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AMURT together with LOCAL-Haiti (Local Capacities Alliance), the Agriculture Ministry, and other emerging new partners has begun Phase II of its integrated strategy targeting the reduction of Iodine Deficiency Disorder while improving the socio-economic balance in the region. . . . → Read More: Community-Owned Modernized Salt Production and Iodization Building Bridges AMURT-Haiti is actively engaged in building the capacities of the local communities, particularly women and youth, to participate in the process of development. A recent report of CIDA praised the NGO for its “commitment to the cause of non-violence and peaceful conflict resolution resulting in a substantial decrease in social tension and general delinquency in the entire Commune of Anse Rouge”. This girl is one of those whom AMURT is helping build as a leader through its education leadership program. Since the earthquake, AMURT’s youth and women leadership programs in camps in Port-au-Prince have been giving training to . . . → Read More: Leadership and Capacity Building Connecting with the sun The problem of energy is felt even more acutely in poor countries like Haiti, where the low standard of life and the lack of proper education and support systems has forced most people to become unconscious participants in a self-perpetuating cycle of environmental degradation. AMURT-Haiti actively seeks to introduce initiatives which help the local communities think out of the box, and sample appropriate and renewable technologies such as solar and paddle power. Through AMURT’s solar ovens workshops these young couples have learnt that the possibility of harvesting the power of the sun lies within reach, and . . . → Read More: Alt tech Haiti has suffered for decades from uncontrolled environmental degradation, which has resulted in severe rates of soil erosion, cyclone impact, tree cover loss, and species’ stress. AMURT-Haiti has consistently followed a development strategy of environmental restoration in the area of Anse Rouge through community empowerment and education. Since 2004 more than 1 million tree seedlings and 50 million seeds have left the 3 community managed tree nurseries supported by the NGO, helping protect 12 selected watersheds and hundreds of private yards. . . . → Read More: Environment The gift of Quality Education Education is a rare privilege in poverty-stricken Haiti, and often it is the only chance to gain hope for a better future. The educational programs of AMURT-Haiti have been consistently evaluated by both grant institutions and the people they serve as innovative and well positioned to impart long positive and far reaching results within the local communities. These students in the AMURT-supported school in Port-au-Prince receive stipends and free lunch, and can explore learning through dance, art, yoga, and other “creativity” programs. The following mid-term results relate to AMURT-Haiti’s educational initiatives: * Successfully founded and . . . → Read More: Education Water is Life! Before 2004 the area of Anse Rouge lacked basic infrastructure – its roads were very poor, the drinking water systems either non-existent or deteriorating, the irrigation canals destroyed by Hurricanes or insufficient. While the challenges in front of the communities are still very high, with the help of AMURT-Haiti’s infrastructure program and the support of partners such as CIDA, USAID, and CRS, more than 45 villages in the area have found new reservoirs, fountains, irrigation canals, bathing facilities and roads. This boy is one of many coming regularly to enjoy the newly built water park in the . . . → Read More: Water |
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