Haiti Programme Plan 2016

HAITI PROGRAMME PLAN 2016

1. Introduction

Haiti remains the poorest country in the Americas and one of the poorest in the world (with a GDP per capita of US$ 846 in 2014) with significant needs in basic services. Haiti’s growth performance in the last four decades has been disappointing and poverty remains endemic. A history of vested interests, political instability, and natural disasters has prevented Haiti from realizing its aspirations, making it one of the poorest and least equal countries in the world, trapping people in a permanent state of vulnerability. The election season instability is expected to fragment the political scene into early2016 and weigh on economic growth. Inflation rate remains high and unemployment continues to exacerbate the social situation as well as fuel insecurity. This may trigger an increase in violent demonstrations and the situation of the country is likely to remain uncertain for 2016.

The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, 2014- 2016, highlights a number of poverty and equality related indicators that will serve to measure overall country performance in this regard over the coming three years. However, cutbacks in aid and extremely low international oil prices are limiting the country’s fiscal space. During 2015, diplomatic relations between Haiti and the Dominican Republic (DR) worsened, withthousands of Haitian parked in camps at the borderin which the DR wish to repatriate. Cholera remains an important issue with outbreaks periodically; furthermore, the Haitian population is often exposed to natural disasters (hurricanes, floods and earthquakes) – much more than other countries. 2015 saw a severe drought, with rainfall well below average in some of the most productive areas of the country. Crops harvested,normally representing 60% of the national annual production, were completelylost, and this will lead to morepoverty and food insecurity, particularly in the more vulnerable areas where Concern operates, such as La Gonave.

Concern is involved in a number of interagency platforms and coordinating bodies, and is one of the leading agencies in the CCO (NGO Coordination Committee), contributing to increasing the coherence and effectiveness of INGO interventions, but have been specifically involved in lobby initiatives, regarding protection issues, cholera and NGO legislation. In 2016 Concern will present in other platforms to establish a clearer link between humanitarian and more development programming. Reducing vulnerabilities will be an increasingly key strategy,as the country continues to face recurring shocks, better risk management strategies and better targeting of social protection type programmes will be a priority to protect households and individual livelihoods. Disaster risk management will also be strengthened, with risks identified and understood better, as well as reduced through greater awareness.

Country Strategic Plan / Time line: 2014 – 2017

1. Programmes

The Grand Ravine Integrated Urban Programme (EU)focuses on the reconstruction and redevelopment of Grand Ravine, and the new flood resilience activities financed by Zurich. Thisurban integrated programmeis ongoing in Port au Prince in partnership with CRS. The programme has been running for two and a half years. The main goal is to provide a decent and secure environment for the inhabitants of Grand Ravine through an orderly development of the area, improving infrastructure and basic services, boosting the economy (creating jobs), enhancing interaction between the state and population and strengthening local capacity. The programme works with 20,000 beneficiaries; 3,000 between Fort Mercredi, Bolosse, Ti Bois-48 members of Grande Ravine community platform and of local organisations, 40 construction technicians, 50 home owners, 30 vulnerable mothers, 30 farmers, 24 small business owners, 75 youth (micro-enterprises and job development), 60 members and employees of the sanitation social enterprises, 8 community mobilizers, 16 solar lamps technicians, 2000 unskilled workers. The planned outputs for 2016 include planned infrastructure works completed (in partnership with CRS),30 farmers supported in improving their production techniques and increasing their revenue. The community platform is in place and their capacity has been reinforced since September. Income generating activitieshave been established enabling beneficiaries to manage the community centre. A cooperative of vulnerable mothers has been created, including a bakery as an income generating activity and a saving system is in place since June. The created solid waste management social enterprise is now in place and up and running, and a strategic plan for future interventions will be developed, possibly including: sanitation strategy and related advocacy activities with the national water and sanitation company (DINEPA); water system plan; feasibility study for Jasmin route; good hygiene practices; barrier study and a peace building strategy.

TheFlood Resilience Grand Ravine Programme links with and enhances the impact of the “Support the reconstruction and redevelopment of Grand Ravine Neighbourhood Programme”, through an in-depth participatory identification of the sources of resilience in the community. Additionally, the initiative will lead to the development and implementation of resilience-increasing activities which can be replicated or brought to scale as identified flood mitigating actions, the efficacy of which is demonstrated through measuring improvements in resilience. The planned outputs for 2016 include an initial assessment using the Zurich resilience measuring tool. Resilience and increasing activities will be identified and prioritized and the community platform and the existing civil protection committee are active participants throughout the project and their capacities in relation to flood resilience are reinforced.

The IDPs Protection & AssistanceConsortium Programmewill continue until June 2016, and addresses the urgent protection needs of the most vulnerable and exposed people living in the remaining camps in Port-au-Prince. With the end of the emergency phase, Concern will start to reflect on the integration of a gender transformative approach in our future development programmes. 16,500 vulnerable persons (especially women and survivors of GBV) are targeted and the geographic area is 25 internally displaced people (IDP) camps in Port-au-Prince. The planned outputs for 2016 include the successful and effective identification and prevention ofGBV, forced eviction cases. The implementation of theSASA methodology,mobilizing communities to inspire social change and taking a benefits-based approach to violence prevention, was developed by Raising Voices in Martissant through Concern’s Welcome Centre. A genderanalysis in Port-au-Prince and Saut d'Eau (urban and rural setting) will enable the successful development of a gender based proposal by March 2016, and finally a Complaint Response Mechanism (CRM)will be fully in place in all locations. The programme is implemented in partnership with a local GBV partner CEAFEND, and two INGOs --Oxfam and Save the Children.

The “Return to Neighbourhoods” RTN4 Programme, which isbased in Port-au-Prince and rehouses families who lost their homes in the 2010 earthquake, entersits final phase in the end of 2015. In 2016, activities will focus primarily on the start-up of income generating activities for relocated families. The last 45 camps in the displacement tracking matrix (DTM) must be closed by January 2016,thereforethere will be no RTN5 programme. In 2016, Concern will reinforce its capacity to respond to shocks and develop more in-depth analysis of disaster risk reduction and resilience. One result of RTN4 programme is to achieve a participatory diagnosis on the situation of camps in order to identify solutions for sustainable development. This diagnosis requires approval from the Housing Construction Unit and Public Buildings (UCLBP), and when the diagnosis is approved and finalized, it will be the basis for writing a project and seeking funding from development donors, particularly looking at the integration of more urban livelihood approaches.

The Fisheries EU- La Gonave (coastal areas), of East (Anse-à-Galet) and West (Pointe-a-Raquette) is an EU-financed small-scale fisheries value chain developmentprogramme,which is due to end in March 2016 and will sustainably increase food availability and incomes for fishing households. The programme works with a local partner AAPLAG and targets and works directly wit 7,588 beneficiaries, of which 2,276 are women and 5,312 are men. The 2016 planned outputs are the completion/rehabilitation of the conditioning centres and equipping the centres with salting/smoking rooms for extending product range. Accounting and inventory book-keeping and learning will be provided to the local fishery associations. The production, processing and investment capacities for local fishermen development and the training on mitigation plans will be strengthened on market information systems and business linkages; and the protection of watersheds. The planting of mangrove seedlings and the organisation of a thematic forum with different stakeholderswill be established in the Marine protected area(Parc Marin des Trois Baies).

The IAPF Multi-Sectoral Rural Development Programme started in 2012 and funded by Irish Aid will continue in La Gonâve and in Saut d’Eau till the end of 2016. 2016 will be essentially be used to strengthen the existing programme ensuring targets are reached, and the development of the next phase with more analysis on impact and context.

