From inhabitants
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.
Update on Haiti
A group of friends from organizations went to Port-au-Prince because nothing was known of our brothers of PAPDA- Camille Chalmers, Mortimé, Carol and others from Port-au-Prince.
From Cape Haitian only Elvira from AFASDACAP, an IAI member , has written, they are well, totally unharmed.
It was decided to work at two levels, one for humanitarian aid in Haiti, together with a group of organizations and from one single centre of coordination (that initiated by the Centre Bonó
and the Citizen’s Forum) and another level more political.
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