Haiti’s earthquake survivors, many still in tents, are bracing for a significant storm that made landfall Friday.
Southwest Haiti is likely to be most significantly affected but heavy rains and high winds are expected to over a much wider area.
Caritas is putting preparation plans in place and is considering airlifting food, medicines, acquatabs, the hygiene and kitchen kits if necessary.
In preparation for the hurricane, CRS (a Caritas member) stockpiled emergency supplies and readied staff.
Emergency food supplies are in place for 25,000 families, and other items such as hygiene kits, blankets, tarps and soap are ready to be distributed.
Caritas is focusing on prevention, providing access to clean water and hygiene awareness in response to the cholera epidemic hitting Haiti.
Over 3000 people have been infected and over 250 have died after cholera contaminated the water supply in north and central Haiti.
An earthquake 12 January caused massive damage in Haiti, including to the health, water and sanitation infrastructure. Many people are still living in cramped conditions in camps. Caritas was already involved in health and providing clean water as part of its reconstruction programme.
Caritas has given out 176,000 water purification tablets in and around Gonaïves where some cases are suspected. It is also providing rehydration kits and hand sanitisers.
“It is important to interrupt the infection chain. Cholera needs to be detected, affected people need to receive treatment and awareness has to be raised among the population. Clean drinking water and washing hands regularly are absolutely essential where cholera is concerned,” said Dr Joost Butenhop, health advisor to Caritas Germany, one of the Caritas organisations working in Haiti.
Authorities in Haiti say the cholera epidemic is slowing down, but many people are still at risk. A few cases of the disease have been detected in the capital Port-au-Prince but were isolated. With a large number of people living in over-crowded camps and in poor hygiene conditions it is essential that people are protected from the disease.
Caritas is giving out soap to families in Port-au-Prince. It is also preparing to boost hygiene levels in camps and is developing public awareness messages that put emphasis on the risks of cholera and how to prevent it.
Cholera is transmitted through bacteria in contaminated food and water. The disease causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea which leads to dehydration.
Caritas is midway through a 12 month recovery programme in Haiti begun in May. Improving hygiene and access to drinking water is one of the focuses of the US$176 million programme. The programme will be part of a larger five year response.
For more information, please contact Michelle Hough on +39 06 69879721/+39 334 2344136 or hough @ caritas.va
Caritas has taken truck loads of aid to the earthquake-hit town of Léogâne, 30km outside of Port-au-Prince.
Accompanied by UN peacekeepers, the convoy contained tents, plastic sheeting, blankets, water purification tablets and water containers. It will help 5000 people.
5000 thousand people also received food kits in a separate Caritas distribution in the town.
A medical tent will also be erected to take care of the immediate health needs of the community in Léogâne.
“The healthcare system in Léogâne was very weak to begin with,” says Dr Joost, Butenop, Caritas health advisor in Port-au-Prince.
“Our medical kits are specially designed for disasters and will allow us to treat wounds, prescribe medicines and treat infectious diseases that are common after disasters.”
The clinic will be put up behind Léogâne’s destroyed church and is expected to treat up to 80 patients a day.
Léogâne’s hospital was not destroyed in the earthquake, but people are not entering the building until assessments have been carried out.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake which devastated large parts of Port-au-Prince had a massive impact of Léogâne. Many buildings are destroyed and much of the community is sleeping in the town’s central square.
Caritas has been ramping up its aid effort in recent days. A plane-full of tents, sheeting and medical tents and medicines arrived on Wednesday.
This followed twenty truck-fulls of food and hygiene items and 80 containers of food arriving earlier in the week.
For photos of the rescue and distribution contact Patrick Nicholson at Nicholson @caritas.va or 00393343590700
Caritas Haiti and CRS, in partnership with church aid agencies from around the world, have begun to deliver almost 100 tonnes of food to Port-au-Prince this week to feed at least 50,000 people in one of the city’s biggest camps, Petionville Club.
CRS is a Caritas member in the USA with an office in Haiti.
Working in a joint response to the earthquake of almost two weeks ago, the Caritas agencies have already brought food, water, medical and other supplies to more than 25,000 people. But the needs remain great, and logistics, communication and security have been serious challenges.
The public has donated over US $60 million (Euro 45 million) so far to Caritas members worldwide.
Before this disaster, Haiti had very poor infrastructure. Caritas says it was not possible to have the amount of resources required to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. But Caritas Haiti had stocks that were already pre-positioned in their warehouses, which enabled them to respond to the crisis within a short matter of hours.
They were also able to bring in at least 40 truckloads so far from neighbouring Dominican Republic, and receive supplies via a severely damaged port.
Almost two weeks after the devastating earthquake, people are becoming more desperate for food, but the constant flow of helicopters carrying crates over the city show that aid is getting through.
Caritas partners needed to ensure that all distribution sites were safe before the distribution began, especially in larger camps with many people such as at the Petionville Club. It is also a concern that those most in need of help, such as the elderly and the injured, could be overwhelmed by people from outside the area coming in and demanding food. Caritas needed to ensure that the necessary measures to make sure both beneficiaries and staff were safe.
In Petionville, all beneficiaries were given coloured tickets depending on which part of the camp they lived in. On Monday, those in the yellow quadrant were given their supplies; on Tuesday, the red quadrant will get theirs. By Friday, 50,000 people will have received rations of lentils, vegetable oil and bulgur, a whole-grain, high fibre wheat.
“Communications with beneficiaries is so important in distributions like this,” says CRS (a Caritas member in the USA) emergency response leader Donal Reilly said. “So as to avoid confusion and the risk of unrest, they need to be told exactly what is happening, what they will receive and when.”
Caritas says the policy has paid off. People queued in line quietly, respectful of each other and the aid workers and volunteers there to help.
There is a long way to go but the distribution at Petionville is a significant stone in large ocean of need.
Please contact Conor O'Loughlin, International Humanitarian Communications Officer for Trócaire (Caritas Ireland), in Port-au-Prince as part of the Caritas relief efforts.
Phone: M+353 86 2071942 or 00353 86 607 4327 Skype: coloughlin Email: COLoughlin @trocaire.ie
Fri Nov 05 19:34:56 +0000 2010 by DNug:notes: FROM THE SITE:
Prevention essential in stopping cholera in Haiti
25 October 2010
Caritas is focusing on prevention, providing access to clean water and hygiene awareness in response to the cholera epidemic hitting Haiti.
Over 3000 people have been infected and over 250 have died after cholera contaminated the water supply in north and central Haiti.
An earthquake 12 January caused massive damage in Haiti, including to the health, water and sanitation infrastructure. Many people are still living in cramped conditions in camps. Caritas was already involved in health and providing clean water as part of its reconstruction programme.
Caritas has given out 176,000 water purification tablets in and around Gonaïves where some cases are suspected. It is also providing rehydration kits and hand sanitisers.
“It is important to interrupt the infection chain. Cholera needs to be detected, affected people need to receive treatment and awareness has to be raised among the population. Clean drinking water and washing hands regularly are absolutely essential where cholera is concerned,” said Dr Joost Butenhop, health advisor to Caritas Germany, one of the Caritas organisations working in Haiti.
Authorities in Haiti say the cholera epidemic is slowing down, but many people are still at risk. A few cases of the disease have been detected in the capital Port-au-Prince but were isolated. With a large number of people living in over-crowded camps and in poor hygiene conditions it is essential that people are protected from the disease.
Caritas is giving out soap to families in Port-au-Prince. It is also preparing to boost hygiene levels in camps and is developing public awareness messages that put emphasis on the risks of cholera and how to prevent it.
Cholera is transmitted through bacteria in contaminated food and water. The disease causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea which leads to dehydration.
Caritas is midway through a 12 month recovery programme in Haiti begun in May. Improving hygiene and access to drinking water is one of the focuses of the US$176 million programme. The programme will be part of a larger five year response.
For more information, please contact Michelle Hough on +39 06 69879721/+39 334 2344136 or hough @ caritas.va
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French website: http://www.caritashaiti.org/
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1/21/10 - FROM THE WEBSITE
http://www.caritas.org/newsroom/press_releases/index.html
Caritas has taken truck loads of aid to the earthquake-hit town of Léogâne, 30km outside of Port-au-Prince.
Accompanied by UN peacekeepers, the convoy contained tents, plastic sheeting, blankets, water purification tablets and water containers. It will help 5000 people.
5000 thousand people also received food kits in a separate Caritas distribution in the town.
A medical tent will also be erected to take care of the immediate health needs of the community in Léogâne.
“The healthcare system in Léogâne was very weak to begin with,” says Dr Joost, Butenop, Caritas health advisor in Port-au-Prince.
“Our medical kits are specially designed for disasters and will allow us to treat wounds, prescribe medicines and treat infectious diseases that are common after disasters.”
The clinic will be put up behind Léogâne’s destroyed church and is expected to treat up to 80 patients a day.
Léogâne’s hospital was not destroyed in the earthquake, but people are not entering the building until assessments have been carried out.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake which devastated large parts of Port-au-Prince had a massive impact of Léogâne. Many buildings are destroyed and much of the community is sleeping in the town’s central square.
Caritas has been ramping up its aid effort in recent days. A plane-full of tents, sheeting and medical tents and medicines arrived on Wednesday.
This followed twenty truck-fulls of food and hygiene items and 80 containers of food arriving earlier in the week.
