Programs: PADF
Announced:
July 12, 2011
Category:
Addressing Critical, Unmet Needs
Fund Amount: $1,978,569 Grant
Disbursed to Date: $1,978,569
Above, trained contractors assess
damage in a yellow tagged house.
See more in the PADF Photo Gallery.
The Organization of American States' Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) is bringing its tested home repair project to Léogâne. In partnership with Haiti's Ministry of Public Works, PADF will hire and train Haitian workers to restore approximately 800 family homes that were damaged in the earthquake.
There is still an urgent need for permanent housing solutions in Haiti, and much of that need lies in the earthquake epicenter. PADF's project repairs yellow tagged, or moderately damaged, homes as a quick and cost-effective way to bring homes to international safety standards, and invite Haitians back to their neighborhoods.
PADF recognizes that a majority of Haitians rent these homes, and it is working hard to ensure that they can still afford to live there after the repairs. Non-resident owners may not raise the rent for the first year after the renovations, and PADF is enforcing this measure through financial penalities and strong community support.
The Caterpillar Foundation joins the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund in supporting this reconstruction project with an additional $1 million grant.
Why We Invested in PADF
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund's grant to PADF reflects our goal of supporting job creation and preparing people with job and life skills, particularly in the construction sector. It also reflects our near-term goal of filling critical gaps, here for home repair in Léogâne, which lays the groundwork for longer-term reconstruction.
Transforming Lives and Livelihoods
PADF's home repair project will address immediate housing needs with a program that will provide jobs and skills training to Haitians, which they can carry to new worksites and "build back better":
- Provide rapid access to safe, permanent housing for 7,200 Haitians with the repair of 800 damaged multi-family homes in Léogâne;
- Hire and train 214 Haitian engineers, masons, subcontractors, and workers in modern earthquake and hurricane construction standards;
- Develop and share training materials on safe construction;
- Invite Haitian families to return to their homes and neighborhoods.
About the OAS and PADF
The Organization of American States (OAS) is the world’s oldest regional organization, dating back to the First International Conference of American States, which was held in Washington, D.C. from October 1889 to April 1890. Today, it is comprised of 34 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean. The Pan American Development Foundation, which was created in 1962, is an affiliate of the OAS. www.oas.org
PADF is a is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 1962 to promote, facilitate and implement social and economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2010, it helped more than 10.2 million beneficiaries in 22 countries. Headquartered in Washington DC, PADF has field offices in Haiti and Colombia. Learn more at www.padf.org.
