralized services immobilized

CARE response: Immediate relief Mobilization of human resources (national and

international, community engagement as feasible) Difficult communications: community access,

national staff Evaluation/community consultation/immediate

delivery (water purification) Identification of priorities: food, water and

sanitation; community input Aid at regional sub-office level Mobilization of financial resources (initial goal of

$10 million over 3 years, actual of $100 million over 5 years)

Priority sectors and locationsPétionville, Leogâne,

Carrefour, Artibonite

Shelter Water and sanitation Food security Health Psychosocial support

and education Host family

assistance

Distributions – approx. 300,000 beneficiaries General

distributions – a service to the sectors

Food & non-food items (tarps, tents, hygiene kits, mattresses, blankets, kitchen sets, jerry cans, safe delivery and newborn kits, etc.)

Community partners: e.g. Scouts

Water and sanitation

Water distribution Construction of latrines,

showers, hand-washing stations

Hygiene promotion Drainage Solid-waste

management Setup and training of

committees

Water/sanitation committees

Cleanup/solid waste management

Food security

Cash for work: Canal cleaning, rehabilitation of secondary roads, etc.

Distribution of tools and seeds (productive inputs) and voucher systems

Shelter Distribution of emergency materials

(tarps, ropes, household items, etc.) - 17,000 families

Shelter Transitional shelters(target 5,000 families) and reinforcement kits (target 20,000 families)

Shelter Advocacy (land rights, forced relocation, etc.) Awareness-raising on safe construction techniques

Reproductive health, sexual/gender-based violence protection Distribution of safe-

delivery and newborn kits

Center for women – proximity strategy

Referral system Integration of

reproductive health services into primary health services

Psychosocial support – education

Parent and teacher training

Distribution of recreational materials

Proximity strategy

Coordination With communities Internally within CARE Haiti and the larger

CARE family With authorities (technical ministries and

local authorities) With other partners via numerous

coordination forums With donors

…including numerous other partners

Looking ahead: priorities for reconstruction

Partnership with government/civil society Supporting capacity development of Haitian

society Promoting dialogue among humanitarian

actors, and between international community and local civil society

Addressing deep inequalities, encouraging social cohesion

Women’s empowerment/youth engagement