Cordaid's post-disaster shelter strategy in Haiti: Linking relief and development

Haiti was struck by a heavy earthquake in 2010 and international aid poured into the country. News reports in 2011 were not very positive about the results of post-disaster reconstruction: “The relief efforts are only putting Haiti on lifesupport instead of evolving into the next stage of development”. One of the non-governmental organisations ...

Study to the implementation process of a shelter program in post-disaster areas of Haiti, following the 2010 earthquake

Shelter programs are being implemented within Haiti by hundreds of Non-Governmental Organizations, but there is a lack of experience in shelter strategies confronting the urban living environment. A comparison on the implementation process of shelter programs, between the rural and urban context, would have to point out which difficulties a more...