Summary

Just six months after the earthquake, Habitat is:

  • Constructing about 70 transitional shelters a week—in places like Cabaret, below—providing safe, dry housing for Haitians living in unhealthy, vulnerable conditions.
  • Working through Habitat Resource Centers to train and employ local workers in building efforts— and supplying families with courses in disaster mitigation and financial literacy.
  • Providing more than 21,000 emergency shelter kits, conducting structural damage assessments in affected houses, repairing homes, and advocating for land-tenure policies to protect families’ property rights as they rebuild.

Read on to learn about the strength of Haiti’s families—and how you can help Habitat help Haiti.

Date Published:
July 15, 2010
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