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Haiti
Haiti: Earthquakes - Jan 2010 — more than 1,000 found
13 Feb 2012
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Haiti
Nouveau drame dans un camp d’hébergement : une enfant carbonisée, 3 adultes blessés, des abris détruits

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Groupe d'Appui aux Rapatriés & Réfugiés

Le feu s’est déclaré, le mercredi 8 février 2012, aux environs de 7 h du matin au camp érigé sur la cour de l’Ecole Nationale de la République d’Argentine, située à Carrefour Péan, zone Delmas 18, dans la capitale haïtienne.

Cet incendie qui a détruit complètement une soixantaine de tentes, a causé la mort d’une enfant de trois ans et occasionné des blessures à trois autres déplacés sur ce site qui compte 700 familles.

13 Feb 2012
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Haiti
Urgent plan needed to tackle housing crisis in Haiti

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Amnesty

Haitian authorities must urgently develop and implement a national plan to tackle the country’s severe housing crisis, Amnesty International said today after a child died in a fire that broke out in a camp of survivors of the 2010 earthquake.

According to reports from local authorities and human rights group GARR, a 3-year-old girl died and three people were severely injured on Wednesday morning in a what is believed to be an accidental blaze in camp Ecole République d’Argentine, in the Carrefour Péan district of Port au Prince.

Some 700 families are living the camp.

10 Feb 2012
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Haiti
Haiti: building sustainable communities for all

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ACT Alliance

Immediately after the 2009 earthquake in Haiti, the United Church of Canada worked through ACT Alliance to provide emergency relief supplies to those in need. Two years on, the UCC remains committed to working with ACT and local partners to build strong communities, in part, through new school construction efforts. The UCC aims to develop strong voices from the margins, so that longterm solutions to Haiti's challenges will work for everyone, not just the wealthy.

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09 Feb 2012
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Haiti
Haitian leaders call for land and housing rights

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Grassroots

By Mina Remy

Two years following the earthquake, community-based organizations in Haiti are still advocating for the same changes and considerations as they did last year, namely land and housing rights, respect for national sovereignty in the reconstruction process and aid accountability.

09 Feb 2012
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Haiti
10e visite de Michel Forst en Haïti : entre avancées et insatisfactions

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UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti

En visite en Haïti, depuis le 31 janvier, pour faire le « suivi des engagements pris par les autorités haïtiennes » en matière de droits de l’homme, l’Expert indépendant des Nations Unies sur la situation des droits de l’homme en Haïti, Michel Forst, dont la mission prend fin ce 08 février, a fait le point lors d’une rencontre, au siège de la MINUSTAH, avec les médias locaux et internationaux sur les principaux moments de sa visite, la 10e du genre dans le pays depuis sa nomination en juin 2008. Son constat : bien des défis persistent malgré les progrès enregistrés.

09 Feb 2012
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Haiti
Mise à jour des activités des Compagnies de Génie de la MINUSTAH

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UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti

En application de la Résolution 1927 du Conseil de Sécurité des Nations Unies, quelque1260 Casques bleus des six compagnies de Génie militaire -du Brésil (BRAENGCOY), de la Corée (ROKENGCOY), du Chili et de l’Equateur (CHIECUENGCOY), de l’Indonésie (INDOENGCOY), du Japon (JAPENGCOY) et du Paraguay (PARENGCOY)- de la Mission des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation en Haïti (MINUSTAH) ont réparti leurs activités visant à assister le gouvernement haïtien en trois piliers : faciliter la reconstruction, réduire les risques d’inondations et améliorer l’état des routes et la circulation routière.

08 Feb 2012
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Haiti
The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti: "It is time to ensure access to rights for Haitians"

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UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti

Port au Prince, 8 February, 2012 – Mr. Michel Forst, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti, appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations, ends its tenth mission in the country to prepare the report to be presented and discussed at the Human Rights Council in Geneva in June 2012.

08 Feb 2012
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Haiti
L’OIM aide au relogement des familles suite à la fermeture des camps de déplacés

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UN Radio

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La fermeture des sites abritant des populations déplacées par le séisme de janvier 2010 s’intensifie alors qu’un nombre croissant de familles ont accès à des logements ou bénéficient d’aide pour retourner dans leurs communautés d’origine.

08 Feb 2012
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Haiti
Tzu Chi Foundation Helps in Rebuilding Three Schools in Haiti

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Tzu Chi Foundation

The three schools which Tzu Chi is building in Haiti are due for completion in January 2013 and will accommodate more than 1,800 students. The foundation announced this at a news conference in Taipei attended by four sisters of the Catholic order who will manage the schools and came to Taiwan to express their gratitude.

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08 Feb 2012
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Haiti
La fermeture des camps d'Haïti tributaire d'un financement adéquat

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International Organization for Migration

Haïti - La fermeture des sites abritant des populations déplacées par le séisme de janvier 2010 s'intensifie alors qu'un nombre croissant de familles ont accès à des logements ou bénéficient d'aide pour retourner dans leurs communautés d'origine.

