Haiti

In the west, southeast and north of the country, HI is helping to develop the rehabilitation sector through training and skills transfer. The programme is working to promote the global recognition of rehabilitation professionals and to strengthen care provision in the country.

As a continuation to the emergency response to the August 2021 earthquake, HI’s teams are providing rehabilitation care and support to a number of health centres in the Grand Sud. They are also providing mental health support and individual and community psychosocial support through awareness-raising actions to help people deal with the trauma of the earthquake.

To strengthen disaster preparedness and protection, HI is raising the awareness and training authorities and partner organisations to take the most vulnerable populations into account in their interventions, including elderly people and people with disabilities. Vulnerability assessments and simulation exercises are carried out and used to develop adapted action plans.

The programme is also developing a logistics platform for the transport of humanitarian goods and merchandise by sailboat. This pick-up and storage service is made available to other humanitarian organisations in order to ensure the safe delivery of essential goods along the entire Haitian coast, avoiding blocked roads. HI’s teams are also training Haitian maritime transporters in navigation techniques and safety at sea.