Haiti Earthquake - Emergency Response
Hundreds of thousands of people in Haiti woke up to the devastation of a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on August 14th.
GOAL teams are working on the ground with communities to provide life-saving support. Please give what you can today.
GOAL has been operating in Haiti since the catastrophic earthquake in 2010. Today, millions of people are still rebuilding their lives after both the earthquake and Hurricane Matthew which hit Haiti in 2016. In 2018, our 45-strong team (96% in-country nationals) managed a budget of €880K. Programmes concentrate on basic humanitarian needs, community preparedness and resilience. Recent years have also seen operations grow to include Sustainable Livelihoods.
Our achievements
- Immediate emergency response following the 2010 earthquake and Hurricane Matthew in 2016.
- 2,000 transition shelters for 10,000 people built by 2012.
- 585 families moved to safer homes in 2012 and 385 returned to repaired homes in 2013.
- Infrastructural improvements to build community preparedness in Port au Prince, including the construction of evacuation stairs, footbridges, paved evacuation routes, retaining walls, and drainage canals.