| Reporting Organization: | Mennonite Central Committee Canada |
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| Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 1,424,801 |
| Timeframe: | August 3, 2011 - December 31, 2013 |
| Status: | Completion |
| Contact Information: | Unspecified |
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| Haiti - $ 1,424,801.00 (100.00%) | |
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| Humanitarian Response (64 %) | |
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| Food Security & Agriculture (21 %) | |
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| Education (8 %) | |
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| WASH (7 %) | |
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This project aims to place 100 vulnerable families into new, hazard-resistant permanent homes. In addition, the Mennonite Central Committee of Canada (MCCC) works with local partners, the Food, Disaster and Material Resources Department (FDMR) and Sant Kretyen pou le Developman Entregre (SKDE) to provide the following community services for these families: (1) village housing/shelter construction, including a playground and road access; (2) water and sanitation facilities, including latrines and catchment facilities as well as basic health and sanitation training; and (3) community and livelihoods development through the establishment of an agriculture and livelihoods cooperative, kitchen gardens, and training on agriculture-related business activities.
| Gender and age: | Adult women Adult men Adolescent females Adolescent males Children, girls Children, boys Under-5 children Newborns Older adults, women Older adults, men |
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| Total Direct Population: | Unspecified |
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Results achieved as of the end of the project (December 2013) include: 100 earthquake-affected families (65 female-headed households and 35 male-headed) are now living in permanent disaster-resistant shelters with access to clean water and sanitation facilities, giving these families an increased sense of safety and security. The sanitation facilities and supplementary hygiene workshops have mitigated the risk of water-borne disease and the water harvesting systems have reduced the number of hours people spend collecting clean water every day (from four hours on average to less than one). Families also have access to new community infrastructure, including an access road, a community playground, a community centre to enhance community cohesion and a roadside market to bolster local livelihoods. The project also established 200 kitchen gardens and formed an agricultural cooperative consisting of 204 members (150 women and 54 men). In addition, 125 women and 48 men attended four training seminars on agro-ecological practices and 173 youth received training in artisanal production. These results have contributed to improving the standard of living of 100 earthquake-affected families by increasing the safety of their shelters and their access to clean water and adequate sanitation, improving the sense of community, and increasing local livelihoods.