Contact Michelle Hough in Port-au-Prince 00393386921177 or mimi7tre @hotmail.com
For photos of the rescue and distribution contact Patrick Nicholson at Nicholson @caritas.va or 00393343590700
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Caritas Haiti and CRS, in partnership with church aid agencies from around the world, have begun to deliver almost 100 tonnes of food to Port-au-Prince this week to feed at least 50,000 people in one of the city’s biggest camps, Petionville Club.
CRS is a Caritas member in the USA with an office in Haiti.
Working in a joint response to the earthquake of almost two weeks ago, the Caritas agencies have already brought food, water, medical and other supplies to more than 25,000 people. But the needs remain great, and logistics, communication and security have been serious challenges.
The public has donated over US $60 million (Euro 45 million) so far to Caritas members worldwide.
Before this disaster, Haiti had very poor infrastructure. Caritas says it was not possible to have the amount of resources required to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. But Caritas Haiti had stocks that were already pre-positioned in their warehouses, which enabled them to respond to the crisis within a short matter of hours.
They were also able to bring in at least 40 truckloads so far from neighbouring Dominican Republic, and receive supplies via a severely damaged port.
Almost two weeks after the devastating earthquake, people are becoming more desperate for food, but the constant flow of helicopters carrying crates over the city show that aid is getting through.
Caritas partners needed to ensure that all distribution sites were safe before the distribution began, especially in larger camps with many people such as at the Petionville Club. It is also a concern that those most in need of help, such as the elderly and the injured, could be overwhelmed by people from outside the area coming in and demanding food. Caritas needed to ensure that the necessary measures to make sure both beneficiaries and staff were safe.
In Petionville, all beneficiaries were given coloured tickets depending on which part of the camp they lived in. On Monday, those in the yellow quadrant were given their supplies; on Tuesday, the red quadrant will get theirs. By Friday, 50,000 people will have received rations of lentils, vegetable oil and bulgur, a whole-grain, high fibre wheat.
“Communications with beneficiaries is so important in distributions like this,” says CRS (a Caritas member in the USA) emergency response leader Donal Reilly said. “So as to avoid confusion and the risk of unrest, they need to be told exactly what is happening, what they will receive and when.”
Caritas says the policy has paid off. People queued in line quietly, respectful of each other and the aid workers and volunteers there to help.
There is a long way to go but the distribution at Petionville is a significant stone in large ocean of need.
Please contact Conor O'Loughlin, International Humanitarian Communications Officer for Trócaire (Caritas Ireland), in Port-au-Prince as part of the Caritas relief efforts.
Phone: M+353 86 2071942 or 00353 86 607 4327 Skype: coloughlin Email: COLoughlin @trocaire.ie -> FROM THE SITE:
Haiti’s homeless brace for hurricane
Haiti’s earthquake survivors, many still in tents, are bracing for a significant storm that made landfall Friday.
Southwest Haiti is likely to be most significantly affected but heavy rains and high winds are expected to over a much wider area.
Caritas is putting preparation plans in place and is considering airlifting food, medicines, acquatabs, the hygiene and kitchen kits if necessary.
In preparation for the hurricane, CRS (a Caritas member) stockpiled emergency supplies and readied staff.
Emergency food supplies are in place for 25,000 families, and other items such as hygiene kits, blankets, tarps and soap are ready to be distributed.
source at:
http://blog.caritas.org/2010/11/05/haitis-homeless-brace-for-hurricane/
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Prevention essential in stopping cholera in Haiti
25 October 2010
Caritas is focusing on prevention, providing access to clean water and hygiene awareness in response to the cholera epidemic hitting Haiti.
Over 3000 people have been infected and over 250 have died after cholera contaminated the water supply in north and central Haiti.
An earthquake 12 January caused massive damage in Haiti, including to the health, water and sanitation infrastructure. Many people are still living in cramped conditions in camps. Caritas was already involved in health and providing clean water as part of its reconstruction programme.
Caritas has given out 176,000 water purification tablets in and around Gonaïves where some cases are suspected. It is also providing rehydration kits and hand sanitisers.
“It is important to interrupt the infection chain. Cholera needs to be detected, affected people need to receive treatment and awareness has to be raised among the population. Clean drinking water and washing hands regularly are absolutely essential where cholera is concerned,” said Dr Joost Butenhop, health advisor to Caritas Germany, one of the Caritas organisations working in Haiti.
Authorities in Haiti say the cholera epidemic is slowing down, but many people are still at risk. A few cases of the disease have been detected in the capital Port-au-Prince but were isolated. With a large number of people living in over-crowded camps and in poor hygiene conditions it is essential that people are protected from the disease.
Caritas is giving out soap to families in Port-au-Prince. It is also preparing to boost hygiene levels in camps and is developing public awareness messages that put emphasis on the risks of cholera and how to prevent it.
Cholera is transmitted through bacteria in contaminated food and water. The disease causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea which leads to dehydration.
Caritas is midway through a 12 month recovery programme in Haiti begun in May. Improving hygiene and access to drinking water is one of the focuses of the US$176 million programme. The programme will be part of a larger five year response.
For more information, please contact Michelle Hough on +39 06 69879721/+39 334 2344136 or hough @ caritas.va
----------------------------------------------------
French website: http://www.caritashaiti.org/
-----------------------------------------------------
1/21/10 - FROM THE WEBSITE
http://www.caritas.org/newsroom/press_releases/index.html
Caritas has taken truck loads of aid to the earthquake-hit town of Léogâne, 30km outside of Port-au-Prince.
Accompanied by UN peacekeepers, the convoy contained tents, plastic sheeting, blankets, water purification tablets and water containers. It will help 5000 people.
5000 thousand people also received food kits in a separate Caritas distribution in the town.
A medical tent will also be erected to take care of the immediate health needs of the community in Léogâne.
“The healthcare system in Léogâne was very weak to begin with,” says Dr Joost, Butenop, Caritas health advisor in Port-au-Prince.
“Our medical kits are specially designed for disasters and will allow us to treat wounds, prescribe medicines and treat infectious diseases that are common after disasters.”
The clinic will be put up behind Léogâne’s destroyed church and is expected to treat up to 80 patients a day.
Léogâne’s hospital was not destroyed in the earthquake, but people are not entering the building until assessments have been carried out.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake which devastated large parts of Port-au-Prince had a massive impact of Léogâne. Many buildings are destroyed and much of the community is sleeping in the town’s central square.
Caritas has been ramping up its aid effort in recent days. A plane-full of tents, sheeting and medical tents and medicines arrived on Wednesday.
This followed twenty truck-fulls of food and hygiene items and 80 containers of food arriving earlier in the week.
Contact Michelle Hough in Port-au-Prince 00393386921177 or mimi7tre @hotmail.com
For photos of the rescue and distribution contact Patrick Nicholson at Nicholson @caritas.va or 00393343590700
------------------------------------------------------------------
Caritas Haiti and CRS, in partnership with church aid agencies from around the world, have begun to deliver almost 100 tonnes of food to Port-au-Prince this week to feed at least 50,000 people in one of the city’s biggest camps, Petionville Club.
CRS is a Caritas member in the USA with an office in Haiti.
Working in a joint response to the earthquake of almost two weeks ago, the Caritas agencies have already brought food, water, medical and other supplies to more than 25,000 people. But the needs remain great, and logistics, communication and security have been serious challenges.
The public has donated over US $60 million (Euro 45 million) so far to Caritas members worldwide.
Before this disaster, Haiti had very poor infrastructure. Caritas says it was not possible to have the amount of resources required to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. But Caritas Haiti had stocks that were already pre-positioned in their warehouses, which enabled them to respond to the crisis within a short matter of hours.
They were also able to bring in at least 40 truckloads so far from neighbouring Dominican Republic, and receive supplies via a severely damaged port.
Almost two weeks after the devastating earthquake, people are becoming more desperate for food, but the constant flow of helicopters carrying crates over the city show that aid is getting through.
Caritas partners needed to ensure that all distribution sites were safe before the distribution began, especially in larger camps with many people such as at the Petionville Club. It is also a concern that those most in need of help, such as the elderly and the injured, could be overwhelmed by people from outside the area coming in and demanding food. Caritas needed to ensure that the necessary measures to make sure both beneficiaries and staff were safe.
In Petionville, all beneficiaries were given coloured tickets depending on which part of the camp they lived in. On Monday, those in the yellow quadrant were given their supplies; on Tuesday, the red quadrant will get theirs. By Friday, 50,000 people will have received rations of lentils, vegetable oil and bulgur, a whole-grain, high fibre wheat.
“Communications with beneficiaries is so important in distributions like this,” says CRS (a Caritas member in the USA) emergency response leader Donal Reilly said. “So as to avoid confusion and the risk of unrest, they need to be told exactly what is happening, what they will receive and when.”
Caritas says the policy has paid off. People queued in line quietly, respectful of each other and the aid workers and volunteers there to help.
There is a long way to go but the distribution at Petionville is a significant stone in large ocean of need.
Please contact Conor O'Loughlin, International Humanitarian Communications Officer for Trócaire (Caritas Ireland), in Port-au-Prince as part of the Caritas relief efforts.
