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TORRENTIAL
FLOODS DESTROY HOMES
La Saline is a
village close to the market town of Camp Perrin in the south of Haiti.
In September 2003, torrential rains associated with Hurricane Lili
caused disastrous flooding. Houses were lost on both sides of the
river, prompting the 30 families living in La Saline to relocate their
village.
Once the families involved had decided to relocate, ORE and another
local organization called AJEC, joined forces in seeking support for
the move. In the spring of 2003, CARITAS provided the funds required
to purchase a property at Laroche suitable for a new village. The
scene was set for rebuilding a better future.
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DESIGNING
A NEW VILLAGE
A team gradually evolved to design a village offering the best climatic,
social and environmental conditions possible. Eric Davenport, an
American architect, and David Doherty, a Peace Corps Volunteer worked
for several months with the local community. They were later joined
by Frederique Mangones, a renowned Haitian architect, and engineer
Frantz Severe of ORE draw to the challenge of designing low-cost
housing adapted to Haitian rural family activities. In the fall
of 2003, a team of permiculturalists also offered their expertise
to the village project.
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Today
the team is working with the community to resolve the following major
issues:
- Low cost relief from floods
- Waste management & recycling to protect the environment
- Hygienic toilets to improve family health
- Community center to bring people together
- Privacy to reduce stress within families
- Green spaces to enhance quality of life
- Fruit trees to generate income
- Utilizing daily wind patterns, heat and cooling cycles
- Covenants to protect their community
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THE
NEXT STEP
ORE is working with the design team to solicite support for the progress
of the village relocation. We are currently looking for technical assistance
to develop cost-effective materials and building techniques, development
funds to construct a prototype house and support for grants and low-cost
financing to complete the reconstruction process.
VIEW
FULL SIZE PHOTOS OF THE VILLAGE RELOCATION PROJECT
Click here to view a photographic
report of the Laroche project.
Download the report in pdf format.
Since 1985, the
Organization for the Rehabilitation of the Environment
has developed and operated fruit tree grafting and crop improvement programs
in rural Haiti.
During those years several international agencies have generously provided
the funding that made it possible to maintain continuity of our development
projects. These include USAID, the European Union, the Canadian Embassy,
Inter-American Development Bank and other contributors.
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