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KARAVAN ZEWO KOLERAH A I T I P A R T I C I P A T I V E & P A R T N E R S

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ZERO-CHOLERA CARAVANE

N EW S LETTER

IntroductionIn the context of the Cholera NationalResponse Plan of the c luste rs in Haiti, TheEmergency Bureau of Haiti Participativeinitiate d a National Caravan c alled : Karava nZew o-Kolera , a c ollec tive p rojec t ow ned andoperated by several humanitarian partnerswith the objective to promote massivelycho lera prevent i ve measures , combatdiscriminative behavior. After several otheractivities held, the Official passage of the Zero-Cholera Ca rava n has be en sc hed uledand effec tively rea lized from 17 19 Dec em berwith the cont ribution of the Follow ing partners:HP, M ENFP, MSPP, IFRC, Brazilian ba tta lion/ MINUSTAH, DIGICEL, UNICEF & PLASTICART.

The Caravan pub lic eve nt-da y sta rted Dec em ber 19 08:00am w ith three (3) convo ys of mo b iliza tion andsensitiza tion from wraf o f c ite-soleil, Ca rrefour aviation a nd Route-9 to rea c h the Plac e fierte w ith the Spec ia l

Music composed for the Zero-Cholera Caravan. Among many activities of sensitization and cholerapreve ntion, the most ca tc hing wa s: (1) The c om petition o f Poe ms aga inst cholera betw een prima ry-schoo lspup ils, (2) The Red -Ink Votes where c hild ren a nd adults vo ted fo r Zero-Cholera O b jec tives.Sensitiza tion and Educ ation rea ched 97 sc hoo ls on Dec em ber 17, and on Dec em ber 19 ap p roxima tely 23,000families. 1,350 families rec eived hyg iene kits and ORS. T-shirts of sensitiza tion were e ither d istributed for lac ta tingwomen.

IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIVITIES

Day of sensitiza tion and preve ntive ed uc a tionagainst cholera with 97 schools directors Dec.17

The d irec tors we lcom ed the p assage o f theca rava n in cite-soleil and atte nde d the trainingand simulations activities on choleraprevention w ith strong interest. They answe redpositively to the Hands-together for theob jec tive Zero-cho lera in sc hoo ls ma inly b yprom oting Hand-washing in sc hoo ls.BPU/ HP ed uc ation sta ff and the 97 direc torsand the MENFP rep resenta tive observed onminute o f silenc e in the Mem ory of the influentand well-know n Direc to r of Foye r Culturel St.Vinc ent de Paul in C it-soleil, Mr. PETIT Elner

who d ied this Dec em ber with a short-termintensive d ia rrhea and vom iting.All the 97 direc tors rec eived cholerapreve ntion hyg iene kits and ORS and rejoicedabout the assista nc e.

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DAY-OF-EVENT, DECEMBER 19

Passage of the 3 convoysThe C arava n p ubl ic event -d a y sta rtedDecember 19 at 08:00am with three (3)c onvoys of m ob iliza tion and sensitiza tion. Eachconvoy moves slowly, headed by a mobile-sound hosted by an a nimator with me ssages ofga thering a nd plays the Studio-rec ordedtheme song of the Zero-cholera C arava n .The first c onvo y moved from Ca rra four aviat ion,passing by Go na ives bus sta tion, the n reac hesBeleco u, Bac k of Hasc o, and then the Ma rketPlac e o f Cit-Soleil to e nd on Plac e Fiert .

The sec ond c onvoy m oved from in the zoneFougy of the plaine of Cul-de-sac, passed byRoute-9 to reach the populations of Martial,Duvivier and then reaches Bois-Neuf, Projet-Drou illard a nd rea c hes Plac e Fiert .The third convoy sta rted in wra f-of-c ite-soleil,mo ved slow ly through the zone s of Soleil to rea hthe Plac e-fierte.During a ll the itinera ry of the Ca ravan, as the p op ulation w as aw are tw o d ays in advanc e, we c ould see thepop ula tion, the persons in Tap-tap , on mo torcyc les and on fo ot rea c ting positively to the c a lls and sensitiza tionof the c onvo ys, danc ing a nd interac ting with the song me ssages. In sp ite o f tensions tha t rose in the eve o fSunda y in the zones of the 2nd c onvoy itinerary, the po pulation we lcom ed normally the c onvoy pa ssage .