Phone: M+353 86 2071942 or 00353 86 607 4327 Skype: coloughlin Email: COLoughlin @trocaire.ie
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notes: French website: http://www.caritashaiti.org/
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1/21/10 - FROM THE WEBSITE
http://www.caritas.org/newsroom/press_releases/index.html
Caritas has taken truck loads of aid to the earthquake-hit town of Léogâne, 30km outside of Port-au-Prince.
Accompanied by UN peacekeepers, the convoy contained tents, plastic sheeting, blankets, water purification tablets and water containers. It will help 5000 people.
5000 thousand people also received food kits in a separate Caritas distribution in the town.
A medical tent will also be erected to take care of the immediate health needs of the community in Léogâne.
“The healthcare system in Léogâne was very weak to begin with,” says Dr Joost, Butenop, Caritas health advisor in Port-au-Prince.
“Our medical kits are specially designed for disasters and will allow us to treat wounds, prescribe medicines and treat infectious diseases that are common after disasters.”
The clinic will be put up behind Léogâne’s destroyed church and is expected to treat up to 80 patients a day.
Léogâne’s hospital was not destroyed in the earthquake, but people are not entering the building until assessments have been carried out.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake which devastated large parts of Port-au-Prince had a massive impact of Léogâne. Many buildings are destroyed and much of the community is sleeping in the town’s central square.
Caritas has been ramping up its aid effort in recent days. A plane-full of tents, sheeting and medical tents and medicines arrived on Wednesday.
This followed twenty truck-fulls of food and hygiene items and 80 containers of food arriving earlier in the week.
Contact Michelle Hough in Port-au-Prince 00393386921177 or mimi7tre @hotmail.com
For photos of the rescue and distribution contact Patrick Nicholson at Nicholson @caritas.va or 00393343590700
------------------------------------------------------------------
Caritas Haiti and CRS, in partnership with church aid agencies from around the world, have begun to deliver almost 100 tonnes of food to Port-au-Prince this week to feed at least 50,000 people in one of the city’s biggest camps, Petionville Club.
CRS is a Caritas member in the USA with an office in Haiti.
Working in a joint response to the earthquake of almost two weeks ago, the Caritas agencies have already brought food, water, medical and other supplies to more than 25,000 people. But the needs remain great, and logistics, communication and security have been serious challenges.
The public has donated over US $60 million (Euro 45 million) so far to Caritas members worldwide.
Before this disaster, Haiti had very poor infrastructure. Caritas says it was not possible to have the amount of resources required to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. But Caritas Haiti had stocks that were already pre-positioned in their warehouses, which enabled them to respond to the crisis within a short matter of hours.
They were also able to bring in at least 40 truckloads so far from neighbouring Dominican Republic, and receive supplies via a severely damaged port.
Almost two weeks after the devastating earthquake, people are becoming more desperate for food, but the constant flow of helicopters carrying crates over the city show that aid is getting through.
Caritas partners needed to ensure that all distribution sites were safe before the distribution began, especially in larger camps with many people such as at the Petionville Club. It is also a concern that those most in need of help, such as the elderly and the injured, could be overwhelmed by people from outside the area coming in and demanding food. Caritas needed to ensure that the necessary measures to make sure both beneficiaries and staff were safe.
In Petionville, all beneficiaries were given coloured tickets depending on which part of the camp they lived in. On Monday, those in the yellow quadrant were given their supplies; on Tuesday, the red quadrant will get theirs. By Friday, 50,000 people will have received rations of lentils, vegetable oil and bulgur, a whole-grain, high fibre wheat.
“Communications with beneficiaries is so important in distributions like this,” says CRS (a Caritas member in the USA) emergency response leader Donal Reilly said. “So as to avoid confusion and the risk of unrest, they need to be told exactly what is happening, what they will receive and when.”
Caritas says the policy has paid off. People queued in line quietly, respectful of each other and the aid workers and volunteers there to help.
There is a long way to go but the distribution at Petionville is a significant stone in large ocean of need.
Please contact Conor O'Loughlin, International Humanitarian Communications Officer for Trócaire (Caritas Ireland), in Port-au-Prince as part of the Caritas relief efforts.
Phone: M+353 86 2071942 or 00353 86 607 4327 Skype: coloughlin Email: COLoughlin @trocaire.ie -> FROM THE SITE:
Prevention essential in stopping cholera in Haiti
25 October 2010
Caritas is focusing on prevention, providing access to clean water and hygiene awareness in response to the cholera epidemic hitting Haiti.
Over 3000 people have been infected and over 250 have died after cholera contaminated the water supply in north and central Haiti.
An earthquake 12 January caused massive damage in Haiti, including to the health, water and sanitation infrastructure. Many people are still living in cramped conditions in camps. Caritas was already involved in health and providing clean water as part of its reconstruction programme.
Caritas has given out 176,000 water purification tablets in and around Gonaïves where some cases are suspected. It is also providing rehydration kits and hand sanitisers.
“It is important to interrupt the infection chain. Cholera needs to be detected, affected people need to receive treatment and awareness has to be raised among the population. Clean drinking water and washing hands regularly are absolutely essential where cholera is concerned,” said Dr Joost Butenhop, health advisor to Caritas Germany, one of the Caritas organisations working in Haiti.
Authorities in Haiti say the cholera epidemic is slowing down, but many people are still at risk. A few cases of the disease have been detected in the capital Port-au-Prince but were isolated. With a large number of people living in over-crowded camps and in poor hygiene conditions it is essential that people are protected from the disease.
Caritas is giving out soap to families in Port-au-Prince. It is also preparing to boost hygiene levels in camps and is developing public awareness messages that put emphasis on the risks of cholera and how to prevent it.
Cholera is transmitted through bacteria in contaminated food and water. The disease causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea which leads to dehydration.
Caritas is midway through a 12 month recovery programme in Haiti begun in May. Improving hygiene and access to drinking water is one of the focuses of the US$176 million programme. The programme will be part of a larger five year response.
For more information, please contact Michelle Hough on +39 06 69879721/+39 334 2344136 or hough @ caritas.va
----------------------------------------------------
French website: http://www.caritashaiti.org/
-----------------------------------------------------
1/21/10 - FROM THE WEBSITE
http://www.caritas.org/newsroom/press_releases/index.html
Caritas has taken truck loads of aid to the earthquake-hit town of Léogâne, 30km outside of Port-au-Prince.
Accompanied by UN peacekeepers, the convoy contained tents, plastic sheeting, blankets, water purification tablets and water containers. It will help 5000 people.
5000 thousand people also received food kits in a separate Caritas distribution in the town.
A medical tent will also be erected to take care of the immediate health needs of the community in Léogâne.
“The healthcare system in Léogâne was very weak to begin with,” says Dr Joost, Butenop, Caritas health advisor in Port-au-Prince.
“Our medical kits are specially designed for disasters and will allow us to treat wounds, prescribe medicines and treat infectious diseases that are common after disasters.”
The clinic will be put up behind Léogâne’s destroyed church and is expected to treat up to 80 patients a day.
Léogâne’s hospital was not destroyed in the earthquake, but people are not entering the building until assessments have been carried out.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake which devastated large parts of Port-au-Prince had a massive impact of Léogâne. Many buildings are destroyed and much of the community is sleeping in the town’s central square.
Caritas has been ramping up its aid effort in recent days. A plane-full of tents, sheeting and medical tents and medicines arrived on Wednesday.
This followed twenty truck-fulls of food and hygiene items and 80 containers of food arriving earlier in the week.
Contact Michelle Hough in Port-au-Prince 00393386921177 or mimi7tre @hotmail.com
For photos of the rescue and distribution contact Patrick Nicholson at Nicholson @caritas.va or 00393343590700
------------------------------------------------------------------
Caritas Haiti and CRS, in partnership with church aid agencies from around the world, have begun to deliver almost 100 tonnes of food to Port-au-Prince this week to feed at least 50,000 people in one of the city’s biggest camps, Petionville Club.
CRS is a Caritas member in the USA with an office in Haiti.
Working in a joint response to the earthquake of almost two weeks ago, the Caritas agencies have already brought food, water, medical and other supplies to more than 25,000 people. But the needs remain great, and logistics, communication and security have been serious challenges.
The public has donated over US $60 million (Euro 45 million) so far to Caritas members worldwide.
Before this disaster, Haiti had very poor infrastructure. Caritas says it was not possible to have the amount of resources required to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. But Caritas Haiti had stocks that were already pre-positioned in their warehouses, which enabled them to respond to the crisis within a short matter of hours.
They were also able to bring in at least 40 truckloads so far from neighbouring Dominican Republic, and receive supplies via a severely damaged port.
Almost two weeks after the devastating earthquake, people are becoming more desperate for food, but the constant flow of helicopters carrying crates over the city show that aid is getting through.
Caritas partners needed to ensure that all distribution sites were safe before the distribution began, especially in larger camps with many people such as at the Petionville Club. It is also a concern that those most in need of help, such as the elderly and the injured, could be overwhelmed by people from outside the area coming in and demanding food. Caritas needed to ensure that the necessary measures to make sure both beneficiaries and staff were safe.
In Petionville, all beneficiaries were given coloured tickets depending on which part of the camp they lived in. On Monday, those in the yellow quadrant were given their supplies; on Tuesday, the red quadrant will get theirs. By Friday, 50,000 people will have received rations of lentils, vegetable oil and bulgur, a whole-grain, high fibre wheat.
