I’ve Seen the Future (in Haiti)

not sure if this could really work? saw it in the nytimes today

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/opinion/05kristof.html?_r=1&hp

You can buy anything on the streets of Haiti

This is slightly disturbing but completely true . . . you've been forewarned.

link.

Joe's Top 4

These are the top 4 things in my research that positively affected my work for this semester:

#1 An important talk.




#2 Well spoken and empathic. Duany Plater-Zyberk and InnoVida combine.




#3 Peter Haas: Haiti's Disaster of Engineering.



#4 A nice summary of priorities

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cameron-sinclair/haiti-quake-a-plan-for-re_b_426413.html

Charity : water

A School Fights for Life in Battered Haiti

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/world/americas/15haiti.html?_r=2&hp

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/11/14/world/1248069322198/school-interrupted.html

Helping Haiti: Stop the handouts

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2010/11/11/helping-haiti-stop-the-handouts/

written by a friend of mine, Danielle Grace Warren...check out her organization:

http://www.ovp-wdi.org/

JERRY ROSENBERT - GRAFFITI IN HAITI

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2010/jul/10/haiti-natural-disasters-graffiti-jerry

(Put on your headphones, turn it up!)

Esther Havens Photography

http://estherhavens.com/blog/

I've followed Esther for several years. She is probably the Iwan Baan of the humanitarian world. She has some amazing Haiti photos on her blog that are worth viewing.

Haiti’s President Confirms Cholera Outbreak

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/10/22/world/americas/international-us-haiti-cholera.html?_r=1

$900,000 for a 3-bedroom ... in Haiti?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_earthquake_housing

before/after google earth

Maps of Haiti in septembre 2008 and after the earthquake.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/01/14/world/20100114-haiti-imagery.html

$900,000 for a 3-bedroom ... in Haiti?

Some fell. The prices on those that survived defy belief. One senator put up his three-bedroom with panoramic views for $15,000 a month. (Its nine Rottweiler guard dogs are free.) Finding anything similar for less than $5,000 is a steal. Want to buy? A three-bedroom with guest apartment lists for $900,000.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_earthquake_housing

Food Assistance Rebuilds Lives

As Haiti raises itself from the rubble of the January earthquake, WFP is helping survivors start again by giving them cash and food in return for work to rebuild the country. Johnny, who lost his family, and Florence, who dreams of starting a business, are among those reclaiming their lives.

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Every day, he helps clear debris from the streets in return for about USD $5 in cash and food rations. The temporary employment keeps him clothed and fed, and even allows him to save up money to help his elderly mother.

The rubble that workers like Johnny are collecting goes to pave roads and build walls to combat erosion and protect farms around the country.

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video showing their labor and payment with food & money
http://www.wfp.org/videos/food-aid-rebuilds-lives-haiti

more reading;
http://www.wfp.org/stories/haiti-food-assistance-rebuilds-lives

world health organization [WHO] guide to emergency shelters

some recommendations for floor area and facilities, etc., in a temporary relief shelter:
http://www.k4health.org/toolkits/haiti_relief/shelter-and-emergency-settlements

highlights include:

* Beds or mats should be separated by a minimum distance of 0.75 metres.

* People sleeping on beds or mats should have a minimum of 3.5m2 of floor area or 10m3 of air space. In rooms with high ceilings, double bunk beds may be used.

* One wash basin should be provided for every 10 people.

Chaoscope

I love this program that uses attractor mathematics and applies them to particle fields. Check it out at http://www.chaoscope.org/

Here's some of my own: