notes: Fiammetta Cappellini - Field contact Port au Prince Phone: +509 35253497 Mobile: +509 3 4118415 Email: fiammetta.cappellini @avsi.org ------------------------------------- FROM THE SITE 5/21/2010: Since the earthquake, AVSI has been working unceasingly not only to provide essential services to the people of Haiti in this time of dire need, but also to offer a light of hope, affirming the victory of life over death and working to rebuild the human in Haiti. Its efforts have not gone unnoticed. On May 17, 2010, Edmond Mulet, special representative of the United Nations Secretary General, visited the tent villages in Tapis Verte/Parc Bobi which currently accommodate almost 7,000 displaced people in Cité Soleil. His objective: to observe current living conditions in hopes of finding an adequate response to their needs. Mulet left with a very positive view of AVSI and AVSI’s work, as seen in his May 17th mission report, posted on the MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti) website: “Currently, the NGO AVSI is the most active in the field…AVSI is accompanying the population, offering medicine and medical assistance, clean drinking water, etc.” To read the full report, click here. AVSI's Past and Current Efforts Since the earthquake, AVSI has been working unceasingly not only to provide essential services to the people of Haiti in this time of dire need, but also to offer a light of hope, affirming the victory of life over death and working to rebuild the human in Haiti. AVSI has provided essential services for nearly 30,000 people. Immediately after the earthquake hit, AVSI gathered and distributed emergency provisions (food and non food items), passed out linens (1000 sets), mattresses (600) hygiene kits (500), and kitchen kits (250), and provided thousands of gallons of clean water along with a large water purifier for one of the tent camps. AVSI established a procedure to identify and reunited abandoned children with their families, conducted psychosocial activities to help children process the trauma they were living and return to a level of “normalcy” and helped organize displaced people in tent villages (it managed 3 of them). Within the tent villages, AVSI began a school that has grown from its initial 200 students to accommodate 3000 students in grades 1st -6th. It provided 1000 tarps, 30 family tents for families with adolescent girls, and 40 large tents capable of sheltering 800 people, giving priority to single mothers with more than 5 children. In healthcare, 2 AVSI doctors began to manage the Scalabrinian Order health center attending to hundreds of patients a day. Currently these laudable doctors run several mobile health clinics serving thousands of people. AVSI began and continues to maintain a food distribution plan for pregnant mothers and children under the age of 5, as well as a nutrition campaign targeting the same group. 130 local AVSI staff and eight foreign staff (including two medical doctors) are working in and around Port-au-Prince in the areas of Cité Soleil, Martissant, Warf Jérémie, and Cité Militaire and also in Les Cayes, in southern Haiti. In Cité Militaire AVSI works in collaboration with CESAL, an NGO and AVSI network partner, and in Haiti at large AVSI works in cooperation with the UN Systems, UNICEF, the World Food Program and many other international and private donors. Looking to the future AVSI is in the process of establishing 7 mobile health clinics, capable of providing medical assistance to 10,000 children and 2,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women. It is currently constructing 10 temporary schools with wooden frames (as opposed to tents), creating a semi-permanent structure to conduct classes for its 3,000 students while shielding them from the elements during the rainy season. Moreover, AVSI has acquired land upon which it will build an education center serving 3,000 children, as soon as the emergency situation permits. With AVSI’s Distance Support Program 600 children and families in Port-au-Prince continue to be supported; 500 additional children are being supported by an emergency Distance Support Program. In line with the Government of Haiti’s plan to decongest the emergency areas of Port-au-Prince by favoring the dispersion from the city to rural areas, AVSI continues to reinforce its agricultural development and food security programs in Les Cayes, located in the south of Haiti. The programs in Les Cayes began in 1997 in collaboration with Haiti’s University of Notre Dame with the creation of an experimental farm dedicated to applied research and extension services. The program later expanded to meet the needs of the local rural communities: methods and quality of agriculture production (rice, corn, beans etc.), small animal husbandry, clean water supply, irrigation infrastructure (in collaboration with the NGO MLFM) and the support of 5 infant and child nutrition centers. To say that there is still much work to be done would be an understatement, but in the words of Fiametta, AVSI Country Representative in Haiti, “man’s heart can overcome any tragedy; we are on the front lines, and we feel hope beginning to grow.” ===================== 2010 Haiti Earthquake - Haiti Emergency: Update and Appeal Donate On-line! Last update posted February 19, 2010 http://www.avsi-usa.org/Haitiemergency2010.cfm http://www.avsi-usa.org/Emergency%20Relief%20Update%20Feb%2018%202010.pdf ==================== Haiti AVSI is involved with the following programs in the country of Haiti: Agriculture and Environment The establishment of sustainable support centers or cooperatives by farmers and cattle raisers to provide training and technical assistance and to improve marketing and reduce production costs. Education, Child Development and Family Support Foster/ host families and community daycare centers for abandoned and street children, children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and conflict, war-traumatized children and other at-risk children. Support for higher educational institutions -> SEE CAT FACILITY RECORD FOR CAMP PARK BOBY - CHOLERA CRO that AVSI is running: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/6797 ------------------------------------- Fiammetta Cappellini - Field contact Port au Prince Phone: +509 35253497 Mobile: +509 3 4118415 Email: fiammetta.cappellini @avsi.org ------------------------------------- FROM THE SITE 5/21/2010: Since the earthquake, AVSI has been working unceasingly not only to provide essential services to the people of Haiti in this time of dire need, but also to offer a light of hope, affirming the victory of life over death and working to rebuild the human in Haiti. Its efforts have not gone unnoticed. On May 17, 2010, Edmond Mulet, special representative of the United Nations Secretary General, visited the tent villages in Tapis Verte/Parc Bobi which currently accommodate almost 7,000 displaced people in Cité Soleil. His objective: to observe current living conditions in hopes of finding an adequate response to their needs. Mulet left with a very positive view of AVSI and AVSI’s work, as seen in his May 17th mission report, posted on the MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti) website: “Currently, the NGO AVSI is the most active in the field…AVSI is accompanying the population, offering medicine and medical assistance, clean drinking water, etc.” To read the full report, click here. AVSI's Past and Current Efforts Since the earthquake, AVSI has been working unceasingly not only to provide essential services to the people of Haiti in this time of dire need, but also to offer a light of hope, affirming the victory of life over death and working to rebuild the human in Haiti. AVSI has provided essential services for nearly 30,000 people. Immediately after the earthquake hit, AVSI gathered and distributed emergency provisions (food and non food items), passed out linens (1000 sets), mattresses (600) hygiene kits (500), and kitchen kits (250), and provided thousands of gallons of clean water along with a large water purifier for one of the tent camps. AVSI established a procedure to identify and reunited abandoned children with their families, conducted psychosocial activities to help children process the trauma they were living and return to a level of “normalcy” and helped organize displaced people in tent villages (it managed 3 of them). Within the tent villages, AVSI began a school that has grown from its initial 200 students to accommodate 3000 students in grades 1st -6th. It provided 1000 tarps, 30 family tents for families with adolescent girls, and 40 large tents capable of sheltering 800 people, giving priority to single mothers with more than 5 children. In healthcare, 2 AVSI doctors began to manage the Scalabrinian Order health center attending to hundreds of patients a day. Currently these laudable doctors run several mobile health clinics serving thousands of people. AVSI began and continues to maintain a food distribution plan for pregnant mothers and children under the age of 5, as well as a nutrition campaign targeting the same group. 130 local AVSI staff and eight foreign staff (including two medical doctors) are working in and around Port-au-Prince in the areas of Cité Soleil, Martissant, Warf Jérémie, and Cité Militaire and also in Les Cayes, in southern Haiti. In Cité Militaire AVSI works in collaboration with CESAL, an NGO and AVSI network partner, and in Haiti at large AVSI works in cooperation with the UN Systems, UNICEF, the World Food Program and many other international and private donors. Looking to the future AVSI is in the process of establishing 7 mobile health clinics, capable of providing medical assistance to 10,000 children and 2,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women. It is currently constructing 10 temporary schools with wooden frames (as opposed to tents), creating a semi-permanent structure to conduct classes for its 3,000 students while shielding them from the elements during the rainy season. Moreover, AVSI has acquired land upon which it will build an education center serving 3,000 children, as soon as the emergency situation permits. With AVSI’s Distance Support Program 600 children and families in Port-au-Prince continue to be supported; 500 additional children are being supported by an emergency Distance Support Program. In line with the Government of Haiti’s plan to decongest the emergency areas of Port-au-Prince by favoring the dispersion from the city to rural areas, AVSI continues to reinforce its agricultural development and food security programs in Les Cayes, located in the south of Haiti. The programs in Les Cayes began in 1997 in collaboration with Haiti’s University of Notre Dame with the creation of an experimental farm dedicated to applied research and extension services. The program later expanded to meet the needs of the local rural communities: methods and quality of agriculture production (rice, corn, beans etc.), small animal husbandry, clean water supply, irrigation infrastructure (in collaboration with the NGO MLFM) and the support of 5 infant and child nutrition centers. To say that there is still much work to be done would be an understatement, but in the words of Fiametta, AVSI Country Representative in Haiti, “man’s heart can overcome any tragedy; we are on the front lines, and we feel hope beginning to grow.” ===================== 2010 Haiti Earthquake - Haiti Emergency: Update and Appeal Donate On-line! Last update posted February 19, 2010 http://www.avsi-usa.org/Haitiemergency2010.cfm http://www.avsi-usa.org/Emergency%20Relief%20Update%20Feb%2018%202010.pdf ==================== Haiti AVSI is involved with the following programs in the country of Haiti: Agriculture and Environment The establishment of sustainable support centers or cooperatives by farmers and cattle raisers to provide training and technical assistance and to improve marketing and reduce production costs. Education, Child Development and Family Support Foster/ host families and community daycare centers for abandoned and street children, children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and conflict, war-traumatized children and other at-risk children. Support for higher educational institutions
mission: AVSI – The Association of Volunteers in International Service is an international not-for-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in Italy in 1972. AVSI’s mission is to support human development in developing countries with special attention to education and the promotion of the dignity of every human person, according to Catholic social teaching. AVSI-USA opened its doors in 2001, first in New York City and subsequently in Washington, D.C., in response to the need for a presence in the U.S. AVSI-USA is an autonomous entity registered in the State of New York with 501(c) 3 status. As such, AVSI-USA shares the mission and method of the AVSI network and provides support to members and initiatives by leveraging resources for existing and new projects, sharing lessons and experiences of the AVSI network and method among development practitioners, supporting collaborations with U.S. organizations and donors, and representing AVSI at the United Nations and with other international organizations. -> AVSI – The Association of Volunteers in International Service is an international not-for-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in Italy in 1972. AVSI’s mission is to support human development in developing countries with special attention to education and the promotion of the dignity of every human person, according to Catholic social teaching. AVSI-USA opened its doors in 2001, first in New York City and subsequently in Washington, D.C., in response to the need for a presence in the U.S. AVSI-USA is an autonomous entity registered in the State of New York with 501(c) 3 status. As such, AVSI-USA shares the mission and method of the AVSI network and provides support to members and initiatives by leveraging resources for existing and new projects, sharing lessons and experiences of the AVSI network and method among development practitioners, supporting collaborations with U.S. organizations and donors, and representing AVSI at the United Nations and with other international organizations.

town: Cite Soleil -> Various
notes: FROM THE SITE 5/21/2010: Since the earthquake, AVSI has been working unceasingly not only to provide essential services to the people of Haiti in this time of dire need, but also to offer a light of hope, affirming the victory of life over death and working to rebuild the human in Haiti. Its efforts have not gone unnoticed. On May 17, 2010, Edmond Mulet, special representative of the United Nations Secretary General, visited the tent villages in Tapis Verte/Parc Bobi which currently accommodate almost 7,000 displaced people in Cité Soleil. His objective: to observe current living conditions in hopes of finding an adequate response to their needs. Mulet left with a very positive view of AVSI and AVSI’s work, as seen in his May 17th mission report, posted on the MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti) website: “Currently, the NGO AVSI is the most active in the field…AVSI is accompanying the population, offering medicine and medical assistance, clean drinking water, etc.” To read the full report, click here. AVSI's Past and Current Efforts Since the earthquake, AVSI has been working unceasingly not only to provide essential services to the people of Haiti in this time of dire need, but also to offer a light of hope, affirming the victory of life over death and working to rebuild the human in Haiti. AVSI has provided essential services for nearly 30,000 people. Immediately after the earthquake hit, AVSI gathered and distributed emergency provisions (food and non food items), passed out linens (1000 sets), mattresses (600) hygiene kits (500), and kitchen kits (250), and provided thousands of gallons of clean water along with a large water purifier for one of the tent camps. AVSI established a procedure to identify and reunited abandoned children with their families, conducted psychosocial activities to help children process the trauma they were living and return to a level of “normalcy” and helped organize displaced people in tent villages (it managed 3 of them). Within the tent villages, AVSI began a school that has grown from its initial 200 students to accommodate 3000 students in grades 1st -6th. It provided 1000 tarps, 30 family tents for families with adolescent girls, and 40 large tents capable of sheltering 800 people, giving priority to single mothers with more than 5 children. In healthcare, 2 AVSI doctors began to manage the Scalabrinian Order health center attending to hundreds of patients a day. Currently these laudable doctors run several mobile health clinics serving thousands of people. AVSI began and continues to maintain a food distribution plan for pregnant mothers and children under the age of 5, as well as a nutrition campaign targeting the same group. 