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    Interaction - Haiti Joint Statement

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    U.S. NGOs remain committed to supporting Haiti's recovery from the 2010 earthquake. About half of InterAction's nearly 200 member organizations continue working in Haiti and plan to stay for many years. NGOs have helped provide food, water, education and shelter to over 1 million Haitians in the past year. However, more work remains, including developing a comprehensive shelter plan and resolving Haiti's political instability. NGOs call on donors and governments to fully fund recovery pledges and build the capacity of Haiti's new government.

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    U.S. NGOs remain committed to supporting Haiti's recovery from the 2010 earthquake. About half of InterAction's nearly 200 member organizations continue working in Haiti and plan to stay for many years. NGOs have helped provide food, water, education and shelter to over 1 million Haitians in the past year. However, more work remains, including developing a comprehensive shelter plan and resolving Haiti's political instability. NGOs call on donors and governments to fully fund recovery pledges and build the capacity of Haiti's new government.

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    U.S. NGOs remain committed to supporting Haiti's recovery from the 2010 earthquake. About half of InterAction's nearly 200 member organizations continue working in Haiti and plan to stay for many years. NGOs have helped provide food, water, education and shelter to over 1 million Haitians in the past year. However, more work remains, including developing a comprehensive shelter plan and resolving Haiti's political instability. NGOs call on donors and governments to fully fund recovery pledges and build the capacity of Haiti's new government.

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    U.S. NGOs remain committed to supporting Haiti's recovery from the 2010 earthquake. About half of InterAction's nearly 200 member organizations continue working in Haiti and plan to stay for many years. NGOs have helped provide food, water, education and shelter to over 1 million Haitians in the past year. However, more work remains, including developing a comprehensive shelter plan and resolving Haiti's political instability. NGOs call on donors and governments to fully fund recovery pledges and build the capacity of Haiti's new government.

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    January 10, 2011 www.interaction.

    org

    Contacts:
    Sue Pleming: 202-552-6561 or 202-341-3814 (Cell) or spleming@interaction.org
    Tawana Jacobs: 202-552-6534 or 202-297-1696 (Cell) or tjacobs@interaction.org

    U.S. NGOS REMAIN COMMITTED TO HAITI’S RECOVERY


    Joint statement from undersigned InterAction member organizations working in Haiti
    and Samuel A. Worthington, InterAction President and CEO

    Washington, D.C. (January 10, 2011)—―The InterAction alliance of U.S.-based international


    nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) remains steadfast in its commitment to support Haiti’s
    ongoing recovery from last year’s earthquake. About half of our almost 200 members are still
    actively working in the country and many will remain there for many years to come, working
    alongside the country and local governments, the UN, local Haitian NGOs and other international
    partners to rebuild Haiti and put it on the path to a more stable future for all of its citizens.

    The earthquake put a spotlight on the realities this country has faced for decades. It, along with
    the current cholera crisis, has been a wake-up call for us and others to come together and
    dedicate the time, effort and financial support needed to help the people of Haiti to rebuild their
    country and resolve many of their long-term structural problems, which cannot be solved by any
    one entity on its own. For example, a comprehensive shelter and resettlement plan still needs to
    be developed for the 1.3 million people living in camps.

    Our community of NGOs believes that donors and national governments, including the U.S.
    government, must deliver on their financial pledges and provide consultative assistance to the
    Haitian government to help ensure that earthquake recovery remains a top priority.

    Thanks to the very generous financial assistance of the American people, members of our
    alliance have raised more than $1.2 billion in private funds to support our work in Haiti for the
    long haul. (See InterAction’s website, www.interaction.org/haiti for more specific information.)
    NGOs, however, are not leading recovery efforts. That responsibility belongs to the Haitian
    government and the people of Haiti, with whom we’ve been working to provide basic services
    while they rebuild capacity and install a newly elected administration.

    Despite the magnitude of the damage caused by one of the most horrific natural disasters in
    recent memory, our alliance is very proud of the fact that we have helped to provide over a
    million people with food, clean and safe water, education and shelter during this first year of
    recovery. InterAction’s members have also repaired water infrastructure systems, built enough
    latrines to reach 1.6 million people, built tens of thousands of transitional shelters for families,
    continued to provide access to basic health care needs such as maternal and child health
    services and antiretroviral drugs to people living with HIV, and incorporated income generation
    activities into shelter construction and rubble removal projects.

    We are not satisfied with the pace of recovery, but have made ongoing adjustments along the
    way to improve results and preparedness for future disasters. With the cholera outbreak we have
    managed to limit the spread of cholera in camps through large-scale information campaigns and
    increased coordination. Our members’ activities outside of camps include distributing supplies
    such as soap, water treatment chemicals and safe, chlorinated water to hundreds of thousands
    of people daily, and supporting cholera treatment centers.
    It is disappointing that Haiti’s anticipated runoff election has been postponed. The Haitian people
    have every right to be frustrated with this delay. The country’s continuing political instability and
    periodic cycles of violence, however, have slowed the pace of our alliance’s earthquake recovery
    work. It is imperative that the electoral impasse be resolved soon so that the country’s political
    leadership can return its attention to the recovery effort. The NGO community is committed to
    Haiti’s recovery. We believe a focus going forward should be in building the capacity of the newly
    elected Haitian government so that it will have the credibility – nationally and internationally – to
    establish a leadership role in the rebuilding of the country.‖

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    InterAction member organizations supporting this statement include:

    Action Against Hunger Management Sciences for Health


    Air Serv International Medical Teams International
    AmeriCares Mercy Corps
    America’s Development Foundation Operation Blessing International
    Brother’s Brother Foundation Operation USA
    Catholic Relief Services Pan American Development Foundation
    CHF International Plan USA
    ChildFund International Plant With Purpose
    Church World Service Project C.U.R.E.
    Concern Worldwide US Relief International
    Education Development Center, Inc. Religions for Peace
    Friends of ACTED Save the Children
    Global Links U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
    Global Health Council United Methodist Committee on Relief
    Habitat for Humanity World Concern
    Handicap International World Neighbors
    Holt International World Relief
    Life for Relief and Development World Vision
    Lutheran World Relief

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    InterAction is the largest alliance US-based nongovernmental international organizations with more than
    190 members. Our members operate in every developing country, working with local communities to
    overcome poverty and suffering by helping to improve their quality of life. Visit www.interaction.org

    InterAction | 1400 16th St. NW, Suite 210, Washington D.C. 20036 | 202.667.8227 | ia@interaction.org

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