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Former masonry student Ronald Sadou Zami, 25, smoothes a coat of mortar at a construction site where he works in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Zami has been working for a month after graduating from a masonry professional program at MCC partner Ecumenical Foundation for Peace and Justice. He also attended a hazard reduction engineering seminar sponsored by MCC as part of its ongoing earthquake relief. (MCC Photo/Silas Crews)

Former masonry student Ronald Sadou Zami, 25, smoothes a coat of mortar at a construction site where he works in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Zami has been working for a month after graduating from a masonry professional program at MCC partner Ecumenical Foundation for Peace and Justice. He also attended a hazard reduction engineering seminar sponsored by MCC as part of its ongoing earthquake relief. (MCC Photo/Silas Crews)

Haiti: two years after the quake

02/01/2012

Following the earthquake of January 2010, MCC Haiti initiated 40 projects, working entirely with Haitian partner organizations to implement these relief efforts. Projects have varied in scope from addressing immediate needs – trauma healing, home repairs and microloans – to more systemic changes – advocating for local food production, developing future leaders among Haitian youth and discouraging the militarization of aid.

During the last two years, $14 million was raised by donors for MCC’s earthquake response. About $9 million  has been committed to projects in Haiti so far, with the remainder budgeted over the next three years.

In addition, MCC received funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to develop an agriculture trade school in Desarmes and a village and livelihoods co-op for 100 displaced  families in Caberet, bringing the total Haiti earthquake response budget to $16 million.

Projects slated for the coming years will continue to focus on water and sanitation, agriculture, education and livelihoods.

For continued updates on the Haiti earthquake response (including a set of  four news releases marking the anniversary)  visit: mcc.org/haitiearthquake

  • $16 million earthquake response budget, including $9 million committed to projects so far
  • $3.6 million for shelter; $1.6 for food; $1.2 for education; $435,000 for human rights; $204,000 for trauma healing; $1.15 million for emergency response; $265,000 for health initiatives
  • 741 homes being repaired or constructed, including those for about 200 people with disabilities living in tent camps
  • 680 buildings (schools, medical clinics, churches, orphanages, some homes) inspected by teams of MCC structural engineers
  • 1,000 water filters distributed to prevent illness
  • Training for 130 masons, 60 engineers and 516 business people
  • 12 students supported for their university education
  • One community center for youth engaged in peacebuilding
  • Thousands of people participated in trauma healing programs
  • 355 latrines being built
  • 34,072 relief kits, 39,026 comforters/sheets, 14,896 school kits, 4,017 tarps distributed
  • Two meals a day distributed to neighborhood tent communities for three months; 1,029 people received food for eight weeks
  • 1,709 people employed in MCC-funded, cash-for-work projects in Desarmes, Port-au-Prince, Grand Goave and Leogane
  • 125 students in Desarmes trained in agriculture and building trades