130 local AVSI staff and eight foreign staff (including two medical doctors) are working in and around Port-au-Prince in the areas of Cité Soleil, Martissant, Warf Jérémie, and Cité Militaire and also in Les Cayes, in southern Haiti. In Cité Militaire AVSI works in collaboration with CESAL, an NGO and AVSI network partner, and in Haiti at large AVSI works in cooperation with the UN Systems, UNICEF, the World Food Program and many other international and private donors. Looking to the future AVSI is in the process of establishing 7 mobile health clinics, capable of providing medical assistance to 10,000 children and 2,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women. It is currently constructing 10 temporary schools with wooden frames (as opposed to tents), creating a semi-permanent structure to conduct classes for its 3,000 students while shielding them from the elements during the rainy season. Moreover, AVSI has acquired land upon which it will build an education center serving 3,000 children, as soon as the emergency situation permits. With AVSI’s Distance Support Program 600 children and families in Port-au-Prince continue to be supported; 500 additional children are being supported by an emergency Distance Support Program. In line with the Government of Haiti’s plan to decongest the emergency areas of Port-au-Prince by favoring the dispersion from the city to rural areas, AVSI continues to reinforce its agricultural development and food security programs in Les Cayes, located in the south of Haiti. The programs in Les Cayes began in 1997 in collaboration with Haiti’s University of Notre Dame with the creation of an experimental farm dedicated to applied research and extension services. The program later expanded to meet the needs of the local rural communities: methods and quality of agriculture production (rice, corn, beans etc.), small animal husbandry, clean water supply, irrigation infrastructure (in collaboration with the NGO MLFM) and the support of 5 infant and child nutrition centers. To say that there is still much work to be done would be an understatement, but in the words of Fiametta, AVSI Country Representative in Haiti, “man’s heart can overcome any tragedy; we are on the front lines, and we feel hope beginning to grow.” ===================== 2010 Haiti Earthquake - Haiti Emergency: Update and Appeal Donate On-line! Last update posted February 19, 2010 http://www.avsi-usa.org/Haitiemergency2010.cfm http://www.avsi-usa.org/Emergency%20Relief%20Update%20Feb%2018%202010.pdf ==================== Haiti AVSI is involved with the following programs in the country of Haiti: Agriculture and Environment The establishment of sustainable support centers or cooperatives by farmers and cattle raisers to provide training and technical assistance and to improve marketing and reduce production costs. Education, Child Development and Family Support Foster/ host families and community daycare centers for abandoned and street children, children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and conflict, war-traumatized children and other at-risk children. Support for higher educational institutions -> Fiammetta Cappellini - Field contact Port au Prince Phone: +509 35253497 Mobile: +509 3 4118415 Email: fiammetta.cappellini @avsi.org ------------------------------------- FROM THE SITE 5/21/2010: Since the earthquake, AVSI has been working unceasingly not only to provide essential services to the people of Haiti in this time of dire need, but also to offer a light of hope, affirming the victory of life over death and working to rebuild the human in Haiti. Its efforts have not gone unnoticed. On May 17, 2010, Edmond Mulet, special representative of the United Nations Secretary General, visited the tent villages in Tapis Verte/Parc Bobi which currently accommodate almost 7,000 displaced people in Cité Soleil. His objective: to observe current living conditions in hopes of finding an adequate response to their needs. Mulet left with a very positive view of AVSI and AVSI’s work, as seen in his May 17th mission report, posted on the MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti) website: “Currently, the NGO AVSI is the most active in the field…AVSI is accompanying the population, offering medicine and medical assistance, clean drinking water, etc.” To read the full report, click here. AVSI's Past and Current Efforts Since the earthquake, AVSI has been working unceasingly not only to provide essential services to the people of Haiti in this time of dire need, but also to offer a light of hope, affirming the victory of life over death and working to rebuild the