Haiti
Present in Haiti since 1989, Terre des hommes provides care to children suffering from malnutrition, develops access to drinking water and supplies emergency aid during disasters. Almost 150,000 people profited from Tdh’s activities in 2011.
The context
Since the 2010 earthquake, the number of people living in camps has dropped from 1.5 million to 550,000 by the end of 2011. Half of the ten million cubic metres of debris have been cleared away. However, only a tiny percentage of the 100,000 seriously damaged homes have been rebuilt. Great need remains regarding access to drinking water and sanitation and child protection mechanisms in particular. Now considered endemic, cholera will continue to claim victims in coming years. According to the United Nations, 45% of the population were living with threatened food security in 2011.
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-73.751278
18.194228
Les Cayes
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-72.86155
18.434558
Petit Gôave
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-73.925214
18.095627
Port Salut
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-73.887827
18.20303
Chantal
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-73.916495
18.115765
Arniquet
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-73.811574
18.165613
Torbeck
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-73.867464
18.325082
Camp Perrin
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-72.770355
18.429998
Grand Gôave
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What Tdh can do in haiti with
- CHF 25.-: Provide one child with a stay in a nutritional care unit
- CHF 100.-: Give a one-day training session on child nutrition to 10 people
The situation of the children
- 45,000 children under five years die each year
- 26% of births are attended by a trained person
Delegate: Sergio Trevisan
Expatriate staff: 15
National staff: 220
Budget: 6'546'746 CHF
In collaboration with: UNICEF, Médecins Sans Frontières, Médecins du Monde Suisse, Terre des Hommes Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg
Mother and child health
In the south, Tdh has already sensitised more than half the population to the risks of malnutrition and assisted the hospital in Les Cayes in caring for malnourished children. These projects were expanded in the region as well as in the west, the epicentre of the quake, to relieve authorities overwhelmed by the crisis and by the arrival of displaced people.
Water, hygiene and sanitation and fight against cholera
In 2011, Tdh reoriented its activities to respond to the cholera crisis. As the country had never been afflicted with this disease before, there were no mechanisms in place. Tdh assisted in the construction of two care centres, started prevention campaigns, treated the contagion areas and referred sick people to the care centres. The teams also continued their normal work: constructing latrines, improving access to drinking water, promoting hygiene and distributing hygiene kits.
Child protection
Tdh cooperates with IBESR to improve living conditions for vulnerable children, victims of neglect, violence, exploitation, those who have no access to their minimum rights and teenage mothers. Tdh also works to reunite children who were sent to live with relatives or in residential centres with their families to avoid the risk of abuse or exploitation as domestic help.
- 14,000 malnourished children were identified and treated
- 100,000 people were informed of the risks of cholera
- Access to water and hygiene was improved for 3,350 people
- 831 children received protective measures
- 61 residential centres were evaluated by Tdh and IBESR
- 2,295 displaced children were documented, and 388 of them were reunited with their families
- 1,866 children participated regularly in psychosocial activities and 146 volunteer counsellors were trained
- 300 parents and teenage mothers participated in parental education sessions

