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Lessons Learned: Haiti Four Years After the Earthquake WHAT IS THE ROLE OF US BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS IN HAITI’S RECONSTRUCTION? Monday, April 21 st 2014 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm Presentation prepared by: Kara Lightburn, Executive Director

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Presented by Kara Lightburn, Executive Director of Social Tap, Inc on April 21st 2014 for the Yale Alumni Association of New York (YAANY) Highlights our humanitarian model which has been developed over the course of the past 4 years being immersed in the Haitian society and our recommendations as an International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) in order to ensure access to services for those most vulnerable and marganalized while building the capacity of communities and local organizations based on asset mapping and mobilization to build sustainability and decrease the dependency of AID in Haiti. Areas for volunteer and civil society involvement are also highlighted based on reciprocal long term relationships and knowledge sharing.

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Lessons Learned: Haiti Four Years After the Earthquake

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF US BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS IN HAITI’S RECONSTRUCTION?

Monday, April 21st 2014 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Presentation prepared by: Kara Lightburn, Executive Director

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Social Tap, Inc.’s mission is to provide programs and services through grassroots partnerships to

address the identified and emerging needs of at-risk, vulnerable, and exploited populations,

including those displaced either by natural and/or man-made disasters internationally in

developing countries.

We seek to provide a comprehensive approach

utilizing social capital to fill the gaps and provide support through networks encouraging

transparency, effective communication, evaluation, and collaboration in order to create and

reinforce sustainable communities.

SOCIAL TAP’s MISSION STATEMENT

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Social Tap’s THE HAITI INITIATVE (THI)

Ø  Jacmel is the artisan capital of Haiti and located in the Sud-Est Department. It was one of the

3 Major Cities which suffered extensive damage during the January 2010 Earthquake, 50-60% of the downtown structures were damaged/destroyed and over 20,000 were displaced to camps (IDPs).

Ø  The Pinchinat IDP Camp became the largest with over 6,000 individuals.

Ø  Jacmel & the outside rural areas have diverse Livelihood due the ongoing vulnerability of the environment; Live stock and agriculture are the main sources of income, next to commerce and charcoal production, approx 1/3 receive remittances in Jacmel.

Ø  Regular risks to livelihoods include the hurricane season, extensive erosion, deforestation & erratic rainfall.

As a volunteer-driven effort we have been based since March 2010 through a capacity building partnership THI has shared an operational hub located in Cyvadier outside the city of Jacmel, with KONPAY “Working Together for Haiti,” our local Haitian partner.

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The Haiti Initiative (THI)’s Organic Growth CORE AREAS OF STATEGIC FOCUS

MARCH 2010

Fordham UNI: Haiti/DR Study Tour 2010 Partnership Identified : Konbit Pou Ayiti (KONPAY) Core Area defined

> Agriculture & Environment

JUNE/JULY 2010 HAITI TRIP: Focus on Human Rights & GBV Core Areas defined:

> Pinchinat Camp > Human Rights & GVB

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2010

Land Development Delegation: HAE

Core Area Defined:

> Community Development

OCTOBER 2010

Collaborative Cholera Ground Response Core Area Define: > Cholera (Health & Hygiene) NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2010 Core Area Define: > School Development

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Agriculture & Food Security

Community Capacity Building, & Asset Mapping

Environment & Climate Action

Health & Hygiene Human Rights

Pinchinat (IDP) Camp

School Development

Youth Development & Education

Social Tap’s The Haiti Initiative CORE AREAS OF STRATEGIC FOCUS

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OUR ENGAGMENT MODEL A GLOBAL ASSET COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MODEL

Applies:

ü  Asset Thinking

ü  Participatory Action

ü  Service-Learning

ü  Complex Adaptive Systems Theory

ü  Collaborative Leadership

ü  Knowledge Sharing

!!!!!!!!!!!

Plan & Identify

Immerse

Act & Serve

Collect DATA

ResourceMOBILIZE

MONITOR & Evaluate

Celebrate

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Community0Development0Participatory0

Action0Reseach0Reflection

Outcomes

ü  Strategic Plan

ü  Community Capacity Development

ü  Organizational Capacity Development

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OUR VOLUNTEER & LEARNING COMPONENT FOR THE HAITI INTIATIVE o  Connects human capital assets to community’s priorities

through grassroots community partners

o  Targets the Haitian Diaspora & University Service-Learning Groups

o  Promotes a Socio-cultural understanding and exchange through immersion

o  Utilizes Reflective service learning component

o  Development of long-term reciprocal relationships with communities and their members

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SERVICE LEARNING & VOLUNTEER AREAS: Agriculture & Food Security •  Farmer-2-Farmer Program •  Disaster Risk Reduction •  Nutrition Programs

Asset Mapping, Community Mobilization & Capacity Building   •  Field organizing •  Asset Mapping •  Professional Skills training organizational

partner organizations •  Program administration development

Environment & Climate Action  

•  Alternative fuel program: Alternative charcoal and clean cook stove

•  Tree Planting  

Health & Hygiene   •  Community awareness organizing

and hygiene training •  Cholera, Health & Hygiene

Awareness campaign •  Community Health Clinics   Human Rights   •  Human Trafficking

