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A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT TO REBUILD COMMUNITIES, HOMES & LIVELIHOODS FOR DISPLACED EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS...
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PHASE 1 GOALS...
Complete construction and site preparation for 50 container homes that will provide housing for 400 homeless people over the next two years...
Develop ecologically sound sanitation, hygiene and composting system for 400 person village at Bois Neuf Field...
Create water reclamation and filtration systems for safe drinking and washing water...
“The Hope, Love & Healing necklace is the perfect embodiment of what we are trying to bring to Haiti through safe and sustainable housing, sanitation solutions, and water filtration devices.”
-Patricia Arquette
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BACKGROUND...
As Haiti struggles to rebuild after the devastating earthquake, millions of people are still without any adequate shelter or the ability to meet their basic human needs and sustain livelihoods. Despite the massive international disaster and relief operation, the long-term needs of displaced communities are still not being addressed for the majority of homeless people. Viable housing alternatives and sanitation systems are urgently needed for families beyond the temporary makeshift shelters, tarps and tents that were provided during the relief phase of the emergency.
With the rainy season fast approaching come May, these camp cities are vulnerable to flooding and the spread of water-borne disease. Displaced and injured people cannot begin to rebuild their lives until they are able to meet their basic human needs, and begin to recover in a stable, healthy, and safe environment.
MAIN OBJECTIVES...
Our primary goal is to work collaboratively with displaced communities and our Haitian partners to resettle as many homeless families from the chaotic environment of the tent cities. We are implementing a methodical pilot project that will develop and evaluate sustainable low-cost building technologies, green fuel and sanitation systems, and other long-term living solutions for displaced communities within Haiti. The immediate goal is to build out a one-acre site in Cite Soleil with 54 housing structures and the necessary infrastructure to implement and test several innovative, cost effective and sustainable systems. It is critical that we start our work before the rains worsen living conditions and complicate construction efforts. With light rainfall expected in April, and the arrival of the true rainy season in May, it’s urgent that site preparation and building efforts start immediately.
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, SAFE HOUSING & GREEN FOOTPRINTS...
Refurbished shipping containers provide a reusable local resource that can help solve some of the immediate housing needs in Haiti. The single housing units have a footprint that is adequate for a typical Haitian family, and they can easily accommodate additions to become the structural core of a larger house.
The exterior will be painted with a ceramic radiant barrier that will help keep the interiors cool. The units will be joined together in groups in order to create quality outdoor spaces and to enlarge their footprint to provide a windbreak and additional resistence to hurricanes. Our design team has added a lightweight roof structure to shade the containers, and create covered outdoor space. The new design also allows us to collect and recycle rainwater.
Our team will also provide cooking fuel and sanitation systems for these housing units using water reclamation systems, biogas, and other low-cost green products for cooking and human waste management. After the housing units are completed, we will establish community gardens and assistance with additional micro-enterprise development.
CLEAN WATER & OTHER BASIC NEEDS...
We are working with water reclamation and filtration experts John and Jack Rose at Waves for Water. They offer affordable fast solutions in emergency aid situations all over the world.
We are blessed to be working with Michel Gondry director of many artistically brilliant and innovative movies and music videos to create informative shorts to play in tent camps (via car battery generated DVD players) to message large scale composting and water filtration.
ABOUT GiveLove TEAM...
Patricia Arquette, a wife, a mother, an actress, and Rosetta Getty, a wife, a mother of four and a designer will be leading the fundraising efforts collaborating with our project partners.
Christopher Robertson of robertsondesign (http://robdes.com) is working on the design of the units and the siteplan as well as aiding in the construction coordination. In his day job, he has built a house in Houston using shipping containers as well as designed and built many small footprint houses. He has visited the site and will be traveling back many times to oversee and participate in the construction.
Alisa Keesey will be working with our partners to oversee the collaborative management of the project. Alisa has over 15 years experience in program management and has worked in Uganda with her own NGO on several long-term rural development, agriculture, and conservation projects. She has managed many large operating budgets and is experienced in monitoring and evaluation, and field assessment.
