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Haiti
>> Regional Overview >> Haiti Overview Activity Data Sheet
PROGRAM: Haiti
TITLE AND NUMBER: Hurricane George Recovery 521-009
PLANNED FY 2001 OBLIGATION AND ACCOUNT: $125,000 (ESF)
PROPOSED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND ACCOUNT: None
STATUS: Continuing
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1999 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2002Summary: On the night of September 22, 1998, Hurricane Georges swept across Haiti damaging millions of dollars worth of crops, infrastructure, and housing. The hurricane and subsequent flooding left approximately 400 casualties and an estimated $180 million in damage, including indirect and secondary losses.
The combination of overwhelming poverty, a degraded environment, and a lack of infrastructure makes Haiti disaster prone. Nearly every year, large segments of the population suffer from prolonged drought, frequent floods, or mudslides. As economic conditions deteriorate, weakening the government's capacity to deliver public services, and as environmental degradation persists, larger and larger segments of Haitian society are losing the capacity to cope with natural disasters.
USAID is implementing an ambitious program aimed at enhancing the capacity of communities to recover economically from the impact of Hurricane Georges and mitigating the impact of future natural disasters. Activities have focused on southern Haiti, where the greatest damage occurred and where USAID has ongoing programs in coffee production, hillside agriculture, and artisan support. The principal beneficiaries are local farmers and their families and community development associations. Activities emphasize consultation and participation between civil society and local government to strengthen communities' abilities to work together to solve problems. Experience from similar programs in the past tells us that community participation in the identification, design, and implementation of recovery activities is essential to their success and sustainability.
Key Results: Life threatening conditions are being mitigated. The Hurricane Georges Recovery Program's main contractor, Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), worked closely with the Haitian Civil Protection Office and other donors to prepare for potential impacts from Hurricane Debby in August 2000. PADF responded rapidly to the needs of 3,000 persons displaced by flooding in Cap Haitien on the northern coast in November 2000. The capacity for agricultural production is being enhanced through the promotion of improved, commercial quality seeds and better agricultural technologies. Basic seeds, unlike commercial seeds, are produced under strict control in irrigated fields, and are used for subsequent commercial seed production. The Organization for the Rehabilitation of the Environment (ORE) produces both commercial and basic seeds in Haiti. While drought conditions have limited ORE's commercial seed production, production of basic seeds was above target, and seed storage capacity was increased.
Damaged infrastructure is being restored. Eight community-level infrastructure and seven school repair activities were implemented in FY 2000. In addition, two irrigation rehabilitation activities were completed, expanding land available for irrigation. This fiscal year, one road activity has been completed, rehabilitating secondary farm-to-market access, and another potable water project is underway.
The environmental impact of future natural disasters will be reduced as a result of seven soil and water conservation activities currently underway. Local capacity to mitigate and prepare for natural disasters is being enhanced. Community level disaster mitigation and preparedness committees are being formed in 20 communities. Thirty-two seminars have been held, and a video, brochure, and song in Creole were produced for public awareness campaigns on hurricane preparedness.
Performance and Prospects: Activities have succeeded despite the difficulty in reaching remote areas on nearly impassable roads and the high level of insecurity due to political uncertainty and an elevated crime rate. With over ten partners and three U.S. Government agencies implementing hurricane recovery activities, the focus of the Hurricane Georges Recovery Program is community self-reliance. The 21 target communities select projects important to them, and then implement the projects through community-based organizations (CBOs) to ensure local initiative and project sustainability. For example, the local Citizen Union for Gaya Develpment CBO, working on the Cajeun Irrigation Rehabilitation project, successfully repaired and even expanded the canal, and then used community funds to develop a training center.