human in Haiti. AVSI has provided essential services for nearly 30,000 people. Immediately after the earthquake hit, AVSI gathered and distributed emergency provisions (food and non food items), passed out linens (1000 sets), mattresses (600) hygiene kits (500), and kitchen kits (250), and provided thousands of gallons of clean water along with a large water purifier for one of the tent camps. AVSI established a procedure to identify and reunited abandoned children with their families, conducted psychosocial activities to help children process the trauma they were living and return to a level of “normalcy” and helped organize displaced people in tent villages (it managed 3 of them). Within the tent villages, AVSI began a school that has grown from its initial 200 students to accommodate 3000 students in grades 1st -6th. It provided 1000 tarps, 30 family tents for families with adolescent girls, and 40 large tents capable of sheltering 800 people, giving priority to single mothers with more than 5 children. In healthcare, 2 AVSI doctors began to manage the Scalabrinian Order health center attending to hundreds of patients a day. Currently these laudable doctors run several mobile health clinics serving thousands of people. AVSI began and continues to maintain a food distribution plan for pregnant mothers and children under the age of 5, as well as a nutrition campaign targeting the same group. 130 local AVSI staff and eight foreign staff (including two medical doctors) are working in and around Port-au-Prince in the areas of Cité Soleil, Martissant, Warf Jérémie, and Cité Militaire and also in Les Cayes, in southern Haiti. In Cité Militaire AVSI works in collaboration with CESAL, an NGO and AVSI network partner, and in Haiti at large AVSI works in cooperation with the UN Systems, UNICEF, the World Food Program and many other international and private donors. Looking to the future AVSI is in the process of establishing 7 mobile health clinics, capable of providing medical assistance to 10,000 children and 2,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women. It is currently constructing 10 temporary schools with wooden frames (as opposed to tents), creating a semi-permanent structure to conduct classes for its 3,000 students while shielding them from the elements during the rainy season. Moreover, AVSI has acquired land upon which it will build an education center serving 3,000 children, as soon as the emergency situation permits. With AVSI’s Distance Support Program 600 children and families in Port-au-Prince continue to be supported; 500 additional children are being supported by an emergency Distance Support Program. In line with the Government of Haiti’s plan to decongest the emergency areas of Port-au-Prince by favoring the dispersion from the city to rural areas, AVSI continues to reinforce its agricultural development and food security programs in Les Cayes, located in the south of Haiti. The programs in Les Cayes began in 1997 in collaboration with Haiti’s University of Notre Dame with the creation of an experimental farm dedicated to applied research and extension services. The program later expanded to meet the needs of the local rural communities: methods and quality of agriculture production (rice, corn, beans etc.), small animal husbandry, clean water supply, irrigation infrastructure (in collaboration with the NGO MLFM) and the support of 5 infant and child nutrition centers. To say that there is still much work to be done would be an understatement, but in the words of Fiametta, AVSI Country Representative in Haiti, “man’s heart can overcome any tragedy; we are on the front lines, and we feel hope beginning to grow.” ===================== 2010 Haiti Earthquake - Haiti Emergency: Update and Appeal Donate On-line! Last update posted February 19, 2010 http://www.avsi-usa.org/Haitiemergency2010.cfm http://www.avsi-usa.org/Emergency%20Relief%20Update%20Feb%2018%202010.pdf ==================== Haiti AVSI is involved with the following programs in the country of Haiti: Agriculture and Environment The establishment of sustainable support centers or cooperatives by farmers and cattle raisers to provide training and technical assistance and to improve marketing and reduce production costs. Education, Child Development and Family Support Foster/ host families and community daycare centers for abandoned and street children, children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and conflict, war-traumatized children and other at-risk children. Support for higher educational institutions
areas_served: AVSI took charge of four camps: Place Fierte, Bas Fontaine, Parc Bobi -> AVSI took charge of four camps: Place Fierte, Bas Fontaine, Parc Bobi (Also working in PaP/Les Cayes)
