IOM restores damaged water system in Gonaives

Date: 21 Oct 2008
IOM restores damaged water system in Gonaives
The four hurricanes and tropical storms that hit Haiti in late August and early September destroyed nearly one third of the seaport town of Gonaives, including the city's primary water system.

Working with the state water authority, IOM's Programme de Revitalisation et de Promotion de l'Entente et de la Paix (PREPEP), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), restored the system and began distributing water to 50,000 residents.

"Clean water is essential for people still reeling from the effects of this disaster. Public health concerns and the potential for increased water-borne diseases are now considerably reduced," said IOM Chief of Mission Vincent Houver.

The 300,000 residents of Gonaives have endured raging flood waters, in some areas up to four metres deep; silt and mud still cover much of the city. The storms and floods killed 400 people and left at least another 60,000 people living in temporary shelters.

The restoration of the Gonaives water system is just one in a series of projects being undertaken by IOM to help Haitians recover from these natural disasters.
IOM, with funding from various international donors, has been providing non-food items to thousands of people affected and living in shelters. These include plastic sheeting for 13,950 families, hygiene kits (25,000), kitchen kits (14,000), jerry cans (25,000), blankets and sheets (27,000) and mosquito nets (30,000).

At the same time, the PREPEP programme, which was halted by the floods, is now gearing up to re-start the public infrastructure rehabilitation projects that have been helping the residents of Gonaives.

The IOM PREPEP programme works with vulnerable communities and the Haitian national and municipal government bodies in an effort to assist with the rehabilitation of key infrastructure and to support the processes of political stabilization, community recovery and development in Haiti. PREPEP activities are carried out throughout the Port-au-Prince Metropolitan Area (Bel Air, Delmas, La Saline and Martissant), Petit Goâve, St. Marc, Cap Ha¿tien, Les Cayes and Gona¿ves.

Since 2004, IOM has carried out more than 150 projects in Gonaives, which have created more than 20,000 jobs.

IOM has appealed for US$ 13 million as part of the UN Flash Appeal. To date, contributions have been received from the USAID (Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the governments of Greece and Japan, the UN's Central Emergency Response Fund and UNOCHA.
For more information, please contact Frislain Isidor, IOM Haiti, Tel: +509 605 6004, Email: fisidor@iom.int

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Bon,
Jan nou plenyen anyen pap fèt lan peyi a !!!!!!

Le yon bagay fèt, se pou nou rekonèt li wi.

Kote nèg Latibonit ak lan Nô yo?
Nou pa dakô ak sa k ap fèt yo?

Lè nou plenyen nou genyen rezon plenyen paske se pa selman lè siklonn pase genyen emerjensi an ayiti non. se youn peyi ki an kriz an permanans.Lè w tande ke youn doktè pa ka fè moun operation nan youn lopital paske pa genyen kouran sa se pa kriz li ye se youn neglijans grav.paske konbyen youn jeneratè de sekou koute?se youn bagay ki te dwe toujou genyen nan tout lopital nan peyi ya an ka blackout .

Lè w tande ti moun pa genyen ban nan lekol pou yo chita sa se pa kriz se neglijans moun ki swa disan pran poz yap dirije peyi ya.paske tout moun konnen ke devlopman youn peyi depann de edikatyon pep la.si youn moun pa aveg fok ou rekonet ke se pa sleman mank de resous ki koz peyi sou develope yo nan eta saa se paske pep yo pa edike byen.Japonè yo pa genyen anpil resous minyè men yo genyen anpil resous imen.poukisa Japon pi devlope pase Nijerya?

lè nou tande fanm ansent pa ka jwen kabann nan lopital pou yo domi epi ou tande youn paket esklav entelektyel ap vinn gaspiye ti resous peyi ya pou perpetye esklavaj ki rele neo colonianisme ou francophoni ya.Nou rann nou kont ke genyen youn bagay ki pa fonktyone byen nan tet moun sa nou rele elit yo.

nou meprise lang nou pou nou fose pale youn lang ki pa pou nou.Youn moun ki tap tande Preval ki ap bay youn konferans de press lotrejou nan brooklyn ka rann ou kont ke se youn alyenatyon ki fè ayisyen ap teke de mo franse pou yo ka di yo pale franse.petet 60%ayisyen ka li e ekri franse men mwen pa kwè genyen 25% ayisyen ki pale franse kouraman.poukisa nou di ke franse se lang ofisyel peyi dayiti si 3/4 moun nan peyi ya pa pale franse?

nou ta aplodi sa ki ap fet yo vre si yo te represante youn bagay nan lan mè misè ke pep la ap noyé.Ou pa ka aplodi youn doktè ki ba Youn malad ki soufri ak kansè youn grenn kafenol.

Sanmalis,

Gen rezon pou plenyen paske gen anpil bagay ki bezwen fèt e ki panko fèt.
Men si gen solisyon ki pote, se pou nou rekonèt ke gen yon koreksyon.
Sinon nap kontinye plenyen pou bagay ki reyalize deja.

Mwen kwè ke yon pwogram ki restore yon sistem dlo pou bay tout Gonayiv dlo, se yon bon bagay.

Menmjan si yo bay 20,000 moun Gonayiv travay.

Mwen konprann enpasyans ou.
Mwen enpasyan tou, men gen telman pwoblèm ke se youn pa youn pou yo rezoud.

Sa pral pran anpil tan pou chanjman yo vizib.

sassaye

Nou pa ka tann jis nou tounen pwa tann.Youn gouvenman fet pou genyen priyorité. se pa jodya nap tande dega ki fet an ayiti lè siklonn pase.ki sa gouvenman yo fè pou pep la pa koupe pye bwa pou fè chabon ,eske sa pat dwe youn nan priyorite gouvenman ki pase yo?

mwen konnen ke Preval pa ka korije tout bagay nan 5 lane men depi li monte o pouvwa pwoblem moun Gonayiv yo te la nan je li.se bagay saa map toujou di gouvenman ayisyen toujou monte san plan san yo pwogram de gouvenman se pousa yo toujou nan tatonnen ;yo gaspiye preske 3 zan pou gremesi.

se pa koulyè ya blan pral pote nou sekou.yo tout konnen nan ki eta peyi ya ye.Alor si nou pa vle mete tet nou ansanb pou nou resoud pwoblem nou konprann se blan ki pral resoud yo pou nou e byen lè na gade nan mont nou na wè li tro tard. Se depi an 1968 mwen ki pat konn anyen nan anvironman mwen te sezi lè mwen te wè eta la gonave ;lè sa petet se 4 milyon moun nou te genyen nan peyi ya alor mwen pa beswen wè nan ki eta nou ye jodya.men jiska presan nou refize pran mesi pou nou jwen lajan pou nou resoud pwoblem nou se blan nap tann ki pou resoud yo pou nou.Preval di fok li tal plede koz ayiti komsi sarkozy ak tout lot chef deta yo pa konnen eta ayiti?Si yo te vle ede nou vre se nan eta saa yo ta kite peyi ya rive?Yo pa ka geri maleng yo se maleng nou yo pral geri?poukisa yo pa anile det nou ap peye san nou pat manje pwa.