Haiti: from tragedy to opportunity

This document gives options for rebuilding the community, meeting the evident needs of the most vulnerable people and filling key gaps in Haiti’s reconstruction regarding shelter and relief, water and sanitation, health and recovery. It states that risk reduction must be an integral part of recovery to truly rebuild safer and more resilient communities.

It develops: (i) shelter programmes that address both transitional and long-term needs, from shelter kits and safe building information to the reconstruction of permanent housing; (ii) health as well as water and sanitation approaches that aims to be be low-tech and sustainable; and (iii) livelihood, food security and economic recovery efforts which intends to deal with individual, household and local enterprise needs, including the re-establishment of local markets, and short-term salary support to teachers, doctors and nurses, including. Looking at the coordinated response and operations structures, it promotes protection and awareness, and the empowerment of community organisations.