“Communications with beneficiaries is so important in distributions like this,” says CRS (a Caritas member in the USA) emergency response leader Donal Reilly said. “So as to avoid confusion and the risk of unrest, they need to be told exactly what is happening, what they will receive and when.”
Caritas says the policy has paid off. People queued in line quietly, respectful of each other and the aid workers and volunteers there to help.
There is a long way to go but the distribution at Petionville is a significant stone in large ocean of need.
Please contact Conor O'Loughlin, International Humanitarian Communications Officer for Trócaire (Caritas Ireland), in Port-au-Prince as part of the Caritas relief efforts.
Phone: M+353 86 2071942 or 00353 86 607 4327 Skype: coloughlin Email: COLoughlin @trocaire.ie
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(show/hide changes)Sun Feb 28 06:09:00 +0000 2010 by LTel:notes: 1/21/10 - FROM THE WEBSITE
http://www.caritas.org/newsroom/press_releases/index.html
Caritas has taken truck loads of aid to the earthquake-hit town of Léogâne, 30km outside of Port-au-Prince.
Accompanied by UN peacekeepers, the convoy contained tents, plastic sheeting, blankets, water purification tablets and water containers. It will help 5000 people.
5000 thousand people also received food kits in a separate Caritas distribution in the town.
A medical tent will also be erected to take care of the immediate health needs of the community in Léogâne.
“The healthcare system in Léogâne was very weak to begin with,” says Dr Joost, Butenop, Caritas health advisor in Port-au-Prince.
“Our medical kits are specially designed for disasters and will allow us to treat wounds, prescribe medicines and treat infectious diseases that are common after disasters.”
The clinic will be put up behind Léogâne’s destroyed church and is expected to treat up to 80 patients a day.
Léogâne’s hospital was not destroyed in the earthquake, but people are not entering the building until assessments have been carried out.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake which devastated large parts of Port-au-Prince had a massive impact of Léogâne. Many buildings are destroyed and much of the community is sleeping in the town’s central square.
Caritas has been ramping up its aid effort in recent days. A plane-full of tents, sheeting and medical tents and medicines arrived on Wednesday.
This followed twenty truck-fulls of food and hygiene items and 80 containers of food arriving earlier in the week.
Contact Michelle Hough in Port-au-Prince 00393386921177 or mimi7tre @hotmail.com
For photos of the rescue and distribution contact Patrick Nicholson at Nicholson @caritas.va or 00393343590700
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Caritas Haiti and CRS, in partnership with church aid agencies from around the world, have begun to deliver almost 100 tonnes of food to Port-au-Prince this week to feed at least 50,000 people in one of the city’s biggest camps, Petionville Club.
CRS is a Caritas member in the USA with an office in Haiti.
Working in a joint response to the earthquake of almost two weeks ago, the Caritas agencies have already brought food, water, medical and other supplies to more than 25,000 people. But the needs remain great, and logistics, communication and security have been serious challenges.
The public has donated over US $60 million (Euro 45 million) so far to Caritas members worldwide.
Before this disaster, Haiti had very poor infrastructure. Caritas says it was not possible to have the amount of resources required to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. But Caritas Haiti had stocks that were already pre-positioned in their warehouses, which enabled them to respond to the crisis within a short matter of hours.
They were also able to bring in at least 40 truckloads so far from neighbouring Dominican Republic, and receive supplies via a severely damaged port.
Almost two weeks after the devastating earthquake, people are becoming more desperate for food, but the constant flow of helicopters carrying crates over the city show that aid is getting through.
Caritas partners needed to ensure that all distribution sites were safe before the distribution began, especially in larger camps with many people such as at the Petionville Club. It is also a concern that those most in need of help, such as the elderly and the injured, could be overwhelmed by people from outside the area coming in and demanding food. Caritas needed to ensure that the necessary measures to make sure both beneficiaries and staff were safe.
In Petionville, all beneficiaries were given coloured tickets depending on which part of the camp they lived in. On Monday, those in the yellow quadrant were given their supplies; on Tuesday, the red quadrant will get theirs. By Friday, 50,000 people will have received rations of lentils, vegetable oil and bulgur, a whole-grain, high fibre wheat.
“Communications with beneficiaries is so important in distributions like this,” says CRS (a Caritas member in the USA) emergency response leader Donal Reilly said. “So as to avoid confusion and the risk of unrest, they need to be told exactly what is happening, what they will receive and when.”
Caritas says the policy has paid off. People queued in line quietly, respectful of each other and the aid workers and volunteers there to help.
There is a long way to go but the distribution at Petionville is a significant stone in large ocean of need.
Please contact Conor O'Loughlin, International Humanitarian Communications Officer for Trócaire (Caritas Ireland), in Port-au-Prince as part of the Caritas relief efforts.
Phone: M+353 86 2071942 or 00353 86 607 4327 Skype: coloughlin Email: COLoughlin @trocaire.ie -> French website: http://www.caritashaiti.org/
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1/21/10 - FROM THE WEBSITE
http://www.caritas.org/newsroom/press_releases/index.html
Caritas has taken truck loads of aid to the earthquake-hit town of Léogâne, 30km outside of Port-au-Prince.
Accompanied by UN peacekeepers, the convoy contained tents, plastic sheeting, blankets, water purification tablets and water containers. It will help 5000 people.
5000 thousand people also received food kits in a separate Caritas distribution in the town.
A medical tent will also be erected to take care of the immediate health needs of the community in Léogâne.
“The healthcare system in Léogâne was very weak to begin with,” says Dr Joost, Butenop, Caritas health advisor in Port-au-Prince.
“Our medical kits are specially designed for disasters and will allow us to treat wounds, prescribe medicines and treat infectious diseases that are common after disasters.”
The clinic will be put up behind Léogâne’s destroyed church and is expected to treat up to 80 patients a day.
Léogâne’s hospital was not destroyed in the earthquake, but people are not entering the building until assessments have been carried out.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake which devastated large parts of Port-au-Prince had a massive impact of Léogâne. Many buildings are destroyed and much of the community is sleeping in the town’s central square.
Caritas has been ramping up its aid effort in recent days. A plane-full of tents, sheeting and medical tents and medicines arrived on Wednesday.
This followed twenty truck-fulls of food and hygiene items and 80 containers of food arriving earlier in the week.
Contact Michelle Hough in Port-au-Prince 00393386921177 or mimi7tre @hotmail.com
For photos of the rescue and distribution contact Patrick Nicholson at Nicholson @caritas.va or 00393343590700
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Caritas Haiti and CRS, in partnership with church aid agencies from around the world, have begun to deliver almost 100 tonnes of food to Port-au-Prince this week to feed at least 50,000 people in one of the city’s biggest camps, Petionville Club.
CRS is a Caritas member in the USA with an office in Haiti.
Working in a joint response to the earthquake of almost two weeks ago, the Caritas agencies have already brought food, water, medical and other supplies to more than 25,000 people. But the needs remain great, and logistics, communication and security have been serious challenges.
The public has donated over US $60 million (Euro 45 million) so far to Caritas members worldwide.
Before this disaster, Haiti had very poor infrastructure. Caritas says it was not possible to have the amount of resources required to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. But Caritas Haiti had stocks that were already pre-positioned in their warehouses, which enabled them to respond to the crisis within a short matter of hours.
They were also able to bring in at least 40 truckloads so far from neighbouring Dominican Republic, and receive supplies via a severely damaged port.
Almost two weeks after the devastating earthquake, people are becoming more desperate for food, but the constant flow of helicopters carrying crates over the city show that aid is getting through.
Caritas partners needed to ensure that all distribution sites were safe before the distribution began, especially in larger camps with many people such as at the Petionville Club. It is also a concern that those most in need of help, such as the elderly and the injured, could be overwhelmed by people from outside the area coming in and demanding food. Caritas needed to ensure that the necessary measures to make sure both beneficiaries and staff were safe.
In Petionville, all beneficiaries were given coloured tickets depending on which part of the camp they lived in. On Monday, those in the yellow quadrant were given their supplies; on Tuesday, the red quadrant will get theirs. By Friday, 50,000 people will have received rations of lentils, vegetable oil and bulgur, a whole-grain, high fibre wheat.
“Communications with beneficiaries is so important in distributions like this,” says CRS (a Caritas member in the USA) emergency response leader Donal Reilly said. “So as to avoid confusion and the risk of unrest, they need to be told exactly what is happening, what they will receive and when.”
Caritas says the policy has paid off. People queued in line quietly, respectful of each other and the aid workers and volunteers there to help.
There is a long way to go but the distribution at Petionville is a significant stone in large ocean of need.
Please contact Conor O'Loughlin, International Humanitarian Communications Officer for Trócaire (Caritas Ireland), in Port-au-Prince as part of the Caritas relief efforts.
Phone: M+353 86 2071942 or 00353 86 607 4327 Skype: coloughlin Email: COLoughlin @trocaire.ie
website: -> http://www.caritas.org/worldmap/latin_america/haiti.html
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Golf Club - Tent City -> Golf Club - Tent City
website: http://www.caritashaiti.org/ ->
(show/hide changes)Sun Feb 28 06:07:20 +0000 2010 by LTel:address:
Golf Club - Tent City ->
Golf Club - Tent City
notes: 1/21/10 - FROM THE WEBSITE
http://www.caritas.org/newsroom/press_releases/index.html
Caritas has taken truck loads of aid to the earthquake-hit town of Léogâne, 30km outside of Port-au-Prince.
Accompanied by UN peacekeepers, the convoy contained tents, plastic sheeting, blankets, water purification tablets and water containers. It will help 5000 people.
5000 thousand people also received food kits in a separate Caritas distribution in the town.
A medical tent will also be erected to take care of the immediate health needs of the community in Léogâne.
“The healthcare system in Léogâne was very weak to begin with,” says Dr Joost, Butenop, Caritas health advisor in Port-au-Prince.
“Our medical kits are specially designed for disasters and will allow us to treat wounds, prescribe medicines and treat infectious diseases that are common after disasters.”
The clinic will be put up behind Léogâne’s destroyed church and is expected to treat up to 80 patients a day.
Léogâne’s hospital was not destroyed in the earthquake, but people are not entering the building until assessments have been carried out.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake which devastated large parts of Port-au-Prince had a massive impact of Léogâne. Many buildings are destroyed and much of the community is sleeping in the town’s central square.
Caritas has been ramping up its aid effort in recent days. A plane-full of tents, sheeting and medical tents and medicines arrived on Wednesday.
This followed twenty truck-fulls of food and hygiene items and 80 containers of food arriving earlier in the week.
Contact Michelle Hough in Port-au-Prince 00393386921177 or mimi7tre @hotmail.com
For photos of the rescue and distribution contact Patrick Nicholson at Nicholson@caritas.va or 00393343590700
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Caritas Haiti and CRS, in partnership with church aid agencies from around the world, have begun to deliver almost 100 tonnes of food to Port-au-Prince this week to feed at least 50,000 people in one of the city’s biggest camps, Petionville Club.
CRS is a Caritas member in the USA with an office in Haiti.
Working in a joint response to the earthquake of almost two weeks ago, the Caritas agencies have already brought food, water, medical and other supplies to more than 25,000 people. But the needs remain great, and logistics, communication and security have been serious challenges.
The public has donated over US $60 million (Euro 45 million) so far to Caritas members worldwide.
Before this disaster, Haiti had very poor infrastructure. Caritas says it was not possible to have the amount of resources required to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. But Caritas Haiti had stocks that were already pre-positioned in their warehouses, which enabled them to respond to the crisis within a short matter of hours.
They were also able to bring in at least 40 truckloads so far from neighbouring Dominican Republic, and receive supplies via a severely damaged port.
Almost two weeks after the devastating earthquake, people are becoming more desperate for food, but the constant flow of helicopters carrying crates over the city show that aid is getting through.
Caritas partners needed to ensure that all distribution sites were safe before the distribution began, especially in larger camps with many people such as at the Petionville Club. It is also a concern that those most in need of help, such as the elderly and the injured, could be overwhelmed by people from outside the area coming in and demanding food. Caritas needed to ensure that the necessary measures to make sure both beneficiaries and staff were safe.
In Petionville, all beneficiaries were given coloured tickets depending on which part of the camp they lived in. On Monday, those in the yellow quadrant were given their supplies; on Tuesday, the red quadrant will get theirs. By Friday, 50,000 people will have received rations of lentils, vegetable oil and bulgur, a whole-grain, high fibre wheat.
“Communications with beneficiaries is so important in distributions like this,” says CRS (a Caritas member in the USA) emergency response leader Donal Reilly said. “So as to avoid confusion and the risk of unrest, they need to be told exactly what is happening, what they will receive and when.”
Caritas says the policy has paid off. People queued in line quietly, respectful of each other and the aid workers and volunteers there to help.
There is a long way to go but the distribution at Petionville is a significant stone in large ocean of need.
Please contact Conor O'Loughlin, International Humanitarian Communications Officer for Trócaire (Caritas Ireland), in Port-au-Prince as part of the Caritas relief efforts.
Phone: M+353 86 2071942 or 00353 86 607 4327 Skype: coloughlin Email: COLoughlin@trocaire.ie -> 1/21/10 - FROM THE WEBSITE
http://www.caritas.org/newsroom/press_releases/index.html
Caritas has taken truck loads of aid to the earthquake-hit town of Léogâne, 30km outside of Port-au-Prince.
Accompanied by UN peacekeepers, the convoy contained tents, plastic sheeting, blankets, water purification tablets and water containers. It will help 5000 people.
5000 thousand people also received food kits in a separate Caritas distribution in the town.
A medical tent will also be erected to take care of the immediate health needs of the community in Léogâne.
“The healthcare system in Léogâne was very weak to begin with,” says Dr Joost, Butenop, Caritas health advisor in Port-au-Prince.
“Our medical kits are specially designed for disasters and will allow us to treat wounds, prescribe medicines and treat infectious diseases that are common after disasters.”
The clinic will be put up behind Léogâne’s destroyed church and is expected to treat up to 80 patients a day.
Léogâne’s hospital was not destroyed in the earthquake, but people are not entering the building until assessments have been carried out.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake which devastated large parts of Port-au-Prince had a massive impact of Léogâne. Many buildings are destroyed and much of the community is sleeping in the town’s central square.
Caritas has been ramping up its aid effort in recent days. A plane-full of tents, sheeting and medical tents and medicines arrived on Wednesday.
This followed twenty truck-fulls of food and hygiene items and 80 containers of food arriving earlier in the week.
Contact Michelle Hough in Port-au-Prince 00393386921177 or mimi7tre @hotmail.com
For photos of the rescue and distribution contact Patrick Nicholson at Nicholson @caritas.va or 00393343590700
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Caritas Haiti and CRS, in partnership with church aid agencies from around the world, have begun to deliver almost 100 tonnes of food to Port-au-Prince this week to feed at least 50,000 people in one of the city’s biggest camps, Petionville Club.
CRS is a Caritas member in the USA with an office in Haiti.
Working in a joint response to the earthquake of almost two weeks ago, the Caritas agencies have already brought food, water, medical and other supplies to more than 25,000 people. But the needs remain great, and logistics, communication and security have been serious challenges.
The public has donated over US $60 million (Euro 45 million) so far to Caritas members worldwide.
Before this disaster, Haiti had very poor infrastructure. Caritas says it was not possible to have the amount of resources required to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. But Caritas Haiti had stocks that were already pre-positioned in their warehouses, which enabled them to respond to the crisis within a short matter of hours.
They were also able to bring in at least 40 truckloads so far from neighbouring Dominican Republic, and receive supplies via a severely damaged port.
Almost two weeks after the devastating earthquake, people are becoming more desperate for food, but the constant flow of helicopters carrying crates over the city show that aid is getting through.
Caritas partners needed to ensure that all distribution sites were safe before the distribution began, especially in larger camps with many people such as at the Petionville Club. It is also a concern that those most in need of help, such as the elderly and the injured, could be overwhelmed by people from outside the area coming in and demanding food. Caritas needed to ensure that the necessary measures to make sure both beneficiaries and staff were safe.
In Petionville, all beneficiaries were given coloured tickets depending on which part of the camp they lived in. On Monday, those in the yellow quadrant were given their supplies; on Tuesday, the red quadrant will get theirs. By Friday, 50,000 people will have received rations of lentils, vegetable oil and bulgur, a whole-grain, high fibre wheat.
“Communications with beneficiaries is so important in distributions like this,” says CRS (a Caritas member in the USA) emergency response leader Donal Reilly said. “So as to avoid confusion and the risk of unrest, they need to be told exactly what is happening, what they will receive and when.”
Caritas says the policy has paid off. People queued in line quietly, respectful of each other and the aid workers and volunteers there to help.
There is a long way to go but the distribution at Petionville is a significant stone in large ocean of need.
Please contact Conor O'Loughlin, International Humanitarian Communications Officer for Trócaire (Caritas Ireland), in Port-au-Prince as part of the Caritas relief efforts.
Phone: M+353 86 2071942 or 00353 86 607 4327 Skype: coloughlin Email: COLoughlin @trocaire.ie
mission:
Caritas Haïti works through its nine diocesan offices in support of programmes of emergency assistance – food support, distribution of medicines and care for the poor and dispossessed – and community-development projects such as micro-finance and livelihood support with a view to enabling people to take control of their lives and develop a stable economy.
Caritas Haiti works to develop local organisations to give communities the capacities to achieve stability and justice, particularly for marginalised groups. The organisation is particularly concerned with developing the education, skills and leadership capacities of women.
Programmes
Caritas Haiti supports programmes that address:
* Community development: enhance local capacities and local organizations, build and rehabilitate community infrastructures;
* Women’s rights: promote equality, enhance women’s participation in development activities, improve their education, promote leadership and organisational skills, and encourage their autonomy;
* Agriculture: support farmers’ organisations with a view to maximising production and revenues and improving environmental management, construct and rehabilitate irrigation systems;
* Financial support: promote a stable economy by developing production capacities and providing funding and micro-finance to help poor people to escape the poverty trap;
* Health: enhance people’s access to health services, provide quality health care and training in health and sanitation issues;
* Emergency assistance: increase people’s ability to cope in emergencies, and develop prevention and response systems.
-> Caritas Haïti works through its nine diocesan offices in support of programmes of emergency assistance – food support, distribution of medicines and care for the poor and dispossessed – and community-development projects such as micro-finance and livelihood support with a view to enabling people to take control of their lives and develop a stable economy.
Caritas Haiti works to develop local organisations to give communities the capacities to achieve stability and justice, particularly for marginalised groups. The organisation is particularly concerned with developing the education, skills and leadership capacities of women.