mission: AVSI – The Association of Volunteers in International Service is an international not-for-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in Italy in 1972. AVSI’s mission is to support human development in developing countries with special attention to education and the promotion of the dignity of every human person, according to Catholic social teaching. AVSI-USA opened its doors in 2001, first in New York City and subsequently in Washington, D.C., in response to the need for a presence in the U.S. AVSI-USA is an autonomous entity registered in the State of New York with 501(c) 3 status. As such, AVSI-USA shares the mission and method of the AVSI network and provides support to members and initiatives by leveraging resources for existing and new projects, sharing lessons and experiences of the AVSI network and method among development practitioners, supporting collaborations with U.S. organizations and donors, and representing AVSI at the United Nations and with other international organizations. -> AVSI – The Association of Volunteers in International Service is an international not-for-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in Italy in 1972. AVSI’s mission is to support human development in developing countries with special attention to education and the promotion of the dignity of every human person, according to Catholic social teaching. AVSI-USA opened its doors in 2001, first in New York City and subsequently in Washington, D.C., in response to the need for a presence in the U.S. AVSI-USA is an autonomous entity registered in the State of New York with 501(c) 3 status. As such, AVSI-USA shares the mission and method of the AVSI network and provides support to members and initiatives by leveraging resources for existing and new projects, sharing lessons and experiences of the AVSI network and method among development practitioners, supporting collaborations with U.S. organizations and donors, and representing AVSI at the United Nations and with other international organizations.

name: AVSI-USA (International Network) -> AVSI-USA (International Network) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake
address: 125 Maiden Lane, 15th Floor New York, NY 10038 -> USA ADDR: 125 Maiden Lane, 15th Floor New York, NY 10038 HAITI
region: Quest -> Haiti, Caribbean
facility_type: Shelter -> Info/Hotline

notes: 2010 Haiti Earthquake - Haiti Emergency: Update and Appeal Donate On-line! Last update posted February 19, 2010 http://www.avsi-usa.org/Haitiemergency2010.cfm http://www.avsi-usa.org/Emergency%20Relief%20Update%20Feb%2018%202010.pdf ==================== Haiti AVSI is involved with the following programs in the country of Haiti: Agriculture and Environment The establishment of sustainable support centers or cooperatives by farmers and cattle raisers to provide training and technical assistance and to improve marketing and reduce production costs. Education, Child Development and Family Support Foster/ host families and community daycare centers for abandoned and street children, children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and conflict, war-traumatized children and other at-risk children. Support for higher educational institutions -> FROM THE SITE 5/21/2010: Since the earthquake, AVSI has been working unceasingly not only to provide essential services to the people of Haiti in this time of dire need, but also to offer a light of hope, affirming the victory of life over death and working to rebuild the human in Haiti. Its efforts have not gone unnoticed. On May 17, 2010, Edmond Mulet, special representative of the United Nations Secretary General, visited the tent villages in Tapis Verte/Parc Bobi which currently accommodate almost 7,000 displaced people in Cité Soleil. His objective: to observe current living conditions in hopes of finding an adequate response to their needs. Mulet left with a very positive view of AVSI and AVSI’s work, as seen in his May 17th mission report, posted on the MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti) website: “Currently, the NGO AVSI is the most active in the field…AVSI is accompanying the population, offering medicine and medical assistance, clean drinking water, etc.” To read the full report, click here. AVSI's Past and Current Efforts Since the earthquake, AVSI has been working unceasingly not only to provide essential services to the people of Haiti in this time of dire need, but also to offer a light of hope, affirming the victory of life over death and working to rebuild the human in Haiti. AVSI has provided essential services for nearly 30,000 people. Immediately after the earthquake hit, AVSI gathered and distributed emergency provisions (food and non food items), passed out linens (1000 sets), mattresses (600) hygiene kits (500), and kitchen kits (250), and provided thousands of gallons of clean water along with a large water purifier for one of the tent camps. AVSI established a procedure to identify and reunited abandoned children with their families, conducted psychosocial activities to help children process the trauma they were living and return to a level of “normalcy” and helped organize displaced people in tent villages (it managed 3 of them). Within the tent villages, AVSI began a school that has grown from its initial 200 students to accommodate 3000 students in grades 1st -6th. It provided 1000 tarps, 30 family tents for families with adolescent girls, and 40 large tents capable of sheltering 800 people, giving priority to single mothers with more than 5 children. In healthcare, 2 AVSI doctors began to manage the Scalabrinian Order health center attending to hundreds of patients a day. Currently these laudable doctors run several mobile health clinics serving thousands of people. AVSI began and continues to maintain a food distribution plan for pregnant mothers and children under the age of 5, as well as a nutrition campaign targeting the same group. 