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Haiti
Since the January 12 earthquake, the Public-Private Alliance Foundation has focused on steps toward recovery and reconstruction in Haiti, bringing together various resources and building a network of partners. The Foundation is building on its recent work in renewable energy, fish farming, small and medium enterprise, agribusiness and related development concerns. It is applying its experience and connections to the new situation, and reaching out to new partners -- in Haiti and the Dominican Republic and in the international community, including in the Dominican and Haitian diaspora.
Key Statistics - Before Earthquake of January 12, 2010:1
- 55 percent of Haitians live on less than $1.25 per day.
- Per capita annual income is $660.
- 58 percent of children are under-nourished.
- 58 percent of the population lacks access to clean water.
- Earthquake follows devastating hurricanes in 2008, which affected 800,000 people.
- Deforestation has left leaving the nation with less than two percent forest cover.
Key Statistics - After Earthquake of January 12, 2010:1- Almost 3.5 million people experienced strong-to-extreme shaking in the January 12 earthquake, including the entire population of Port-au-Prince (2.8 million, equivalent to the City of Chicago).
- The Haitian Government estimates that 222,570 people have died and 300,572 have been injured.
- 1.5 million children and young people under 18 were directly or indirectly affected by the quake - approximately 720,000 are aged between six and 12.
- The Haitian Ministry of Education estimates that 4,992 schools were affected by the earthquake – 23% of all schools in Haiti. Of these, 3,978 were either damaged or destroyed – 80% of the affected schools. These schools closed after the quake.
- 80 percent of schools in Port-au-Prince and 60 percent of the schools in the South and West departments have been destroyed or damaged.
- Findings reveal that the total value of damage and losses caused by the January 12 earthquake is estimated at US$7.8 billion (US$4.3 billion represents physical damage and US$3.5 billion are economic losses). The damage and losses are equivalent of about more than 120 percent of the 2009 gross domestic product (GDP).
- In the South East department, about 1,000 schools have officially re-opened while 49 schools have been identified as severely damaged.
- UNFPA estimates that 750,000 women and girls of childbearing age were affected by the earthquake. Of these, approximately 63,000 are pregnant and approximately 7,000 babies have been delivered every month since the earthquake.
- According to the Government of Haiti, 60 percent of government, administrative and economic infrastructure has been destroyed, as well as parliament and the judicial sector, including the Palais de Justice and numerous courts.
PPAF Projects
Reconstruction and Business Opportunities in Southern Haiti
On June 12-13 PPAF partnered with SImACT, Inc. (Societe Immobiliere d'Agriculture, de Commerce, et de Tourisme), a Haitian-American investment group, to convene a workshop in historic, damaged Jacmel, on the southeastern coast. Over 100 Haitian and foreign business, government and non-profit participants explored possible collaborations for reconstruction, investment and commerce. This took place at a time of great crisis but also great opportunity. “Refondation” will take many years and billions of dollars. Yet the cry is to “build back better,” and investment, commerce and business have central importance in this.
Conference materials with details on participating companies and organizations are available on the events page of the Foundation website.
Areas of interest were: housing and infrastructure, downtown Jacmel revitalization, arts and artisans, tourism and eco-tourism, “Belle Rive”, a planned multipurpose community, and promotion of ethanol cookstoves. The Foundation is now working with partners and local communities to implement these prospects.
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Ethanol Clean Cookstove Partnership for Haiti
Burning wood and charcoal for cooking and small business is Haiti’s greatest energy use. It has stripped the country bare, leading to erosion and hurricane mudslides. The fumes are health hazards, especially for women and children. Smoke and ash prevent cooking indoors.
Sugar has a long history in Haiti. Steps toward locally-produced ethanol as fuel for stoves made and distributed locally are now a special focus among several project partners. Our efforts aim to improve the lives and pocketbooks of families, provide jobs for farmers and small entrepreneurs, and reduce deforestation.
Representatives of a dozen organizations at the Jacmel Workshop discussed prospects for manufacture of small stoves in Haiti and provision of biofuel on a commercial basis. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed toward development of the Ethanol Clean Cookstove project. The partners include Project Gaia, SImACT, Dometic, Inc., International Rescue Committee, the Public-Private Alliance Foundation, the Haitian-American Association of Engineers and Scientists and MTAC, a local metal shop
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Jacmel Renaissance
Jacmel, long a tourist destination and center of artistic creativiity, suffered damage during the earthquake, losing its only hospital and many schools. Nevertheless, substantial sections of its historic downtown area remain standing and habitable, and have the potential for a renaissance that will create jobs, strengthen the infrastructure, help with the national priority for decentralization and regional development, and create a strong, vital, platform for the arts.
The Foundation is working with SimACT and other partners to promote this renaissance. Areas of work include collaboration to obtain financing and build the Belle Rive community, to work with partners in restoration of the downtown and port areas, and to encourage eco-tourism.
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Useful Links on Haiti
“MINUSTAH 6 Months After,” with a foreword by Nigel Fisher, United Nations Deputy Special Representative for Haiti.
Interim Haiti Recovery Commission - Includes the Haiti Recovery Plan, Goals, Projects, Pledges and Transparency.
Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti
1. Haiti Key Statistics
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“The United Nations can only do its job properly with partners. We will need to forge even closer ties to civil society groups, foundations, academic institutions, the media, labour unions, and the private sector. Each has unique contributions to make.”
-Ban Ki-moon
UN Secretary-General,
Address to UNA-USA Business Council
for the UN,
New York, 10 January 2007
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