Haiti Outreach

HAITI OUTREACH EMPOWERS HAITIANS THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT TRAINING, AND WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE (WASH) FACILITIES AND KNOWLEDGE. THROUGH ITS WORK , THE ORGANIZATION HELPS HAITIANS SUSTAINABLY IMPROVE THEIR COUNTRY, BREAK CYCLES OF DEPENDENCY, AND BUILD BETTER LIVES FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. HAITI OUTREACH ENVISIONS A FUTURE WHERE ALL HAITIANS ARE EMPOWERED WITH THE CAPABILITIES TO MANAGE THEIR LIVES AND TO WORK WITH OTHERS TO BUILD BRIGHTER FUTURES FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND ALL HAITIANS HAVE READY ACCESS TO SAFE, SUSTAINABLE, COMMUNITY-MANAGED WATER AND SANITATION FACILITIES, AND PRACTICE SOUND HYGIENE PRACTICES. THROUGH 22 YEARS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING, HAITI OUTREACH HAS EMPOWERED HAITIANS WITH THE SKILLS AND ATTITUDES TO SUSTAINABLY MANAGE COMMUNITY-INITIATED WATER AND SANITATION RESOURCES, WHICH ARE FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY THE USERS THROUGH SMALL, BUT MEANINGFUL FEES. WE

COMMUNITY MANAGED CLEAN WATER WELLS: THE MAIN WORK OF HAITI OUTREACH IS DRILLING COMMUNITY CLEAN WATER WELLS AND TRAINING LOCAL WATER MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES HOW TO MAINTAIN THEM OVER TIME. IN ADDITION, WE FOLLOW UP THE MANAGEMENT TRAINING WITH MONTHLY INSPECTIONS FOR TWO YEARS AFTER THE WELLS ARE COMPLETED. IN 2021, COVID- 19 WAS NO LONGER A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE IN HAITI. HOWEVER, CIVIL UNREST CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE PRESIDENT WAS ASSASSINATED IN JULY LEADING TO ADDITIONAL CHAOS, AND IN AUGUST, 2021, ANOTHER MAJOR EARTHQUAKE HIT HAITI, THIS TIME IN THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA. HOWEVER, WE DID INAUGURATE 19 COMMUNITY MANAGED WELLS. THAT INCLUDED CONDUCTING AN AVERAGE 3-MONTH TRAINING OF EACH COMMUNITY'S VOLUNTEER WATER MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, DRILLING THE WELL, AND BUILDING A SECURE CONCRETE BLOCK WELL HOUSE AROUND EACH WELL. WE ALSO CONDUCTED SANITATION EDUCATION AND PROMOTED THAT EVERY HOUSEHOLD HAVE A LATRINE TO MANAGE HUMAN WASTE. OUR SANITATION AND HYGIENE EDUCATION HELPED TO BRING ABOUT LATRINE COVERAGE FOR 89% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS IN THESE 19 COMMUNITIES. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY HAS IMPACTED THE LIVES OF 4,299 PEOPLE IN 2021. IN COOPERATION WITH THE NGO HANWASH, INC. WE CONTINUED TO WORK ON TWO TOWN WATER SYSTEMS, ONE IN PIGNON AND ONE IN CAVAILLON, TO HELP THEM BECOME MORE EFFICIENT, BETTER MANAGED, AND REPAIR LEAKS. WE ALSO COMPLETED A TWO YEAR PROGRAM WITH UNICEF TO CONDUCT SANITATION AND HYGIENE EDUCATION IN AS MANY AS 80 COMMUNITIES SO THAT AT LEAST HALF WOULD BE 100% OPEN DEFECATION FREE. WHILE IT WAS INTERRUPTED WHEN THE COUNTRY WAS SHUT DOWN FOR COVID-19, THIS PROGRAM CONCLUDED AT THE END OF 2021.

HUMANITARIAN AID FOR EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS: THE EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTHERN HAITI WAS EVEN MORE POWERFUL THAT THE ONE IN 2010. HOWEVER, THE POPULATION WAS MUCH SMALLER WHERE THE EARTHQUAKE HIT IN 2021. BECAUSE THERE STILL WERE MANY DEATHS AND INJURIES, PLUS A MAJOR LOSS OF PROPERTY, WE STOPPED ALL OF OUR NORMAL ACTIVITIES TO HELP IN THE FOLLOWING WAY: SUPPORTED A MEDICAL TEAM FROM PIGNON TO RENDER FIRST AID AND MEDICAL CARE TO THE SURVIVING VICTIMS, AND WE SENT ONE OF OUR WATER TANKER TRUCKS TO GIVE AWAY POTABLE WATER TO PEOPLE IN NEED. WE ALSO RESPONDED TO A GOVERNMENT REQUEST TO INVENTORY THE STATUS OF ALL WATER SYSTEMS IN THE 3 DEPARTMENTS OF HAITI AFFECTED BY THIS EARTHQUAKE, SO THEY COULD KNOW WHERE TO PRIORITIZE THEIR RESOURCES TO FIX THOSE THAT BECAME BROKEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION, WE DONATED THE EQUIVALENT OF 50 TO EACH OF 341 HOUSEHOLDS IN 7 COMMUNITIES WHERE WE HAVE WORKED RECENTLY IN THE EARTHQUAKE AREA TO HELP REPAIR THEIR DAMAGED HOMES.

EDUCATION TRIPS TO HAITI: DUE TO COVID TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, THE CIVIL UNREST IN THE COUNTRY, AND THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT'S LEVEL 4 - "DO NOT TRAVEL TO HAITI" STATUS, WE DID NOT CONDUCT ANY GROUP TRIPS TO HAITI IN 2021.