•  Gender Based Violence (GBV) •  Conflict Resolution •  Advocacy

School Development •  School construction primary &

secondary •  Curriculum Development •  Teacher-2-Teacher Sponsorship

Program •  Multi-Media Knowledge Centers

Youth Development & Education   •  JDS Saturday Youth Program •  English classes •  Computer & Multi-Media training •  Youth Community Newspaper •  Soccer (Jah Lions) •  Music Classes •  Karate Classes   Capacity Building with Our Local Grassroots Partners: •  Develop a website  •  Create promotional material & presentations  •  Translate websites, promotional materials,

presentations, into English  •  Apply for grants & funding opportunities  •  Assist with presentations  •  Train staff on IT  •  Solve IT issues & expanding capacity  •  Teach English to the staff Setting up accounting

procedures  •  Assist with planning new staff trainings  •  Develop existing systems to assist with monitor &

evaluate programs  

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Breaking the Cycle of Poverty & Dependency on International

AID in Haiti

OLD APPROACH VS OUR APPROACH Donor Driven VS Community Driven

Needs Assessment VS Asset Mapping

Dependency VS Sustainability

Opinion Based VS Results Driven: Data Based

Institutional Learning VS Self-Directed Service Learning

Linear VS Non-Linear

Lessons Learned & Applied: Breaking the Cycle of Aid in Haiti

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS MAP: *Old approach – needs based & focused on

disadvantages*

Local Institutions

Schools

Libraries

Businesses

Parks (Physical community

spaces)

Hospitals/Health Care Facilities

Community Colleges

Local Organizations

Citizen Institutions

Churches

Community Associations (Farmer

collectives)

Cultural Groups

Artesian Collectives

Individual Assets

Artists Labeled People Elderly Youth Income

Local Community

Unemployment

Youth Violence &

Truancy

Illiteracy

Teen Pregnancy

Citizens

Broken Families

Tent Families: Lack of Housing

Recipients of Aid & Welfare

Individual

Child Abuse & GB Violence

Mental & Physical Disabilities

COMMUNITY ASSET MAP

PARADIGM SHIFT Needs Based vs. Asset Based

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(ABCD) is a methodology that seeks to uncover and utilize the strengths within communities as a means for sustainable development.

Our Methodology:

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MOBILIZING COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Asset Mapping

Assess the resources of a community through a capacity inventory (asset map) or through another process of talking to the residents to determine what types of skills & experience are available.

Support Community Coalitions

Support communities to discover what they care enough about to act.

Prioritize

Determine how citizens can act together to achieve those goals.

OUTCOMES:

Strategic Planning Community Development

Local Organizational Capacity Development

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Adaptive System – Understanding the Cycle of Change

This is the point where it either goes up & is able to adapt or if unable to evolve it falls into complete chaos.

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“ ”

It is in the context of global forces that the suffering of individuals acquires its own appropriate context

~ PAUL FARMER

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PORT-AU-PRINCE

ARTIBONITE

GONAÏVES

CENTRE

HINCHE

GRAND'ANSE JÉRÉMIE

NIPPES MIRAGOÂNE

NORD CAP-HAÏTIEN

NORD-EST

FORT-LIBERTÉ

NORD-OUEST PORT-DE-PAIX

OUEST SUD-EST

JACMEL SUD LES

CAYES

ü  Population: 10.17 million (World Bank:2012 ü  40% of the population of Haiti is under 14 years of age; 50 percent of the population is under 18 years

of age. ü  Tropical Climate with Hurricane season June – October ü  over 58% of the population works in the agriculture sector, roughly a quarter of which consists of

women, and 66% of the land in Haiti is used for farming crops and livestock.

•  55 percent of Haitians live on less than $1.25 per day. •  Per capita annual income is $660. •  58 percent of children are under-nourished. •  58 percent of the population lacks access to clean

water. •  Devastating hurricanes in 2008 affected 800,000 people. •  Deforestation has left the nation with less than two

percent forest cove

Haiti: Understand the Context COUNTRY PROFILE

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Phantom State: One run by International NGO’s prohibiting the government from providing services and connecting with the community.

Healing Haiti? Drawn by: Tjeerd Royaards

HAITI: Understand the Context PHANTOM STATE: The Regime of the NGOs

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Photo by Kara Lightburn

Photo by CNN of Jacmel after Hurricane Issac in 2011, Rivers quickly become swollen in Haiti during storms and can block off communities for weeks. There is a large loss of life when individuals try and get across.

Hurricanes & Deforestation Exacerbating Poverty, Food Crisis, Causing Forced Migration and DR Conflict

HAITI: Understanding the Context Complex Emergencies

Agricultural Calendar & Impact of Complex

Emergencies

Environmental degradation, whether caused by deforestation or erosions from farming – it has continued to worsen exacerbating further poverty and food insecurity. (photo: Kara Lightburn

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ü  Learn & Understand the Content o  Cultural Immersion o  Global factors

o  Root Cause Analysis

ü  Build a network of moral strategic partners create an interdependent system o  Through community outreach from the bottom up – top down – side ways (non-linear) o  Engage the Diaspora Communities & Connect them based on interest, passions, and skills

ü  Increase Access of Knowledge o  New Media & Technology o  Partner with Universities & Learning Institutions

ü  Support Community Mapping – Prioritization -- Mobilization o  Outcome will be sustainable community development & organizational development of local

resources

ü  Build Resiliency o  Provide Disaster Preparedness o  Integrate Disaster Risk Reduction into all supported programs

OPERATING AT THE EDGE OF CHAOS: SUPPORTING EVOLUTION & SUSTAINABILITY

LESSONS LEARNED: Recommendations for INGOs

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CONTACT INFORMATION KARA LIGHTBURN EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: SOCIALTAP.ORG

Special thanks to Astrid Andre from the Yale Alumni Association of NY – who not only helped serve over 250 youth in our local communities this past Holiday Season during the “Haiti for the Holidays Toy Drive” but also for the opportunity to share experiences and lessons learned !