Six Month Update
July 2010
Haiti Response —
At A Glance
Focused on five target
communities near Leogane:
Masson
Luitor
Macombe
Croix des Peres
And the community
surrounding the ICTA
technical school
To date, CRWC has provided:
food to 4,603 households
emergency funds to 2,331
households
toolkits to 1,400 households
2,078 tarps
103 transitional shelters
psycho-social support to 820
individuals
3 latrines and 5 wells
$250,000 to help Haitian
partner agencies rebuild
Upcoming plans include:
An additional 1,097
transitional houses
Repairs to 1,200 homes
Construction of 500 perma-
nent homes
Water and sanitation through
the construction of additional
wells and latrines
Income-generation and
livelihood projects
CONTACT US
CRWRC-US
2850 Kalamazoo Ave. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49560
1-800-55-CRWRC
CRWRC-Canada
3475 Mainway
PO Box 5070 STN LCD 1
Burlington, ON L7R 3Y8
1-800-730-3490
WWW.CRWRC.ORG
Road To Recovery
Six months after a disastrous earthquake struck
Haiti, CRWRC remains hard at work responding
to the many needs that this disaster caused.
―The scale of the disaster is enormous and its
impact on the people of Haiti is difficult to
comprehend from afar, but Haitians are incredibly
resilient and somehow life goes on,‖ said Wayne
deJong, CRWRC’s Director of International
Disaster Response. ―Wherever you look you see
that people are striving to rebuild their lives and Building a transitional shelter
their country; you hear the sounds of people
talking, negotiating, laughing and working; and you CRWRC will also launch income-generation and
get a sense of their determination and optimism. livelihood projects that will help create jobs, im-
Although the reconstruction work has only really prove agriculture yields, and rebuild the economy.
just begun, there is progress and there is hope.‖
Additionally, through Sous Espwa’s partnerships the
In the early days following the disaster, CRWRC CRC will provide psychosocial support to school
together with other agencies of the Christian Re- children, counseling in IDP camps, support to Hai-
formed Church provided emergency food, water, tian churches and organizations, and reconstruction
to the CRC Ministry Center in Port-au-Prince.
medical attention and tarps by working through its
existing partnerships as Sous Espwa (Source of ―We stand in awe of the confidence that the CRC
Hope). CRWRC also networked with other in- and numerous other donors and partners have
ternational aid organizations to determine how placed in CRWRC,‖ said deJong. ―We have re-
they could best coordinate efforts to serve the ceived over $10 million in contributions for the
people of Haiti. Haiti earthquake response so far, and through nu-
CRWRC decided to focus its disaster response merous partnerships and collaborations we expect
attention on five communities in the Leogane area to be able to leverage an additional $5 million. We
of Haiti. These communities had been nearly are very grateful for your generous support, which
wiped out by the quake, and were not receiving enables us to be your hands and feet – working and
aid from any other sources. walking with the people of Haiti to help them re-
build and recover. We ask for your continued
After surveying families in the area, CRWRC pro- trust, for patience as our long-term response un-
vided two months of food rations to needy house-
folds and gains traction and above all for your
holds to enable them to meet their food needs prayers. Please pray that God will provide us with
and focus on their healing and recovery for the
wisdom, understanding and compassion as we con-
weeks immediately following the disaster. tinue to serve Him and the people of Haiti.‖
CRWRC also provided tarps to families living in
temporary camps, and cash payments (of $100 per
family of five) to households to enable them to
replace lost and damaged households goods and
hygiene items while also supporting the local
economy. Alongside these programs to meet
physical needs, CRWRC is providing psychosocial
training and support to help people recover
emotionally.
CRWRC is also providing clean water, hygiene,
and transitional shelter to protect families in its
target communities during the upcoming hurri-
cane season. CRWRC expects to repair 1,200
homes, and build 500 new permanent homes.
Drilling a well