Would the meeting in Miami be open to outside Rotarians? If so, when and where? This would be helpful to our District 6440 as we plan and fund our Haiti support olan.
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From: "D7020 Website - Haiti Updates" <mike.terrelo
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To: "Rotary District 7020 Haiti updates" <Rotary-D7020-Haiti-updates@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 7:29:21 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Haiti Mini uppdate, Feb. 25th, 2010
Mini Update February 25th
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Just a quick update covering my trip Tuesday to Haiti and the meeting
with Rotary International President John Kenny, with the temporary
head of the civilian side of the United Nations, and the head of the
Red Cross. The trip there and back with Captain Paul Luehrsen in his
Mooney aircraft was wonderful. It was just the two of us in a small
but comfortable plane and a good time to talk to a very well informed
and intelligent person to test our theories of the recovery. (about 8
hours round trip with an additional 5 on the ground), and Thanks Paul.
All meetings were very successful and informative and the trip was
worth every minute.
Our meeting with President John Kenny was to bring him up to speed
with the recovery efforts so far and to give him some idea of what was
needed in the future.
We must now bridge the gap between the acute relief stage, and the
recovery stage. As UNDP Ms. KIM Bolduc, Regional Representative for
the United Nations stated at our meeting, “we cannot fail at this or
Haiti will never be fixed”.
The Challenge is that this period requires solutions which might only
provide temporary relief and will make the lives of individuals a
little better, but must also be consistent with the long term
sustainable recovery plan recommendations derived from the P ost D
isaster N ational A ssessment and ratified at the United Nations. We
would recommend the following priorities be established, for the near
term by Rotary International.
Food
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o Seeds (landed next 2 to 3 weeks only due to planting season)
o Beans
o Rice
o Vegetable oil
Shelter
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o Large Tents
o 30' X 30' through 60' X 60' for classrooms, recreation areas,
community centers, therapy shelter etc.
o Semi permanent shelter buildings for families
o Awnings to create / build shelters
o 10' X 10' and up to 30' X 30'
o Tents
o Straight sides 6' X 8' to 10' X 12'
Money
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o Funds to allow us to get exactly what's needed when we need it and
where we need to get it from (to buy local or support local production
whenever possible)
o Medical supplies and equipment
o Educational supplies and classroom needs
o All other random requests which meet the urgent priorities
identified at the time
Medical supplies and support
o Medical supplies and equipment as specifically requested by specific
location
o Physical Therapy equipment and resources to be specified
o Prosthetics
o Continued guidance and support by Jaipur with serious consideration
of the Mobile units I have recommended
Agricultural and Industrial development support
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o Tools and supplies for agricultural production
o Lists to be specified
o Equipment and supplies for light industry start ups
o To be specified by defined need
I appreciate the need to provide everyone a list of very specific
items so we can focus on only them in the short term but given the
varied needs and the varied regions, this is not as straight forward
as it might seem. The priorities are changing as the elements of a
sustainable future are studied and tested against the master plan
being developed. I am confident that we will have a clearer picture of
the long term needs in the near future and at that time I hope that we
can re-inspire those who can help to 'step up' again to help us
achieve a long term sustainable healthy future for the country of
Haiti.
We are meeting in Miami this weekend during the District Leadership
Training with many of the key “On The Ground” players and the District
Leadership. I hope to share more information with you shortly.
PDG Richard 'Dick' McCombe
Rotary District 7020
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