By Britt Lake | GlobalGiving staff
A year and a half after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the effects of the damage are still being felt. Immediate relief emergency activities are winding down, and organizations supported through your donation to the GlobalGiving Haiti fund are investing more in their long-term rebuilding efforts in the country. From injury rehabilitation centers to infrastructure rebuilding, these organizations are working to improve conditions for all those affected in the country. And they are having an impact of the lives of many.
Roselette Dupervil, 23, is one of those impacted by your donation. Roselette had always dreamed of becoming a civil engineer, but never had the opportunity to pursue these studies. After the earthquake she heard about a program that CHF International was running to train Haitians in earthquake-affected areas to operate heavy machinery. Roselette joined the program and is now the only female operator on a construction team removing the rubble that still remains throughout the country.
“I love being on my engine and working,” says Roselette. “What I love most is land boring to make roads, making the openings. I get a great feeling of satisfaction when they give me a plan to go bore a way through the foot of a mountain. It is difficult work with a mountain that has a lot of cliffs, but one has to do it.”
From providing medical supplies to preparing for the upcoming hurricane season, the organizations that your donation helped support are working hard to rebuild Haiti. Below is a short update about some of these activities:
Deep Springs International is currently serving over 40,000 families by giving chlorine to purify their water. Through this work they are providing jobs for over 260 Haitians and helping to curb the cholera outbreak.
International Medical Corps is preparing for the upcoming hurricane season by training doctors and nurses, holding disaster drills at local hospitals, employing the “train the trainer” to spread emergency response information to churches, schools, and community members. They are also fighting the cholera outbreak by operating cholera treatment centers.
The Lambi Fund of Haiti is implementing the use of the oxen plowing system with local Haitian peasant farmers to improve crop seasons.
Save the Children is constructing safer school for Haitian children that are more hurricane and earthquake resistant. These buildings are the first of their kind and will better protect the children who learn within their walls.
VIDA is planning a three-year program to annually ship medical supplies and equipment to hospitals in Haiti. They are also supporting Haitian physicians who are running a clinic that serves about 3,000 people.
MADRE is working with its local partner KOFAVIV, which runs a women’s center for rape victims. Sexual violence is on the rise in displacement camps where many earthquake survivors currently live. The KOFAVIV center provides counseling to help these women recover.
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