Certains des camps les plus visibles de Port-au-Prince ont été fermés, ou sont sur le point de l'être, grâce à une stratégie mise en œuvre par le gouvernement d'Haïti et la communauté humanitaire en partenariat avec la nouvelle autorité chargée du logement : L'Unité de Construction de Logements et de Bâtiments Publics (UCLBP).

International Organization for Migration:

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08 Feb 2012
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Haiti
Improving water and sanitation in Haiti’s schools

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UN Children's Fund

By Benjamin Steinlechner

PORT-AU –PRINCE, Haiti, 7 February 2012 – Eighteen-year-old Yves Nolly Lindor is teaching students at Pétion-ville National School about the importance of improved sanitation.

Just outside the school’s new UNICEF-constructed washrooms, she explains that hand-washing is essential to prevent the spread of disease.

“We work in groups, discuss cholera and health hazards in school,” Yves Nolly said afterward the training had ended.

07 Feb 2012
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World
and 3 others
Making Gender Matter in Humanitarian Operations: A review of selected UN organisations’ awareness and practical implementation of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s Gender Handbook in Humanitarian Action

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Government of Norway
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Executive summary

The purpose of this review is to assess to what extent UNHCR, WFP, Unicef, and UNOCHA are aware of and integrate the standards of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Gender Handbook in Humanitarian Action in its programming, and to what extent this Handbook is being used and implemented as a guiding tool in humanitarian operations.
The review also briefly assesses the GenCap system and the cluster approach with regard to the implementation processes.

07 Feb 2012
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Haiti
Haiti: CAP 2011 - Funding (as of 1 February 2012) (EN/FR)

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

07 Feb 2012
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Haiti
Situation Report Haiti Operation January 2012

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Logistics Cluster
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1 GENERAL OVERVIEW

• 12 January 2012 marked the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale.
More than 220,000 people died, over 300,000 were injured, some 80,000 buildings collapsed, causingmillion cubic metres of rubble (approx.times the amount of debris left by the Septemberattacks), and displaced some 1.6 million people.
Memorial services were held all over the country.

07 Feb 2012
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Haiti
Haiti Camp Closures Contingent on Funding Shelter Alternatives: IOM

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International Organization for Migration

The closure of camps in post-earthquake affected Haiti is picking up tempo as more and more families find alternative accommodation and are helped to return to their communities.

Some of the most visible camps in Port-au-Prince have closed, or are on the point of being closed, under a strategy developed by the Government of Haiti and the humanitarian community through its newly created housing authority: L'Unité de Construction de Logements et de Bâtiments Publics (UCLBP) .

International Organization for Migration:

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07 Feb 2012
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Haiti
New recovery program to help Haitians become self-sufficient, able to produce food source and income

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Operation Blessing

-- Operation Blessing International Launches Large Scale Aquaculture Program --

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – One of a diminishing number of relief organizations still on the ground in the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, Operation Blessing International (OBI) is assisting earthquake victims by providing an important food source as well as a means for economic self-sufficiency – tilapia and tropical fish.

06 Feb 2012
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Haiti
Un Village Modèle en cours de construction à Gressier

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UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti

Le jeudi 2 février, a eu lieu la pose de la première d’un village modèle dans la commune de Gressier, située à 20 km de Port-au-Prince. Un projet devant bénéficier à quelque 200 familles qui a vu l’implication, aux côtés du gouvernement, de la Fédération Luthérienne Mondiale,de la MINUSTAH et de la compagnie dominicaine Guzman.

06 Feb 2012
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Haiti
Haïti-Droits humains : Diminution de la violence faite aux femmes et aux filles en 2011, selon un rapport de la Pohdh

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AlterPresse

P-au-P, 3 fév. 2012 [AlterPresse] --- Une nette diminution de la violence faite aux femmes et aux filles est observée dans les camps, selon un rapport d’enquête publié le 2 février par la Plateforme des organisations haïtiennes de défense des droits humains (Pohdh).

« Situation des femmes et des filles deux ans après le séisme du 12 janvier 2010 » est le titre de cette étude qui prend en compte les conditions dans les camps de sinistrés.

03 Feb 2012
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Haiti
Haiti: Humanitarian Snapshot (as of January 2012) (EN/FR) - updated 31 Jan 2012

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Haiti is still facing important humanitarian needs with more than 515,000 people living in camps, a cholera epidemic that so far claimed the lives of 7,025 people and a situation of food insecurity affecting more than 45 per cent of the population.
An other risk factor is Haiti’s high level of vulnerability to natural disasters, particularly during the rain and hurricane season from April to November.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

03 Feb 2012
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World
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Africa asks itself: Where is the aid money?

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Christian Science Monitor

frican nations pledged five months ago to do more to help each other when famine and disaster strike. But so far, they haven't come up with the promised cash.

By Mike Pflanz, Correspondent / February 1, 2012

NAIROBI, KENYA

Five months ago, in a grand auditorium and beneath a cinema-sized screen scrolling images of starving children, Africa’s leaders gathered to promise an end to a growing food crisis.

Read the story on the Christian Science Monitor