HAITÍ Save the Children has worked in Haiti since 1978 focusing on child protection, education, health services, food security, livelihoods, humanitarian relief, disaster risk reduction and emergency preparedness for children and families. We work in both urban and rural communities in l’Artibonite, South, Grand Anse and West departments and the capital Port-au-Prince.
OUR WORK INCLUDES Survive Save the Children focuses on increasing the quality, availability, and use of health, clean water, sanitation, hygiene and nutrition services and practices that impact newborn, child, adolescent, and maternal health - contributing to the end of preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths in Haiti. We work to ensure a comprehensive continuum of care at the facility, community, and household levels and encourage community participation in community-based services and health centers. At every level, we encourage quality, youth-friendly service delivery and efficient referral systems. With the help of our partners, we help generate awareness and health service-seeking behavior change.
meaningful participation of children in all stages of our programming and we are addressing discrimination and poverty to reach the most vulnerable children. Changes in legislation, policies, services and social norms – and increased investment in child protection – are necessary to prevent and respond to all forms of violence.
2017 OUTREACH 10 million people; 4.1 million children and 5.9 million adults.
Outreach by program area:
216,000
Newborn health: We currently support three health centers in their implementation of Kangaroo Mother Care services while working with the government to revise national protocol for newborn care.
Education
443,000
Child Protection
Learn
8,800,000
We work to ensure that all children have safe learning environments, quality early childhood development programming and access to quality basic education. To improve capacity and meet the specific needs of children, we support education on the national and local levels in child protection and safeguarding,
402,000
Be Protected
172,000
Save the Children’s approach is based on every child’s right to be protected and cared for, ideally by their own family or in a family like environment. We are strengthening community based and national child protection systems and we are working in partnership with governments and civil society actors. We promote the ethical and
Port-de-Paix
Health & Nutrition Humanitarian Child Rights Governance
Cap- Haitien health/maternal and child survival program
Marchand Dessalines Sponsorship (education, health, development of adolescents & early childhood, protection)
health/maternal and child survival program
Gonaïves health/ maternal and child survival program
Beaumont shelter, education, health, WASH, protection, community mobilization/DDR, MEAL.
Camp Perrin shelter, education, health, WASH, protection, community mobilization/DRR, MEAL
Torbeck shelter, education, health, WASH, protection, community mobilization/DRR, MEAL
Port-au-Prince health, education, child protection
We have supported the following: • 27 schools in the Sud and Grand Anse in the Parc Macaya Quality Education Initiative which includes rehabilitation of schools, disaster risk reduction and quality education initiatives. • 67 schools in Dessalines through the Sponsorship program which has included rehabilitation of facilities along with improved initiatives in quality education. • 32 schools in some of the most disadvantaged areas of Port au Prince to allow children access to education and more participative methodologies. • Reproductive health services and care to women and adolescents at 7 health facilities • 110 health facilities in all 10 departments to allow people to benefit from a community health approach that gives access to increased numbers of the population.
STORIES FROM THE FIELD
Asmithe, 18.
The HEART program gave me chance to sing and dance. I am usually a shy person; this has helped a lot to reduce the fear I had after the hurricane.
I want to know more about family planning and health so that I can protect myself and take better care of my son. The youth club supported by Save the Children helps me in this
Luthia, 13.
FUNDING REQUIRED
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To continue our work to support children to survive by strengthening community health workers and increasing their capacity to work more closely with the communities.
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To better protect communities from the impact of humanitarian disasters we want to further our work of economic empowerment for those at risk.
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To strengthen access to information on children’s rights we want to increase our work on supporting the development of a strong and vibrant civil society.
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Child protection must remain a priority in the immediate and long term by strengthening State and community capacities to prevent and respond to child protection concerns.
Children who are playing jumping the rope at L’EFACAP of Beaumont, in the “Child Friendly Space”.The “Child Friendly Space” is a child protection intervention. It is a standard Save the Children intervention implemented in response to natural disasters.
CONTACT:
http://haiti.savethechildren.net
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