Programmes
Caritas Haiti supports programmes that address:
* Community development: enhance local capacities and local organizations, build and rehabilitate community infrastructures;
* Women’s rights: promote equality, enhance women’s participation in development activities, improve their education, promote leadership and organisational skills, and encourage their autonomy;
* Agriculture: support farmers’ organisations with a view to maximising production and revenues and improving environmental management, construct and rehabilitate irrigation systems;
* Financial support: promote a stable economy by developing production capacities and providing funding and micro-finance to help poor people to escape the poverty trap;
* Health: enhance people’s access to health services, provide quality health care and training in health and sanitation issues;
* Emergency assistance: increase people’s ability to cope in emergencies, and develop prevention and response systems.
(show/hide changes)Sun Feb 28 06:02:43 +0000 2010 by LTel:corrected web link - added mission/avails
name: Caritas International - 2010 Haiti Earthquake (DISTRIBUTION: FOOD/WATER/MEDICAL/RELIEF SUPPLIES) -> Caritas Haiti International - 2010 Haiti Earthquake (DISTRIBUTION: FOOD/WATER/MEDICAL/RELIEF SUPPLIES)
address:
Golf Club - Tent City ->
Golf Club - Tent City
website: http://www.caritas.org/worldmap/latin_america/haiti.html -> http://www.caritashaiti.org/
mission:
Caritas Haïti works through its nine diocesan offices in support of programmes of emergency assistance – food support, distribution of medicines and care for the poor and dispossessed – and community-development projects such as micro-finance and livelihood support with a view to enabling people to take control of their lives and develop a stable economy.
Caritas Haiti works to develop local organisations to give communities the capacities to achieve stability and justice, particularly for marginalised groups. The organisation is particularly concerned with developing the education, skills and leadership capacities of women.
Programmes
Caritas Haiti supports programmes that address:
* Community development: enhance local capacities and local organizations, build and rehabilitate community infrastructures;
* Women’s rights: promote equality, enhance women’s participation in development activities, improve their education, promote leadership and organisational skills, and encourage their autonomy;
* Agriculture: support farmers’ organisations with a view to maximising production and revenues and improving environmental management, construct and rehabilitate irrigation systems;
* Financial support: promote a stable economy by developing production capacities and providing funding and micro-finance to help poor people to escape the poverty trap;
* Health: enhance people’s access to health services, provide quality health care and training in health and sanitation issues;
* Emergency assistance: increase people’s ability to cope in emergencies, and develop prevention and response systems.
->
Caritas Haïti works through its nine diocesan offices in support of programmes of emergency assistance – food support, distribution of medicines and care for the poor and dispossessed – and community-development projects such as micro-finance and livelihood support with a view to enabling people to take control of their lives and develop a stable economy.
Caritas Haiti works to develop local organisations to give communities the capacities to achieve stability and justice, particularly for marginalised groups. The organisation is particularly concerned with developing the education, skills and leadership capacities of women.
Programmes
Caritas Haiti supports programmes that address:
* Community development: enhance local capacities and local organizations, build and rehabilitate community infrastructures;
* Women’s rights: promote equality, enhance women’s participation in development activities, improve their education, promote leadership and organisational skills, and encourage their autonomy;
* Agriculture: support farmers’ organisations with a view to maximising production and revenues and improving environmental management, construct and rehabilitate irrigation systems;
* Financial support: promote a stable economy by developing production capacities and providing funding and micro-finance to help poor people to escape the poverty trap;
* Health: enhance people’s access to health services, provide quality health care and training in health and sanitation issues;
* Emergency assistance: increase people’s ability to cope in emergencies, and develop prevention and response systems.
(show/hide changes)Sun Feb 28 06:00:49 +0000 2010 by LTel:town: Petionville -> Leogane, Petionville, Jacmel
mgt_contact changed.
address: Golf Club - Tent City ->
Golf Club - Tent City
mission: French site -
http://www.caritashaiti.org/ ->
Caritas Haïti works through its nine diocesan offices in support of programmes of emergency assistance – food support, distribution of medicines and care for the poor and dispossessed – and community-development projects such as micro-finance and livelihood support with a view to enabling people to take control of their lives and develop a stable economy.
Caritas Haiti works to develop local organisations to give communities the capacities to achieve stability and justice, particularly for marginalised groups. The organisation is particularly concerned with developing the education, skills and leadership capacities of women.
Programmes
Caritas Haiti supports programmes that address:
* Community development: enhance local capacities and local organizations, build and rehabilitate community infrastructures;
* Women’s rights: promote equality, enhance women’s participation in development activities, improve their education, promote leadership and organisational skills, and encourage their autonomy;
* Agriculture: support farmers’ organisations with a view to maximising production and revenues and improving environmental management, construct and rehabilitate irrigation systems;
* Financial support: promote a stable economy by developing production capacities and providing funding and micro-finance to help poor people to escape the poverty trap;
* Health: enhance people’s access to health services, provide quality health care and training in health and sanitation issues;
* Emergency assistance: increase people’s ability to cope in emergencies, and develop prevention and response systems.
(show/hide changes)Sun Feb 28 05:58:50 +0000 2010 by LTel:added internal contact
mgt_contact changed.
mgt_phone changed.
notes:
1/21/10 - FROM THE WEBSITE
http://www.caritas.org/newsroom/press_releases/index.html
Caritas has taken truck loads of aid to the earthquake-hit town of Léogâne, 30km outside of Port-au-Prince.
Accompanied by UN peacekeepers, the convoy contained tents, plastic sheeting, blankets, water purification tablets and water containers. It will help 5000 people.
5000 thousand people also received food kits in a separate Caritas distribution in the town.
A medical tent will also be erected to take care of the immediate health needs of the community in Léogâne.
“The healthcare system in Léogâne was very weak to begin with,” says Dr Joost, Butenop, Caritas health advisor in Port-au-Prince.
“Our medical kits are specially designed for disasters and will allow us to treat wounds, prescribe medicines and treat infectious diseases that are common after disasters.”
The clinic will be put up behind Léogâne’s destroyed church and is expected to treat up to 80 patients a day.
Léogâne’s hospital was not destroyed in the earthquake, but people are not entering the building until assessments have been carried out.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake which devastated large parts of Port-au-Prince had a massive impact of Léogâne. Many buildings are destroyed and much of the community is sleeping in the town’s central square.
Caritas has been ramping up its aid effort in recent days. A plane-full of tents, sheeting and medical tents and medicines arrived on Wednesday.
This followed twenty truck-fulls of food and hygiene items and 80 containers of food arriving earlier in the week.
Contact Michelle Hough in Port-au-Prince 00393386921177 or mimi7tre @hotmail.com
For photos of the rescue and distribution contact Patrick Nicholson at Nicholson@caritas.va or 00393343590700
------------------------------------------------------------------
Caritas Haiti and CRS, in partnership with church aid agencies from around the world, have begun to deliver almost 100 tonnes of food to Port-au-Prince this week to feed at least 50,000 people in one of the city’s biggest camps, Petionville Club.
CRS is a Caritas member in the USA with an office in Haiti.
Working in a joint response to the earthquake of almost two weeks ago, the Caritas agencies have already brought food, water, medical and other supplies to more than 25,000 people. But the needs remain great, and logistics, communication and security have been serious challenges.
The public has donated over US $60 million (Euro 45 million) so far to Caritas members worldwide.
Before this disaster, Haiti had very poor infrastructure. Caritas says it was not possible to have the amount of resources required to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. But Caritas Haiti had stocks that were already pre-positioned in their warehouses, which enabled them to respond to the crisis within a short matter of hours.
They were also able to bring in at least 40 truckloads so far from neighbouring Dominican Republic, and receive supplies via a severely damaged port.
Almost two weeks after the devastating earthquake, people are becoming more desperate for food, but the constant flow of helicopters carrying crates over the city show that aid is getting through.
Caritas partners needed to ensure that all distribution sites were safe before the distribution began, especially in larger camps with many people such as at the Petionville Club. It is also a concern that those most in need of help, such as the elderly and the injured, could be overwhelmed by people from outside the area coming in and demanding food. Caritas needed to ensure that the necessary measures to make sure both beneficiaries and staff were safe.
In Petionville, all beneficiaries were given coloured tickets depending on which part of the camp they lived in. On Monday, those in the yellow quadrant were given their supplies; on Tuesday, the red quadrant will get theirs. By Friday, 50,000 people will have received rations of lentils, vegetable oil and bulgur, a whole-grain, high fibre wheat.
“Communications with beneficiaries is so important in distributions like this,” says CRS (a Caritas member in the USA) emergency response leader Donal Reilly said. “So as to avoid confusion and the risk of unrest, they need to be told exactly what is happening, what they will receive and when.”
Caritas says the policy has paid off. People queued in line quietly, respectful of each other and the aid workers and volunteers there to help.
There is a long way to go but the distribution at Petionville is a significant stone in large ocean of need.
Please contact Conor O'Loughlin, International Humanitarian Communications Officer for Trócaire (Caritas Ireland), in Port-au-Prince as part of the Caritas relief efforts.
Phone: M+353 86 2071942 or 00353 86 607 4327 Skype: coloughlin Email: COLoughlin@trocaire.ie -> 1/21/10 - FROM THE WEBSITE
http://www.caritas.org/newsroom/press_releases/index.html
Caritas has taken truck loads of aid to the earthquake-hit town of Léogâne, 30km outside of Port-au-Prince.