LOGISTICS & PLANNING: ONE-TRUCK.ORG...
Cosmo Pfell has over eight years of experience working in disaster relief. He has worked on the Gulf Coast after Katrina, in Rwanda, and most recently in Crow Creek, South Dakota with the Lakota Sioux building a community greenhouse for local residents with CAN-DO founder Eric Klein. After forming One Truck Inc (www.one-truck.org) Cosmo departed for Haiti in the wake of the earthquake to assist in aid distribution and patient advocacy. One Truck is currently on-site in Haiti procuring materials, running logistics, and assisting in the management of our Tapis Verte, Cité Soleil site.
Franky Mejia Grullon has been working with Cosmo on site at LADH since January. He is currently working with us on camp management and helping to manage the construction project. He lives in the Dominican Republic where he manages El Fuego del Sol Ecotourism Center & Santana Verde Ecovillage in Higuey, DR.
HAITIAN PARTNERS...
Give Love – Haiti will be working with Bobby Duval and his Team at L’Athletique Haiti in Cite Soleil (henceforth referred to as LADH). Bobby is a respected community activist and has worked with thousands of street kids and community organizers.
SANITATION TEAM...
Hamish Skermer has a degree in Environmental Chemistry. Combining this study with the production of music festivals gave Hamish the inspiration to design and implement an original temporary mobile composting toilet system. Natural Event was formed in 2000 and has delivered original composting solutions to events throughout Australia and EU. Over 10 years, Natural Event composting toilets have been used over three million times by up to 500,000 people. Hamish has been long aware of the connections between music festivals and displaced and developing communities and brings his unique experience and insights to the team. As well as Haiti, Hamish is involved in projects in Fiji, Cook Islands, Australian desert communities and has partnerships with eco san organisations in US, Norway, and UK. Natural Event's vision is "Changing the world from the bottom up!'
Andrew Larsen is currently working on a M. Sc. student in ecological sanitation at the Norwegian
University of Life Sciences in Norway. Andrew has been writing about Joe Jenkins work and is very connected to people working with various humanure /composting systems worldwide.
He has eight years experience in the wastewater industry and also holds degrees in both physics and math.
Rodrigo Silva has worked in Haiti since the earthquake on sanitation issues. He has worked on designing, building and monitoring composting systems and dry urinals for large music festivals in Portugal (30,000+ people) and has valuable experience in these settings. He also has experience coursework in Permaculture, Design and Consultancy, Ecovillage Design and Bioconstruction with Cane . Rodirigo also completed eight years of military service as a sergeant in the Portuguese Army.
CONTAINER HOUSES: LOCALLY AVAILABLE RESOURCES & LABOR...
Our housing units will be constructed out of refurbished shipping containers that have been sourced within Haiti and the Dominican Republic. With simple modifications the containers can be easily converted into safe, comfortable living spaces suitable for local conditions and tropical heat. Our units will be engineered to withstand heavy rain and wind, as well as earthquakes. Finishing work and land preparation will take place on-site at the project location in Citi Soleil at Bois Neuf Field. The homes will provide immediate shelter for displaced families. At the end of our two year project 22 of the containers will be donated to L'Athletique D'Haiti and their ongoing soccer /after school program. The remaining units will either be donated to the families living in them (if land can be secured ) or repurposed and donated as school clusters, housing at orphanages, community clinics or established as libraries.
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CHECKOUT
Donations by check can be made out to "OneXOne". Place give love in the memo line or include a note. OneXOne- GiveLOVE-Haiti, 1146 North Poinsettia Place, West Hollywood, CA 90046.
email: alisa_givelove.org
GiveLove seeks volunteers in the following areas...
GREYWATER...GARDENING...WELDING...
PHASE 2 GOALS...
Create large-scale inexpensive sanitation systems for displaced people living in camps and communities without clean water...
Develop and test sustainable cooking alternatives to charcoal...
Organize clean up and environmental programs for communities in Cite Soleil...
Begin communal gardening program to supplement food needs...
Revitalize Local Agriculture and Livelihoods - Help us begin work with local communities to revive gardens and assist small farmers...