Program implementation is almost complete. Production of basic seeds greatly exceeded the 2000 target of 10 metric tons, reaching 18 metric tons. Three sub-agreements to restore agricultural production have been signed. By the middle of FY 2001, 21 cooperative activities with local CBOs for infrastructure repair and soil and water conservation will be completed or underway. By the end of the program, well over the targeted 1,650 hectares of land will be covered by these rehabilitated irrigation systems, with approximately 10,000 people benefiting from their repair. Seven soil and water conservation projects are also underway to bring 900 hectares under improved management. The remaining 17 schools to be repaired will be completed in FY 2001. At the end of FY 2001, 20 communities will have disaster preparedness and mitigation committees and preparedness plans in place. Other activities to enhance preparedness and reduce impacts of disasters will include studies of critical watersheds, an analysis of shelter needs, and the purchase of relief supplies.
FY 2001 ESF funds will be used for the concurrent audit of the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) requested by USAID's Regional Inspector General, and for monitoring and evaluation.
Possible Adjustments to Plans: A careful review of the performance monitoring plan in September 2000 led to a change in the definition of "community" and the number of communities targeted. A community is now defined as a group of localities in targeted areas that have formed an association to address potential natural disasters.
Other Donor Programs: USAID is coordinating with the United Nations Development Program and the European Union on assistance to enhance disaster management in Haiti.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: U.S. contractors and grantees include PADF, the Center for Tropical Agriculture, Organization for the Rehabilitation of the Environment, Catholic Relief Services, Winrock International, Plan International, Cooperative Housing Foundation, the Florida International Volunteer Corps, the Southeast Consortium for International Development, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Non-U.S. partners include the Canadian Center of International Studies and Cooperation, the Center for Human Resource Development, and Mérové-Pierre (a local KPMG-affiliated certified public accounting firm).
Haiti: 521-009
Performance Measures:
Indicator FY97
(Actual)FY98
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(Plan)Indicator 1: Volume of basic seeds in reserve. N/A N/A 6 18 10 25 N/A Indicator 2: Number of hectares of land under rehabilitated irrigation systems N/A N/A 0 200 50 1650 N/A Indicator 3: Number of schools repaired N/A N/A 0 7 7 17 N/A Indicator 4: Number of Communities more resilient to natural disasters N/A N/A 0 0 0 21 N/A Indicator 5: Targeted Haitian Civil Society Organizations progress in developing their capacity to advocate for policy change. N/A N/A 0 0 0 900 N/A Indicator Information:
Indicator Level (S)or(IR) Unit of Measure Source Indicator Description Indicator 1: IR Metric tons (cumulative) PADF through project records Volume of seeds of major staple crops (maize, beans, sorghum) stored in ORE-managed facilities available to produce commercial seeds. Indicator 2: IR Number PADF through project records Number of hectares served by the rehabilitated irrigation systems. This indicator measures the number of hectares served by the system. It does not measure the potential increased capacity due to the Hurricane Georges Recovery -funded repairs. Indicator 3: IR Number PADF through project records A school is defined as being 'repaired' when at least one of the following types of structural repairs have been completed: repairs to roofs, walls, flooring, doors, windows or latrines. Indicator 4: S Number PADF through project records Communities in HGRP-targeted areas that have formed an association to address potential natural disasters. Indicator 5: IR Number PADF through project records Number of hectares of land under soil and water conservation practices with local level community based organizations. U.S. Financing
(In thousands of dollars)
Obligations Expenditures Unliquidated Through September 30, 1999 0 DA 0 DA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 SEED 9,800 CACEDRF 81 CACEDRF 9,719 CACEDRF 0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA Fiscal Year 2000 0 DA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 CACEDRF 3,375 CACEDRF 0 DFA 0 DFA Through September 30, 2000 0 DA 0 DA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 SEED 9,800 CACEDRF 3,456 CACEDRF 6,344 CACEDRF 0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA Prior Year Unobligated Funds* 0 DA 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 CACEDRF 0 DFA Planned Fiscal Year 2001 NOA 0 DA 0 CSD 125 ESF 0 SEED 0 CACEDRF 0 DFA Total Planned Fiscal Year 2001 0 DA 0 CSD 125 ESF 0 SEED 0 CACEDRF 0 DFA Future Obligations Est. Total Cost Proposed Fiscal Year 2002 NOA 0 DA 0 DA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 125 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 CACEDRF 0 CACEDRF 9,800 CACEDRF 0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA
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