Accompanied by UN peacekeepers, the convoy contained tents, plastic sheeting, blankets, water purification tablets and water containers. It will help 5000 people.
5000 thousand people also received food kits in a separate Caritas distribution in the town.
A medical tent will also be erected to take care of the immediate health needs of the community in Léogâne.
“The healthcare system in Léogâne was very weak to begin with,” says Dr Joost, Butenop, Caritas health advisor in Port-au-Prince.
“Our medical kits are specially designed for disasters and will allow us to treat wounds, prescribe medicines and treat infectious diseases that are common after disasters.”
The clinic will be put up behind Léogâne’s destroyed church and is expected to treat up to 80 patients a day.
Léogâne’s hospital was not destroyed in the earthquake, but people are not entering the building until assessments have been carried out.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake which devastated large parts of Port-au-Prince had a massive impact of Léogâne. Many buildings are destroyed and much of the community is sleeping in the town’s central square.
Caritas has been ramping up its aid effort in recent days. A plane-full of tents, sheeting and medical tents and medicines arrived on Wednesday.
This followed twenty truck-fulls of food and hygiene items and 80 containers of food arriving earlier in the week.
Contact Michelle Hough in Port-au-Prince 00393386921177 or mimi7tre @hotmail.com
For photos of the rescue and distribution contact Patrick Nicholson at Nicholson@caritas.va or 00393343590700
------------------------------------------------------------------
Caritas Haiti and CRS, in partnership with church aid agencies from around the world, have begun to deliver almost 100 tonnes of food to Port-au-Prince this week to feed at least 50,000 people in one of the city’s biggest camps, Petionville Club.
CRS is a Caritas member in the USA with an office in Haiti.
Working in a joint response to the earthquake of almost two weeks ago, the Caritas agencies have already brought food, water, medical and other supplies to more than 25,000 people. But the needs remain great, and logistics, communication and security have been serious challenges.
The public has donated over US $60 million (Euro 45 million) so far to Caritas members worldwide.
Before this disaster, Haiti had very poor infrastructure. Caritas says it was not possible to have the amount of resources required to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. But Caritas Haiti had stocks that were already pre-positioned in their warehouses, which enabled them to respond to the crisis within a short matter of hours.
They were also able to bring in at least 40 truckloads so far from neighbouring Dominican Republic, and receive supplies via a severely damaged port.
Almost two weeks after the devastating earthquake, people are becoming more desperate for food, but the constant flow of helicopters carrying crates over the city show that aid is getting through.
Caritas partners needed to ensure that all distribution sites were safe before the distribution began, especially in larger camps with many people such as at the Petionville Club. It is also a concern that those most in need of help, such as the elderly and the injured, could be overwhelmed by people from outside the area coming in and demanding food. Caritas needed to ensure that the necessary measures to make sure both beneficiaries and staff were safe.
In Petionville, all beneficiaries were given coloured tickets depending on which part of the camp they lived in. On Monday, those in the yellow quadrant were given their supplies; on Tuesday, the red quadrant will get theirs. By Friday, 50,000 people will have received rations of lentils, vegetable oil and bulgur, a whole-grain, high fibre wheat.
“Communications with beneficiaries is so important in distributions like this,” says CRS (a Caritas member in the USA) emergency response leader Donal Reilly said. “So as to avoid confusion and the risk of unrest, they need to be told exactly what is happening, what they will receive and when.”
Caritas says the policy has paid off. People queued in line quietly, respectful of each other and the aid workers and volunteers there to help.
There is a long way to go but the distribution at Petionville is a significant stone in large ocean of need.
Please contact Conor O'Loughlin, International Humanitarian Communications Officer for Trócaire (Caritas Ireland), in Port-au-Prince as part of the Caritas relief efforts.
Phone: M+353 86 2071942 or 00353 86 607 4327 Skype: coloughlin Email: COLoughlin@trocaire.ie
areas_served: Petionville, Leogane, Haiti -> Petionville, Leogane, Jacmel, Haiti
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notes: 1/21/10 - FROM THE WEBSITE
Caritas has taken truck loads of aid to the earthquake-hit town of Léogâne, 30km outside of Port-au-Prince.
Accompanied by UN peacekeepers, the convoy contained tents, plastic sheeting, blankets, water purification tablets and water containers. It will help 5000 people.
5000 thousand people also received food kits in a separate Caritas distribution in the town.
A medical tent will also be erected to take care of the immediate health needs of the community in Léogâne.
“The healthcare system in Léogâne was very weak to begin with,” says Dr Joost, Butenop, Caritas health advisor in Port-au-Prince.
“Our medical kits are specially designed for disasters and will allow us to treat wounds, prescribe medicines and treat infectious diseases that are common after disasters.”
The clinic will be put up behind Léogâne’s destroyed church and is expected to treat up to 80 patients a day.
Léogâne’s hospital was not destroyed in the earthquake, but people are not entering the building until assessments have been carried out.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake which devastated large parts of Port-au-Prince had a massive impact of Léogâne. Many buildings are destroyed and much of the community is sleeping in the town’s central square.
Caritas has been ramping up its aid effort in recent days. A plane-full of tents, sheeting and medical tents and medicines arrived on Wednesday.
This followed twenty truck-fulls of food and hygiene items and 80 containers of food arriving earlier in the week.
Contact Michelle Hough in Port-au-Prince 00393386921177 or mimi7tre @hotmail.com
For photos of the rescue and distribution contact Patrick Nicholson at Nicholson@caritas.va or 00393343590700
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Caritas Haiti and CRS, in partnership with church aid agencies from around the world, have begun to deliver almost 100 tonnes of food to Port-au-Prince this week to feed at least 50,000 people in one of the city’s biggest camps, Petionville Club.
CRS is a Caritas member in the USA with an office in Haiti.
Working in a joint response to the earthquake of almost two weeks ago, the Caritas agencies have already brought food, water, medical and other supplies to more than 25,000 people. But the needs remain great, and logistics, communication and security have been serious challenges.
The public has donated over US $60 million (Euro 45 million) so far to Caritas members worldwide.
Before this disaster, Haiti had very poor infrastructure. Caritas says it was not possible to have the amount of resources required to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. But Caritas Haiti had stocks that were already pre-positioned in their warehouses, which enabled them to respond to the crisis within a short matter of hours.
They were also able to bring in at least 40 truckloads so far from neighbouring Dominican Republic, and receive supplies via a severely damaged port.
Almost two weeks after the devastating earthquake, people are becoming more desperate for food, but the constant flow of helicopters carrying crates over the city show that aid is getting through.
Caritas partners needed to ensure that all distribution sites were safe before the distribution began, especially in larger camps with many people such as at the Petionville Club. It is also a concern that those most in need of help, such as the elderly and the injured, could be overwhelmed by people from outside the area coming in and demanding food. Caritas needed to ensure that the necessary measures to make sure both beneficiaries and staff were safe.
In Petionville, all beneficiaries were given coloured tickets depending on which part of the camp they lived in. On Monday, those in the yellow quadrant were given their supplies; on Tuesday, the red quadrant will get theirs. By Friday, 50,000 people will have received rations of lentils, vegetable oil and bulgur, a whole-grain, high fibre wheat.
“Communications with beneficiaries is so important in distributions like this,” says CRS (a Caritas member in the USA) emergency response leader Donal Reilly said. “So as to avoid confusion and the risk of unrest, they need to be told exactly what is happening, what they will receive and when.”
Caritas says the policy has paid off. People queued in line quietly, respectful of each other and the aid workers and volunteers there to help.
There is a long way to go but the distribution at Petionville is a significant stone in large ocean of need.
Please contact Conor O'Loughlin, International Humanitarian Communications Officer for Trócaire (Caritas Ireland), in Port-au-Prince as part of the Caritas relief efforts.
Phone: M+353 86 2071942 or 00353 86 607 4327 Skype: coloughlin Email: COLoughlin@trocaire.ie ->
1/21/10 - FROM THE WEBSITE
http://www.caritas.org/newsroom/press_releases/index.html
Caritas has taken truck loads of aid to the earthquake-hit town of Léogâne, 30km outside of Port-au-Prince.
Accompanied by UN peacekeepers, the convoy contained tents, plastic sheeting, blankets, water purification tablets and water containers. It will help 5000 people.
5000 thousand people also received food kits in a separate Caritas distribution in the town.
A medical tent will also be erected to take care of the immediate health needs of the community in Léogâne.
“The healthcare system in Léogâne was very weak to begin with,” says Dr Joost, Butenop, Caritas health advisor in Port-au-Prince.
“Our medical kits are specially designed for disasters and will allow us to treat wounds, prescribe medicines and treat infectious diseases that are common after disasters.”
The clinic will be put up behind Léogâne’s destroyed church and is expected to treat up to 80 patients a day.
Léogâne’s hospital was not destroyed in the earthquake, but people are not entering the building until assessments have been carried out.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake which devastated large parts of Port-au-Prince had a massive impact of Léogâne. Many buildings are destroyed and much of the community is sleeping in the town’s central square.
Caritas has been ramping up its aid effort in recent days. A plane-full of tents, sheeting and medical tents and medicines arrived on Wednesday.
This followed twenty truck-fulls of food and hygiene items and 80 containers of food arriving earlier in the week.