130 local AVSI staff and eight foreign staff (including two medical doctors) are working in and around Port-au-Prince in the areas of Cité Soleil, Martissant, Warf Jérémie, and Cité Militaire and also in Les Cayes, in southern Haiti. In Cité Militaire AVSI works in collaboration with CESAL, an NGO and AVSI network partner, and in Haiti at large AVSI works in cooperation with the UN Systems, UNICEF, the World Food Program and many other international and private donors. Looking to the future AVSI is in the process of establishing 7 mobile health clinics, capable of providing medical assistance to 10,000 children and 2,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women. It is currently constructing 10 temporary schools with wooden frames (as opposed to tents), creating a semi-permanent structure to conduct classes for its 3,000 students while shielding them from the elements during the rainy season. Moreover, AVSI has acquired land upon which it will build an education center serving 3,000 children, as soon as the emergency situation permits. With AVSI’s Distance Support Program 600 children and families in Port-au-Prince continue to be supported; 500 additional children are being supported by an emergency Distance Support Program. In line with the Government of Haiti’s plan to decongest the emergency areas of Port-au-Prince by favoring the dispersion from the city to rural areas, AVSI continues to reinforce its agricultural development and food security programs in Les Cayes, located in the south of Haiti. The programs in Les Cayes began in 1997 in collaboration with Haiti’s University of Notre Dame with the creation of an experimental farm dedicated to applied research and extension services. The program later expanded to meet the needs of the local rural communities: methods and quality of agriculture production (rice, corn, beans etc.), small animal husbandry, clean water supply, irrigation infrastructure (in collaboration with the NGO MLFM) and the support of 5 infant and child nutrition centers. To say that there is still much work to be done would be an understatement, but in the words of Fiametta, AVSI Country Representative in Haiti, “man’s heart can overcome any tragedy; we are on the front lines, and we feel hope beginning to grow.” ===================== 2010 Haiti Earthquake - Haiti Emergency: Update and Appeal Donate On-line! Last update posted February 19, 2010 http://www.avsi-usa.org/Haitiemergency2010.cfm http://www.avsi-usa.org/Emergency%20Relief%20Update%20Feb%2018%202010.pdf ==================== Haiti AVSI is involved with the following programs in the country of Haiti: Agriculture and Environment The establishment of sustainable support centers or cooperatives by farmers and cattle raisers to provide training and technical assistance and to improve marketing and reduce production costs. Education, Child Development and Family Support Foster/ host families and community daycare centers for abandoned and street children, children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and conflict, war-traumatized children and other at-risk children. Support for higher educational institutions

website: -> http://www.avsi-usa.org/
facility_type: Info/Hotline -> Shelter
cat_notes: THIS record should probably be for NY but the other AVI http://www.avsi.org/EN/ almost seems outdated or not able to update so I used the USA site. You may want to switch the title around?? ->

name: AVSI-USA (part of the (AVSI) International Network) -> AVSI-USA (International Network)
region: -> Quest
mission: AVSI – The Association of Volunteers in International Service is an international not-for-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in Italy in 1972. AVSI’s mission is to support human development in developing countries with special attention to education and the promotion of the dignity of every human person, according to Catholic social teaching. AVSI-USA opened its doors in 2001, first in New York City and subsequently in Washington, D.C., in response to the need for a presence in the U.S. AVSI-USA is an autonomous entity registered in the State of New York with 501(c) 3 status. As such, AVSI-USA shares the mission and method of the AVSI network and provides support to members and initiatives by leveraging resources for existing and new projects, sharing lessons and experiences of the AVSI network and method among development practitioners, supporting collaborations with U.S. organizations and donors, and representing AVSI at the United Nations and with other international organizations. -> AVSI – The Association of Volunteers in International Service is an international not-for-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in Italy in 1972. AVSI’s mission is to support human development in developing countries with special attention to education and the promotion of the dignity of every human person, according to Catholic social teaching. AVSI-USA opened its doors in 2001, first in New York City and subsequently in Washington, D.C., in response to the need for a presence in the U.S. AVSI-USA is an autonomous entity registered in the State of New York with 501(c) 3 status. As such, AVSI-USA shares the mission and method of the AVSI network and provides support to members and initiatives by leveraging resources for existing and new projects, sharing lessons and experiences of the AVSI network and method among development practitioners, supporting collaborations with U.S. organizations and donors, and representing AVSI at the United Nations and with other international organizations.

