The members of the HUMANITARIAN COALITION plan on working side-by-side with Haitians as the rebuilding begins. Long-term support will focus on housing reconstruction, reestablishment of water systems and school and health centre reconstruction. CARE Canada, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam-Québec and Save the Children Canada were in Haiti long before the earthquake, and will be there in the days, months and years ahead. A few examples of the kind of work your donations will make possible include:


  • supporting the people who have lost their homes and those who have been displaced throughout the country, as well as supporting schools and health clinics with basic supplies so they can resume activities.
  • ensuring that special attention is given to protect women and girls from gender-based violence, which sadly often increases with the social disruption cause by disasters of this magnitude
  • to help rebuild livelihoods, we will create economic opportunities for the most vulnerable through targeted cash- and food-for-work programs.
  • focusing on supporting communities outside of the immediate earthquake zone. Many Haitians from within the earthquake zone have fled to these communities, which will put a long-term strain on resources in those areas.
  • planning for long-term rebuilding; this will involve helping to rehabilitate water and sanitation systems in poorer urban neighbourhoods.
  • study appropriate ways of helping people to increase their food production in sustainable ways
  • help local communities have a voice in how the UN, local government and international community go about rebuilding Haiti