GOAL's work in Haiti

Already considered to be the poorest country in the western hemisphere, Haiti was hit by a massive earthquake on the afternoon of January 12th, 2010.

The quake tore through the capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. The loss of life, destruction and long-term affects on the country and the survivors required an immediate and comprehensive aid response from the international community.

A GOAL representative entered Haiti some 26 hours after the quake. Within a short time he was joined in Port-au-Prince by GOAL’s emergency response team.

Today, two years on, we are continuing to deliver aid to some of the many survivors most affected by the disaster. We are operational in Port-au-Prince, and in Gressier, a district to the west of the capital that was close to the quake’s epicentre.

Some of GOAL's work in Haiti includes:

• the completion of a $9 million food distribution programme with the World Food Programme of the United Nations as part of our initial emergency response, where we fed almost 500,000 people.
  
  
• the distribution of materials for 2,000 emergency shelters to some of the 1.3 million people who were displaced from their homes.
  
  
• just recently, we completed a €12 million US Government-funded response programme.  Thanks to this funding, GOAL was able to provide:
  
  
  • 2,000 transitional shelters for 2,000 households left homeless (circa 10,000 people) in Port-au-Prince and Gressier.
    
    
  • Cash-for-work opportunities for 5,000 beneficiaries engaging in rubble clearance and solid waste removal.
    
    
  • Construction of over 800 latrines and 200 wash-blocks to be used by earthquake-affected communities.
    
    
  • Construction of 10 child-friendly structures to be used as temporary schools and community centres.
    

• in addition to this programme, GOAL responded to the emergency cholera outbreaks by providing additional water and sanitation facilities, hygiene promotion and cholera case referral for 50,000 earthquake-affected beneficiaries in 20 temporary settlements in Port-au-Prince.
  

Learn more about Haiti and why the people there need our help by clicking here.

Our current programmes in Haiti:

Cash-for-Work	Transitional shelter
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene	Cholera response