From inhabitants
Redoblando la Solidaridad para que los Habitantes de Haití Puedan Vivir con Dignidad
Mobilisation Journée Mondiale Zéro Expulsions-pour le Droit à l'Habitat (Port au Prince, 3 10 2011)
Las organizaciones integrantes de la Antena Dominicana de la Alianza Internacional de Habitantes, AIH, al cumplirse el segundo año del terremoto que el 12 de enero 2010 devasto parte de Puerto Príncipe y otras ciudades, reiteran su solidaridad militante con las organizaciones de habitantes y solidarias con los centenares de miles de personas que siguen viviendo en campamentos, sin servicios básicos y bajo constantes amenazas, agresiones y acoso por sectores al servicio del capital inmobiliario.
Port-au-Prince, Sit-in pour le droit au logement et contre les expulsions forcées
Le Collectif des Organisations pour la Défense du Droit au Logement a tenu le lundi 3 octobre, devant les locaux du Ministère des Affaires Sociales et du Travail, un sit-in pour marquer la Journée Mondiale de l’Habitat.
Final Resolution, International Forum on the crisis of housing in Haiti
We, organizations of survivors living in internally displaced persons’ [IDP] camps, as well as social and grassroots organizations, assembled for three days (May 19-21, 2011) at Fany Villa in Port-au-Prince to reflect on the problem of housing within Haiti’s longstanding crisis. Following an exchange around the theme “January 12: Nightmares, Reality and Dreams,” we state:
Haiti, Down with the violence against IDP residing in camps / in support of permanent lodging
The representatives from more than 50 camps who have united in Haiti from May 19-21, 2011 under the initiative of the Force for Reflection and Action on Housing (FRAKKA), together with other partners and comrades from other countries who participated in the International Forum on the Crisis of Housing in Haiti, have decided to mobilize at national and international levels against forced expulsions, to push the government to assume its responsibility to guarantee the right of housing for all.
Haití, Organizaciones se movilizan por derecho a la vivienda digna y segura
A pesar de ser un derecho humano fundamental garantizado en la Constitución de Haití, el acceso a la vivienda digna y segura todavía no es una realidad presente en el país. Para llamar la atención de la comunidad internacional sobre la violación de ese derecho en territorio haitiano, organizaciones sociales promoverán, entre los días 29 de septiembre y 4 de octubre, en el marco del Día Mundial del Habitat y las Jornadas Mundiales Cero Desalojos, un Simposio Internacional sobre el Derecho a la Vivienda.
Haití: Por el Derecho a la Vivienda Rumbo a la Asamblea Mundial de los Habitantes de 2011
Unas 12 organizaciones de distintos sectores se están preparando para celebrar el Día Mundial del Hábitat en Haití del 29 de septiembre al 4 de octubre de 2010, a través de un simposio internacional sobre el derecho a la vivienda, donde se establecerá una estructura para promover la participación de Haití en la Asamblea Mundial de Habitantes a realizarse al mismo tiempo que el Foro Social Mundial que va a celebrarse en Dakar, Senegal, en enero de 2011.
Haiti, the right to housing is an obligation of the state
The housing problem is not a new phenomenon in Haiti, but it is one that has worsened and attracts the attention of many people. Thus, after the deadly, devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010, which exposed the weaknesses of the state, the frailty of the social structures and the vulnerability of the system, and which drove the population into the streets with the familiar issue of temporary shelters or makeshift camps, a new situation has developed. More than ever, this situation should engage the awareness of everyone, and mainly that of the state, whose obligation it is to allow the people to enjoy their fundamental rights: the right to housing, the right to education, the right to health, the right to nourishment, etc.
Mission of social movements and networks to Haiti, January 2010
Misión de movimientos sociales y redes a Haiti, enero 2010
A delegation of 15 representatives of Dominican grassroots organisations, networks and international organisations went to Port-au-Prince from 21st – 23rd January, contacting and supporting civil society organisations and grassroots leaders in Haiti in the initiatives that they have been taking forward in the current situation following the earthquake, from ‘people to people’
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By Pedro Franco, IAI
Haiti: straight from the united urban social movements
Haiti, January 2010 (Reuters)
Contact:
solidarite.ayiti@habitants.org
The terrible destruction that has affected the population of Haiti is incalculable. The January 13, 2010 earthquake has hit the working-class areas and it is likely that those very areas will not receive international aid.
Consequently, we need the solidarity of everyone, in particular inhabitant organisations on the issues that distinguish us: the right to the security of housing and to rebuild the cities in a participative and sustainable approach.
We have already been successful in developing this approach in the post-earthquake reconstruction of 2007 in Peru, thanks to the partnership among IAI member organizations, the local Peruvian authorities assembled in AMUPAT, and the local united Spanish authorities coordinated by FAMSI. So this area is also part of the preparatory process of the World Assembly of Inhabitants (FSM Dakar, 2011).
Recuperación del país se realiza a partir del movimiento de solidaridad
Camille Chalmers
Después de una semana de ocurrido el terremoto que destruyó parte de Haití, la situación todavía continúa siendo complicada. De acuerdo con informaciones del secretario ejecutivo de la Plataforma Haitiana por un Desarrollo Alternativo (Papda), Camille Chalmers, la situación en el país permanece mala, con dificultades de comunicación. Varios países ayudan en el rescate y en la atención de los heridos, como Cuba, que continúa enviando médicos al lugar.