Construction is expected to be completed later this year, benefitting up to 40, people. The project has already generated more than jobs in the community, with a further 1, jobs expected to be created as work progresses. Designed to withstand future earthquakes and hurricanes, the new school and dispensary will have their own water storages and energy supplies, as well as easy-to-maintain facilities.
This includes plumbing and ventilation that will help ensure the facilities are fully functional when extreme weather strikes. It is the DNA of what we do. Part of the project has also involved cleaning up the surrounding drainage system, which had been blocked by debris and waste from the earthquake.
The area near the drainage canal was once the site of a bustling market, but was abandoned due to flooding and sanitation issues. Following a community-led clean up effort, which included training for residents on effective waste management, vendors have since returned to the market site to again sell their goods. Funded by the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development, the project included the construction of several new roads and bridges that will improve access in places where people were forced to cross rivers to reach their homes.
The works ensure surrounding communities can access important public services, such as hospitals and schools, but will also enable safer evacuations for people - if and when a natural disaster happens. Based on the success of this project, the Government of Haiti, World Bank and UNOPS recently initiated a new partnership to construct and rehabilitate a further 80 km of roads in two other departments of the country, Artibonite and Centre.
The soil becomes like liquid, and passes most of the force of the earthquake into the building above the soil. Perhaps the saddest thing that Fierro reported was the fact that, already, people are picking up the pieces of broken buildings, and building structures in the same old way.
It may be the best the Haitian people can do, without the help of wealthier nations. Search-Icon Created with Sketch. KQED is a proud member of. Always free. Sign In. KQED Inform. Save Article Save Article. Olivia Caldwell. Developing affordable housing in Haiti is, to put it mildly, difficult. Despite a massive need for adequate and affordable housing in Haiti, few interventions have successfully addressed the housing crisis — a crisis made worse by the widespread devastation of the earthquake.
After the earthquake, non-government organizations NGOs , humanitarian aid workers, and international building technology companies descended on Haiti to join the rebuilding effort.
Around 50 building technology companies attended a housing exposition near Port au Prince to showcase their construction technology hacks with the hopes of solving the housing deficit. However, many soon found that developing a viable housing project in Haiti is more complicated than they had thought, and most of these companies left without implementing any major interventions.
While construction techniques and building technology are integral aspects to housing delivery, a successful housing development requires addressing every link along both the demand and supply sides of the value chain.
In Haiti, both the demand and supply sides of the value chain face big, complicated obstacles. A successful housing ecosystem emerges when the two sides of the value chain, each with eight, linked steps, operate effectively and at scale.
To take one example from the supply side, we can look at the issue of land in Haiti. The first major issue all developers face in Haiti is finding land with a clean title. NGOs and developers have purchased land only to have the title to that land contested at a later date.
The land titling process in Haiti is extremely complex, time-consuming, and costly. Once land has been purchased, the cost of putting infrastructure on the site can amount to more than a house is worth.
The land titling and infrastructure log-jams have resulted in high housing prices, with some houses starting at USD , in Port au Prince, well out of reach for the majority of Haitians. On the demand side, the purchasing power of Haitian households is imbalanced. Housing costs are inflated by supply side obstacles, so the demand side of the value chain is defective.
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