Red-Inks Votes against cholera

Voting w ith the thumb in the ink-pa d c onstituted a test of w illingto a dop t a c hang e in be havior and to ac tively fight for Zero-cholera o b jec tives. The Red -Ink Voting a ga inst c holera ha sbe en treme ndously ac c ep ted by the whole co mmunity, thoseof a ll age s. They e xpressed anger ag a inst c holera a nd a willtha t the ep idem ic sprea d fa lls to zero.Mrs. Brunet te ELIAS, Direc to r of Institut ion Ed uc a tionChretienne one of the sc hoo ls pa rtic ipa ting in the eve nt, tookto microphone to express activeness with the population,

saying that they can't bea r it any more, too ma ny deaths, wevote to protect ourselves and our children, we vote to beac tive a ga inst c holera, we vote to reac h the Zero-cholera inour schools.

Sea nc es of t raining for c holera prevent ion, non-

disc rimination and tec hniques of prepa ration of Serum-LakayA Med ic a l Tea m o f HP hosted a p ub lic t ra ining o n choleraepidemic in which they explained all the possible ways ofinfection and the Preventive measures against cholera,and the prompt behavior in case of a suspected case.

Emphasis was either put on the need for solidarity andnon-discriminatory behavior toward those that needurgent assistanc e in the event. They e ither p rac ticedHand-washing tec hniques.One o f the young g irls that p a rtic ipate d in the ha nd-washing simulations admitted being a formercholera pa tient; she said that she w ouldn't be infec ted ifshe ha d such knowled ge .




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Poem c ompetition be tween pup ils of different primary-schools

he Poem-competit ion between primary-schools pupi lsfoc used on the c ho lera situation in Ha iti, espec ially in Cit-soleiland ha d to p rom ote the p revention be st prac tic es. Thecompetitors' win has been subject to a pre-selection in 10

proposed sc hools of the 360 schools of C it-Soleil. The pa rticipa tingschools selec ted the best texts to rep resent the sc hools in the Event-Day, and com pete befo re a Jury to w in the 3 ma in Prizes.

The selecte d p a rtic ipa nts c om pe ted before a Jury comp osed of 1representative of the Caravan committee, 1 representative of theBPU/ HP Educ a tion sec tion and the MENFP Chief Inspec tor for Cit-Soleil. The Sc hool Institution Educ a tion Chret ienne throug h PierreGue rlande w ins the first p rize w ith a sc ore o f 9 from eve ry me mb er ofthe Jury. The m ost c atc hing and de ep est text wrap p ing all the b asicpreventive measures about cholera, sensitive and picture thed ifferent c a ta strop hes that rec ent ly strike Haiti.

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And ended by amot ivat ing verses:

Gr a n m ou n , Ti m ou n , Jn a d i l t

a k vyeya

An n ' f k ou ko u wou j d y ko l er a

Na n pw d l o t r ete

La ve m en n ou a k d l o pw p

Na n d ezen fek t e l a k a y n ou

Twa l t n ou a k kl owks

Nou g en pou chch e ko l era n ou

pa p jwen n l i

An n ou t ou t f ko u ko u wou j d y

ko le ra

Epi a n n ' d i k ol er a ou n a n ka

(English version)"Belo ved !

Ea r t h qu a k e wer e a t l a st

H e m a d e m a n y d ea d a n d

wo u n d ed

Soon t h e to r n a d oHe d i d n ot pla y

After th e h u r r i ca n e Thom a s

h a d u s wr a pped i n cl ot h con e

I t d r a ws th e pa th to chol era

Meza n m i !

Tr a n bl em a n d e t fi n pa se

Li f a n pi l m a k bl ese

Tou swi t se t n a d

l i pa t n a n t en t en n a d

Apr e se si kl n Tom a

Ki t e f'n vl ope kn n a n d r a

Li t r a se ch i m en pou ko l era

The most catching versesstated:

