Compassion LDP Student Assisting with Child Evaluations
Ensuring Child Safety
Compassion is searching for credible institutions that can give secure homes to the 3,720 highly vulnerable children who lost parents and who are at risk of being exposed to abuse, violence, exploitation and trafficking due to the quake. Staff members assess each situation and create plans that will allow the Compassion-sponsored children to continue the development process.
Status: In process
Sponsor and Donor Communication
Sponsor and Donor Communication
Compassion is committed to creating and maintaining a steady stream of quality information on the disaster response to keep our partners fully informed. A Communication Specialist is managing Haiti’s communication needs, including documenting all recovery activities.
Status: In process
Food Security through Income Generation
Food Security Through Income Generation
Just approved, this two-year strategy provides for training and small business loans to 2,000 beneficiaries’ parents in the earthquake-impacted area in an effort to enable sustainable income generation. Orientation took place in Haiti the week of Oct. 4.
Status: In process
Rebuilding Church Partner Facilities
Rebuilding Implementing Church Partner Facilities
Long-term solutions for church partners include rebuilding facilities and ensuring a water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) strategy is in place at 44 centers (including schools) destroyed or severely damaged by the quake. A technical team has been hired; five trained Haitian engineers will manage the rebuild of eight to nine centers, and each of the 44 church partners will write their own rebuild strategy to include buildings (based on current seismic code), latrines and clean water source solutions.
Status: In process
Operations Support for Disaster Relief
Operations Support for the Disaster Response
The overall umbrella strategy that provides the funding and structure for the creation and implementation of the relief, recovery and rebuild strategies.
Status: In process
Transitional School Shelters for ICPs
Transitional School Shelters for Implementing Church Partners
Compassion Haiti built sturdier and longer-lasting transitional shelters for classroom and child development center space to replace worn temporary shelters constructed shortly after the quake. The sturdier shelters are designed to hold until destroyed facilities can be reconstructed.
Status: Complete
Transitional Shelter for Campsite Dwellers
Transitional Shelter for Campsite Dwellers
Temporary dwellings provided soon after the earthquake — including donated tents and tarps — wore out over time. Compassion Haiti provided new, sturdier materials so the families of beneficiary children could replace makeshift shelters.
Status: Complete
