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CHF's Cash for Work Program Helps Haitians to Begin Rebuilding Their Lives
CHF International has nine High Intensive Labor Teams working in Port au Prince clearing rubble from roads, sidewalks and other public areas. The goal of the cash for work program is to get money back into the hands of Haitians who have lost their jobs and help enable them to provide for their families. Such income allows them to purchase food and other essential items which are slowly becoming available in local markets.
CHF International Recovers Crucial Historical Documents in Port au Prince
A destroyed record recovered from the rubble
CHF International has recovered important historic documents and records from the Port-au-Prince Cathedral of Haiti, which sustained major damages in the January 12 earthquake.
Representatives of the office of Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot, who was a victim of the earthquake, approached CHF to help recover the archives – documents including marriage certificates, baptismal certificates and building papers. These documents date back to when Haiti first gained independence over 200 years ago.
CHF worked on the site with heavy machinery for three days and managed to recover 90 percent of the archives. The Ambassador of the Vatican to Haiti was onsite for one of the days to ensure CHF recovered the most important documents, and members of the archdiocese collected the documents as CHF removed the rubble.
"The population of Haiti is over 80 percent Catholic, but these documents aren't just important to the Catholic Church. They represent the cultural and social history of Haiti, stretching back the full existence of the country as an independent nation. We knew what an important task this was for the welfare of Haiti moving forward because these records aren't available anywhere else," said Alberto Wilde, CHF International Country Director for Haiti.
The Port-au-Prince Cathedral, a seminary, and some archdiocesan offices sustained major damages in the earthquake, which among its many victims were General Vicar Charles Benoit, the Chancellor, and many seminarians, as well as the sister of His Eminence, Paulo Evaristo Cardinal Arns, the Archbishop Emeritus of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Since 2006, CHF's team has been undertaking the largest USAID-funded infrastructure rehabilitation and job creation program in Haiti, and had been focusing many of its efforts on repairing vital infrastructure damaged in the 2008 tropical storm season.
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