town: Leogane -> Cite Soleil
name: BLANK -> AVSI-USA (part of the (AVSI) International Network)
main_phone: -> (212) 490-8043
address: -> 125 Maiden Lane, 15th Floor New York, NY 10038
notes: -> 2010 Haiti Earthquake - Haiti Emergency: Update and Appeal Donate On-line! Last update posted February 19, 2010 http://www.avsi-usa.org/Haitiemergency2010.cfm http://www.avsi-usa.org/Emergency%20Relief%20Update%20Feb%2018%202010.pdf ==================== Haiti AVSI is involved with the following programs in the country of Haiti: Agriculture and Environment The establishment of sustainable support centers or cooperatives by farmers and cattle raisers to provide training and technical assistance and to improve marketing and reduce production costs. Education, Child Development and Family Support Foster/ host families and community daycare centers for abandoned and street children, children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and conflict, war-traumatized children and other at-risk children. Support for higher educational institutions
status: Standby -> Open
areas_served: -> AVSI took charge of four camps: Place Fierte, Bas Fontaine, Parc Bobi
mission: -> AVSI – The Association of Volunteers in International Service is an international not-for-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in Italy in 1972. AVSI’s mission is to support human development in developing countries with special attention to education and the promotion of the dignity of every human person, according to Catholic social teaching. AVSI-USA opened its doors in 2001, first in New York City and subsequently in Washington, D.C., in response to the need for a presence in the U.S. AVSI-USA is an autonomous entity registered in the State of New York with 501(c) 3 status. As such, AVSI-USA shares the mission and method of the AVSI network and provides support to members and initiatives by leveraging resources for existing and new projects, sharing lessons and experiences of the AVSI network and method among development practitioners, supporting collaborations with U.S. organizations and donors, and representing AVSI at the United Nations and with other international organizations.
cat_notes: -> THIS record should probably be for NY but the other AVI http://www.avsi.org/EN/ almost seems outdated or not able to update so I used the USA site. You may want to switch the title around??

town: Milot -> Leogane
name: Life and Hope Haiti -(SUPPORT for Eben Ezer School in Milot) -> BLANK
mgt_contact changed.
notes: Earthquake Response Source at: http://www.lifeandhopehaiti.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=28&Itemid=153 LIfe & Hope bring relief to Leogane Life and Hope Haiti founder Lucia Anglade made her second trip Leogane Feb. 6 to help her sister at the devastated Asile de St. Vincent de Paul. Thanks to Tradewinds Aviation, the Connecticut executive air carrier (as well as Jet Blue who took the extra cargo), Lucia and four other people, including a doctor and nurse from Canada as well as two journalists, were able to take supplies, medicine and food. Lucia is planning another trip Feb. 16 with a group of about 15 people. Life and Hope was founded to run a school in the north of Haiti. If you wish to make a paypal donation, please go to our DONATIONS page or send money to Life and Hope, 210 Essex St., West Babylon, NY 11704. Thank you. The Eben Ezer School in Milot was not hurt, but thousands of people are being evacuated to hospitals in Milot. ============== EARTHQUAKE WISH LIST - http://www.lifeandhopehaiti.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=131 ->
status: Open -> Standby
website: http://www.lifeandhopehaiti.org/ ->
facility_type: School -> Info/Hotline
mission: Life and Hope Haiti, a tax-exempt non profit organization, was formed by a Haitian American woman who wanted to give something back to her homeland. Since 2001, the organization has built a schoolhouse and educated children in Milot, a town in northern Haiti, the poorest country in the hemisphere. Most of these children would not have gone to school without the work of this organization. In addition to giving children the education so necessary for any underdeveloped country to progress, Life and Hope provides meals and medical care. The organization is now working on building a link to high school for motivated children, as well as an orphanage for children left without parents. ->