Action Plan for the Reconstruction and National Development of Haiti

The earthquake of January 12, 2010 struck at the heart of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince and the towns of Léogâne, Jacmel and Petit Goave. It resulted in more than 300,000 deaths, as many were wounded according to the national authorities, 1.5 million people homeless and displaced, broken families, orphans without resources. One could go on and on to enumerate the devastating consequences of this earthquake.  The damages and losses, the measures of which rise by the day, are estimated at nearly US$8 billion according to the assessment of damages and losses carried out during the past few weeks. The same study puts needs at around US$11.5 billion.  

To rebuild Haiti does not mean to return to the situation of January 11, on the eve of the earthquake. It is to address all these areas of vulnerability, so that never again the vagaries of nature or natural disasters inflict such suffering or cause so much damage and loss.  The proposed plan aims to go beyond a response to the damage and losses caused by the earthquake. It aims to initiate projects to act now while putting in place the conditions for addressing the structural causes that allowed this earthquake to hit the country so hard.