Ad u l ts, ch i l d r en , you n g a d u l ts,

i n clu d i n g ol d er people

Let's d o h u n t a fter ch ol era

I n d r i n ki n g pu r e wa ter

Wa sh i n g h a n d s wi t h cl ea n wa t er

I n d i si n fecti n g h om e

Ba th r oom wi th b lea ch

We th en w i l l l ook for cho l er a

a n d won 't f i n d i t

Let u s a l l h u n t a f ter chol era

An d l et's sa y cho l er a you a r e i n

t r ou b le




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Distribution of Familial Hygiene Kits and ORS to 1,350 families

n supp ort to the trainings, and in a n ob jec tive to help p eople a c cess basicitem s of p revention a nd prep a red ness, general distribution of hyg iene kits

and ORS wa s ma de in two points to the be nefit of o ne tho usand threehund red and ten (1,350) vulnerab le fa milies. 1.250 Tickets were p rev iouslydistributed to the identified most vulnerab le fam ilies hea ded by wo men w iththe cooperation of the Minustah Brazilian battalion and the communitylea ders. The kits sounded to b e inde ed va luab le to the b ene fic ia ries whe nthey und erstoo d their role in the prevention.

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Convoys leave

An end for an e vent so enjoying for the population had to b e b roug ht toan end c onc retely when the UN troops esc orted b ac k the three c onvoysin a line he ad ing to the outside o f the to wn o f Cit-soleil p laying theCa rava n them e-song . Reg rets were rea d on c hild ren fa c es that we rep roud to p oint up their Red -thumb s to g reet the leave o f the c onvoyswhile rem inding the ir adherenc e to the Zero-cholera ob jec tive.

PARTNERS CONTRIBUTION

The Ca ravan Zero-Cholera initia ted by the Eme rgency Bureau of Haiti

Participative is ac tually a transformed in a c ollec tive p roject op erated byseve ra l huma nita rian partners tha t have regu lar me eting o f Planning and

Project development, held every Friday in HP c onfe renc e roo m. Thefollowing partners contributed as follow for the realization of the Officialpassage of the Ca ravan in Cit-Soleil from Friday 17 Dec em ber to Sund ay,Decem be r 19:Bureau Programm e Urgence of Haiti Partic ipa tive (BPU/ HP) contributedthe c osts of recording the Them e song of the Ca ravan, the c osts ofcommunications, the planning-workshop related costs, warehouses andthe log istics c osts; the b od y of imp lem enta tion and a ll relate d c osts, the

Ca rava n T-shirts, ba nd eroles, ca rava n flag s and Personnel transport.International French Red Cross (IFRC) provided more tha n the nec essaryhyg iene kits and ORS for the d istribution m ade to 1,350 vulnerab le families.Ministry of Haiti National Education (MENFP) assisted in mobilizing thesc hools of the zones 3 and 4 for the sensitiza tion d ay with sc hool d irec tors in

Cit-soleil. And the Main MENFP Inspector in Cit-soleil, supported thevotes and wa s part of the Jury for the c om petition o f Poe m a ga inst c holerabetw een sc hoo ls pup ils.

The Ca rava n b enefited the p reset a nd ap proved messag es of MSPPabout cholera preventive measures.

PLASTICARTc ontribute d the co mp osition of the The song of the Zero-cho lera C arava n

UNICEF-Haiti c ont ribu ted 400 T-shirts with c holera relate d m essag es ap prove d b y MSPP for lac ta ting wom en.

DIGICEL-Haiti provided two mob ile-sound s for two c onvoys, for the duration of the Event-da y, Dec emb er 19.

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Brazilian ba tta lion of MINUSTAH provided an activeassistance in security planning, support to ticketsdistribution through the community leaders andtransport of the stocks to the Place Fierte andwa rehousing for the day prec ed ing the e vent. TheBrazilian Bata illon prov ided o ne Mob ile-sound for the 3rdc onvo y, milita ry troo p s escorts for each one of the threec onvoys to a nd from the Place Fierte, a nd a strongsec urity o f the Places of Event includ ing d istribution sites.

Andrice VilfrancMENFP Inspector in Cit-soleil


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CONCLUSION

All the stakeholders think that the Caravan passage inCit -soleil is a suc cess. The results of the Eva luationwo rkshop on the Ca ravan Official passage in Cite-Soleilwill be broa dc asted Thursday Dec em ber 23 in p ressconference that will be held in the BPU/HP conferenceroo m. Cong ra tulations to a ll the p artners tha t cont ributedto this offic ial launc hing in Cite-soleil. The next c om munethat the Zero-Cholera caravan will reach is Delmas,targeting the low -part of m ost p op ula ted a rea s. Thecaravan will be again reinforced and is still opened tomore humanitarian and sponsors, while the current willmeet to discuss their contributions to the next caravan

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