Disaster Response Haiti Project #53403

Haiti Earthquake Relief

by ActionAid USA

Project Report | May 18, 2023
Our Humanitarian Efforts Continue

By Kaelyn DiCocco | Development Intern

Thank you for supporting this project. I am writing today to share some updates about our work following Haiti’s 2021 earthquake. We appreciate you taking your time to learn and act in response to this crisis.

The devastating earthquake experienced in Haiti was compounded with other humanitarian issues, making this crisis even more complex. Since 2021, there has been a 15.6% increase in the number of people in Haiti who need humanitarian assistance. These humanitarian issues consist of insufficient food supply, inadequate access to healthcare, other consequences of climate change, and more. In response, ActionAid has implemented programs contributing to food security, empowering young people through leadership training, and providing community training to prepare for future natural disasters. ActionAid continues to work with communities in Haiti to create a better future.

Now more than ever, your commitment to humanitarian work makes a difference. Thank you for your support and solidarity.

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Jan 13, 2023
Women Leading Through Crisis

By Katherine Coe | Individual Giving Officer

Ysnelle~one of many Haitian Women First Responders

Thank you for your support of this project. I am writing to share some updates from ActionAid’s emergency response to the August 2021 Earthquake in Haiti.

We appreciate you taking the time to learn about and act in response to this crisis.

In the year and a half since the tragic earthquake in Haiti, ActionAid has provided direct support to 10,000 Haitians, and we remain committed to providing long term support to all those impacted by this disaster. ActionAid’s direct support to individuals affected by the earthquake includes cash transfers, first aid kits, protection against gender-basedviolence (GBV), and psychological support. Our long-term response efforts are focused on preparing and training communities, especially women, on how to respond in theevent of future disasters, which proved critical in the first few hours following this earthquake.

ActionAid Haiti’s Country Directorlooked backon 2022 and shared about the positive implications of our women-focused approach to emergency response:

"If there is an accident, women have been trained to be the first to respond. You will now even see our women leaders providing first aid and support to elderly people in the community. Emergency preparedness is a leadership skill. When you invest in women as emergency responders, they are also viewed differently in their communities and families. They were once dependent on their husbands or members of their communities to tell them what to do in an emergency. But not today. Today, they are exercising their leadership and engaging in their community's development, in saving lives, and inspiring hope for others. This is a great reward of all the work that ActionAid has been doing in Haiti."

At ActionAid, women will always be in the front of action and response to humanitarian crisis in Haiti.

We remain committed to our communitypartners and now more than ever, your commitment to justice makes a difference. Thank you for your support and solidarity.

ActionAid First Responders preparing dignity kits

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Sep 16, 2022
Haiti Earthquake - One Year On

By Daniel Russell | Development Intern

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