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Leogane, Haiti |
Overview
Action Haiti: Earthquake Relief Campaign
Thank you for your interest in the Leogane, Haïti initiative.
Given the events on January 12, 2010, we are focusing all efforts on contributing to the Action Haïti - Earthquake Relief Campaign launched by Powered by Action and the Carma Foundation. We hope and encourage that you will consider joining us by making a donation to the relief effort. Please click HERE to sponsor this campaign.
- Rate of homelessness: ~30%
- Poverty rate: 80% live on less than $1USD/day
- Access to food/water: 1 – 2 hour walk to clean water
- Literacy rate: 5 – 10%
"That is why President Clinton and I are here personally to first of all demonstrate our solidarity and send a very strong message to the international community that we need Haiti to be able to emerge as a very stable, democratic and prosperous country in the region" --UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
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Haïti is at a cross roads of defining its path to continuous and sustainable economic growth and the infrastructure investments required to transform its physical and economic landscape to improve the socio-economic condition of its citizens.
- Population:8.7 million
- Literacy rate: 61%
- Population living below 1USD/day: 54%
- Less than 15% of children are enrolled in secondary school
- 3.5% of population is over 65, with 41.8% of the population between the ages of 0 –14
- 46% of population that is undernourished
- Haïti is one of the most densely populated countries in the world with more than 300 inhabitants per square kilometer, double that of the Dominican Republic.
- Population pressures on land area contribute to soil erosion and undermine environmental sustainability.
Current Progress
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BUILD
Build Progress - Phase 1
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| Community Impact | Target ($) | Total Committed ($) | Total Received ($) | Donated This Month ($) | # Donors | # Individual Campaigns |
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| General | 0 | 5,300 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| cleanWATER | 88,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| schoolPROMISE | 85,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| youthHaven | 210,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 383,500 | 5,300 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Approach
By applying the Powered by Action solutions, the nextGenerationVillage blueprint and the inherent power and active involvement of the HaïtianDiaspora, the village of Léogâneand the lives of the children resident at CarmaHouse can be placed on a path towards self-sufficiency
Pilot
The launch of the Action Haïticampaign will take focus on improving the current living conditions of the young children at the CarmaHouse orphanage and the surrounding community of Léogâne:- cleanWATER: 10 cleanWater Wells (@ $8850 / well) donate now!
- schoolPromise: 1 schoolPromise School ($85k total). donate now!
- youthHaven: 1 youthHaven Orphanage ($210k) donate now!
Establish wells to provide access to clean water to not only the children at CarmaHouse but also the residents of the surrounding community
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Update, improve and expand the educational facilities at CarmaHouse as well as their ability to provide basic services to the children at the orphanage and within the community
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Re-habilitate the CarmaHouse facilities and grounds to provide shelter and housing for the young childrenas well as services
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