Contact Michelle Hough in Port-au-Prince 00393386921177 or mimi7tre @hotmail.com
For photos of the rescue and distribution contact Patrick Nicholson at Nicholson@caritas.va or 00393343590700
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Caritas Haiti and CRS, in partnership with church aid agencies from around the world, have begun to deliver almost 100 tonnes of food to Port-au-Prince this week to feed at least 50,000 people in one of the city’s biggest camps, Petionville Club.
CRS is a Caritas member in the USA with an office in Haiti.
Working in a joint response to the earthquake of almost two weeks ago, the Caritas agencies have already brought food, water, medical and other supplies to more than 25,000 people. But the needs remain great, and logistics, communication and security have been serious challenges.
The public has donated over US $60 million (Euro 45 million) so far to Caritas members worldwide.
Before this disaster, Haiti had very poor infrastructure. Caritas says it was not possible to have the amount of resources required to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. But Caritas Haiti had stocks that were already pre-positioned in their warehouses, which enabled them to respond to the crisis within a short matter of hours.
They were also able to bring in at least 40 truckloads so far from neighbouring Dominican Republic, and receive supplies via a severely damaged port.
Almost two weeks after the devastating earthquake, people are becoming more desperate for food, but the constant flow of helicopters carrying crates over the city show that aid is getting through.
Caritas partners needed to ensure that all distribution sites were safe before the distribution began, especially in larger camps with many people such as at the Petionville Club. It is also a concern that those most in need of help, such as the elderly and the injured, could be overwhelmed by people from outside the area coming in and demanding food. Caritas needed to ensure that the necessary measures to make sure both beneficiaries and staff were safe.
In Petionville, all beneficiaries were given coloured tickets depending on which part of the camp they lived in. On Monday, those in the yellow quadrant were given their supplies; on Tuesday, the red quadrant will get theirs. By Friday, 50,000 people will have received rations of lentils, vegetable oil and bulgur, a whole-grain, high fibre wheat.
“Communications with beneficiaries is so important in distributions like this,” says CRS (a Caritas member in the USA) emergency response leader Donal Reilly said. “So as to avoid confusion and the risk of unrest, they need to be told exactly what is happening, what they will receive and when.”
Caritas says the policy has paid off. People queued in line quietly, respectful of each other and the aid workers and volunteers there to help.
There is a long way to go but the distribution at Petionville is a significant stone in large ocean of need.
Please contact Conor O'Loughlin, International Humanitarian Communications Officer for Trócaire (Caritas Ireland), in Port-au-Prince as part of the Caritas relief efforts.
Phone: M+353 86 2071942 or 00353 86 607 4327 Skype: coloughlin Email: COLoughlin@trocaire.ie
website: http://www.caritas.org/newsroom/press_releases/index.html -> http://www.caritas.org/worldmap/latin_america/haiti.html
mission: -> French site -
http://www.caritashaiti.org/
(show/hide changes)Fri Jan 29 14:23:25 +0000 2010 by LTel:notes: Caritas Haiti and CRS, in partnership with church aid agencies from around the world, have begun to deliver almost 100 tonnes of food to Port-au-Prince this week to feed at least 50,000 people in one of the city’s biggest camps, Petionville Club.
CRS is a Caritas member in the USA with an office in Haiti.
Working in a joint response to the earthquake of almost two weeks ago, the Caritas agencies have already brought food, water, medical and other supplies to more than 25,000 people. But the needs remain great, and logistics, communication and security have been serious challenges.
The public has donated over US $60 million (Euro 45 million) so far to Caritas members worldwide.
Before this disaster, Haiti had very poor infrastructure. Caritas says it was not possible to have the amount of resources required to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. But Caritas Haiti had stocks that were already pre-positioned in their warehouses, which enabled them to respond to the crisis within a short matter of hours.
They were also able to bring in at least 40 truckloads so far from neighbouring Dominican Republic, and receive supplies via a severely damaged port.
Almost two weeks after the devastating earthquake, people are becoming more desperate for food, but the constant flow of helicopters carrying crates over the city show that aid is getting through.
Caritas partners needed to ensure that all distribution sites were safe before the distribution began, especially in larger camps with many people such as at the Petionville Club. It is also a concern that those most in need of help, such as the elderly and the injured, could be overwhelmed by people from outside the area coming in and demanding food. Caritas needed to ensure that the necessary measures to make sure both beneficiaries and staff were safe.
In Petionville, all beneficiaries were given coloured tickets depending on which part of the camp they lived in. On Monday, those in the yellow quadrant were given their supplies; on Tuesday, the red quadrant will get theirs. By Friday, 50,000 people will have received rations of lentils, vegetable oil and bulgur, a whole-grain, high fibre wheat.
“Communications with beneficiaries is so important in distributions like this,” says CRS (a Caritas member in the USA) emergency response leader Donal Reilly said. “So as to avoid confusion and the risk of unrest, they need to be told exactly what is happening, what they will receive and when.”
Caritas says the policy has paid off. People queued in line quietly, respectful of each other and the aid workers and volunteers there to help.
There is a long way to go but the distribution at Petionville is a significant stone in large ocean of need.
Please contact Conor O'Loughlin, International Humanitarian Communications Officer for Trócaire (Caritas Ireland), in Port-au-Prince as part of the Caritas relief efforts.
Phone: M+353 86 2071942 or 00353 86 607 4327 Skype: coloughlin Email: COLoughlin@trocaire.ie -> 1/21/10 - FROM THE WEBSITE
Caritas has taken truck loads of aid to the earthquake-hit town of Léogâne, 30km outside of Port-au-Prince.
Accompanied by UN peacekeepers, the convoy contained tents, plastic sheeting, blankets, water purification tablets and water containers. It will help 5000 people.
5000 thousand people also received food kits in a separate Caritas distribution in the town.
A medical tent will also be erected to take care of the immediate health needs of the community in Léogâne.
“The healthcare system in Léogâne was very weak to begin with,” says Dr Joost, Butenop, Caritas health advisor in Port-au-Prince.
“Our medical kits are specially designed for disasters and will allow us to treat wounds, prescribe medicines and treat infectious diseases that are common after disasters.”
The clinic will be put up behind Léogâne’s destroyed church and is expected to treat up to 80 patients a day.
Léogâne’s hospital was not destroyed in the earthquake, but people are not entering the building until assessments have been carried out.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake which devastated large parts of Port-au-Prince had a massive impact of Léogâne. Many buildings are destroyed and much of the community is sleeping in the town’s central square.
Caritas has been ramping up its aid effort in recent days. A plane-full of tents, sheeting and medical tents and medicines arrived on Wednesday.
This followed twenty truck-fulls of food and hygiene items and 80 containers of food arriving earlier in the week.
Contact Michelle Hough in Port-au-Prince 00393386921177 or mimi7tre @hotmail.com
For photos of the rescue and distribution contact Patrick Nicholson at Nicholson@caritas.va or 00393343590700
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Caritas Haiti and CRS, in partnership with church aid agencies from around the world, have begun to deliver almost 100 tonnes of food to Port-au-Prince this week to feed at least 50,000 people in one of the city’s biggest camps, Petionville Club.
CRS is a Caritas member in the USA with an office in Haiti.
Working in a joint response to the earthquake of almost two weeks ago, the Caritas agencies have already brought food, water, medical and other supplies to more than 25,000 people. But the needs remain great, and logistics, communication and security have been serious challenges.
The public has donated over US $60 million (Euro 45 million) so far to Caritas members worldwide.
Before this disaster, Haiti had very poor infrastructure. Caritas says it was not possible to have the amount of resources required to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. But Caritas Haiti had stocks that were already pre-positioned in their warehouses, which enabled them to respond to the crisis within a short matter of hours.
They were also able to bring in at least 40 truckloads so far from neighbouring Dominican Republic, and receive supplies via a severely damaged port.
Almost two weeks after the devastating earthquake, people are becoming more desperate for food, but the constant flow of helicopters carrying crates over the city show that aid is getting through.
Caritas partners needed to ensure that all distribution sites were safe before the distribution began, especially in larger camps with many people such as at the Petionville Club. It is also a concern that those most in need of help, such as the elderly and the injured, could be overwhelmed by people from outside the area coming in and demanding food. Caritas needed to ensure that the necessary measures to make sure both beneficiaries and staff were safe.
In Petionville, all beneficiaries were given coloured tickets depending on which part of the camp they lived in. On Monday, those in the yellow quadrant were given their supplies; on Tuesday, the red quadrant will get theirs. By Friday, 50,000 people will have received rations of lentils, vegetable oil and bulgur, a whole-grain, high fibre wheat.
“Communications with beneficiaries is so important in distributions like this,” says CRS (a Caritas member in the USA) emergency response leader Donal Reilly said. “So as to avoid confusion and the risk of unrest, they need to be told exactly what is happening, what they will receive and when.”
Caritas says the policy has paid off. People queued in line quietly, respectful of each other and the aid workers and volunteers there to help.
There is a long way to go but the distribution at Petionville is a significant stone in large ocean of need.
Please contact Conor O'Loughlin, International Humanitarian Communications Officer for Trócaire (Caritas Ireland), in Port-au-Prince as part of the Caritas relief efforts.
Phone: M+353 86 2071942 or 00353 86 607 4327 Skype: coloughlin Email: COLoughlin@trocaire.ie
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