• The programme based on the Island of La Gonâve (coastal areas), East (Anse-à-Galet) and West (Pointe-a-Raquette), includes a Food Income & Markets (FIM) component, targeting the poorest households through the CLM “graduation” model, the development of sisal and goat value chains, improvement in access to markets via rehabilitation of roads, and a Health (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene component’ which aims at improving access to safe drinking water and sanitation in the most water deprived and driest areas of the island. There is a total 8,000 households targeted with a total of 202,596 people benefiting indirectly from the programme. The focus for WASH will still be on improving access to water with more drilling planned in 2016, as well as more emphasis on the soft side of activities with the introduction of new family hygiene methodology and the introduction to WASH education activities in schools. The possibility of introducing environmental awareness-raising/mitigation activities will also be explored. The planned outputs for 2016 include improved access to water through cistern construction/rehabilitation, 6 additional drillings and small ground sound tests carried out to improve drilling success rates. In addition, water tanks will be constructed. Households will be effectively trained and sensitised in hygiene with a combination of PHAST methodology plus hygiene school lessons.There will be improved sanitation through additionaland family latrines and exchange of experiences to be organised with CLM on the construction of latrines. The CLM graduation beneficiaries will be supported and emphasis placed onimproved monitoring to effectively measure the impact of Graduation activities, its impact on assets plus revenues, and beneficiaries resistance to shocks.The Sisal Value Chaincomponent will be reinforced, and finally an emergency FIM mitigation programme through cash for work and other mitigation actionswill be introduced to better prepare the community to face the consequences of drought.

• The Multi-Sectoral Programme Based in Saut d’Eau, section of La Selle, Montagne Terrible and Riviere Canotincludes a FIM component, aiming at improving incomes of the poorest households through the most perspective value chains (gardening, yam and goats) and an Education component aiming to strengthen quality primary education for extremely poor children in 30 schools by improving their literacy skills mainly through better trained and performing teachers and school directors, at the same time enhancing community participation through Parent Teachers Association (PTA) reinforcement, and reducing the levels of violence against children, within and outside the school. The focus will be on training of teachers on Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA), and the short reading assessment to be conducted in all target schools, so that students are levelled for EGRA lessons and able to use the appropriate ‘all children reading’ project book, known as Tout Timoun Ap Li (ToTAL) book. The programme targets directly 4,000 beneficiaries and a total of 18,800 people benefit indirectly. The planned outputs for 2016 include the monitoring implementation of conservation agriculture activities in the experimental fields and demonstrative plots, plus maintenance activities on moringa nurseries and plantations and follow-up on the impact of the goat distribution and its sustainability. Beneficiaries will be supported, and trained in the marketing of agricultural products with refresher training activities in yam crop cycle, natural pesticides and composting. The capacity building of 5 basic organisations will be reinforced. The Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) activities, effective for 15 groups,will continue along with the building of a 200 linear meters of canalization on Coupe Mardi gras road at the level of Morne Horace and revegetation of 400 linear meter of channel. More in-depthfood security analysis and effective follow-up of the last year of IAPF implementation is planned. The implementation of levelling classes in schools for teaching-learning and reading practice, and the ongoing training support to teachers and principals through refresher courses on reading method Map Li Net Ale, pedagogical coaching sessions, school management and the creation of quality circles will take place.Supervision and support to School Councils (EC) in the development and implementation of voluntary action plans will continue.

The Community Tourism Programme in Saut d’Eauisfunded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation with implementing period from the 1st April 2015 to 31st March 2016. The programme aims to create employment and income generating opportunities for vulnerable families. The objective is to further develop the management of resources following the EU Tourism grant which ended in 2015, and ensure the effective transfer to the communities in partnership and consolidation with the Federation of local associations (Fédération Saudelaise du Tourisme - FESAUT).

Overall the Haiti programme will have a clear focus on Equality, Social Protection, Risk and Vulnerability (Resilience), Advocacy and Innovation, and to build on learning from the CLM graduation initiative on the island of la Gonâve to capitalise on success and lessons learned and ensure its proper documentation.

1. Monitoring and Evaluation

Programme/project / Timeframe / Donors / Events planned in 2016
Contextanalysis / Baseline or end line / Midterm review / Final evaluation
Return to neighbourhoods (RTN4) / 2015-2016 / ECHO / June 2016
Grand Ravine / 2013 – 2017 / EC; IMPACT;
Minustah, UN, Zurich / Jan-March 2016
Protection Consortium / 2014 –2016 / ECHO / June 2016
Community Tourism / 2012 -2016 / EU; Kellogg’s / March 2016
Multi-Sectorial Rural Development Programme / 2012 – 2016 / Irish Aid, Kellogg’s- JOAC / September 2016
Small-scale Fisheries value chain / 2012 – 2016 / EU / March 2016

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