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Mach 15, 2010
This is a short review of the meeting between PINP (Cajuste and Marcel) and MAXIMA (Evelien), today March 15th 2010 at the Maxima factory in PauP.
- Maxima is building wooden temporary relief shelters for earthquake victims (http://www.maximasa.com/FonMax_Housing_Program_introduction.pdf). These cost $2,000 but through a Dutch fundraiser by the foundation "Projecthulp Haiti" several houses can be made available for free or against a minor financial transaction for earthquake victims who are very poor and cannot afford the $2,000.
- Maxima has been contacted by a Dutch family (fam. van Oenen) who are worried about the biological mother of their adoptive child from Haiti. It now appears that this lady, Marlene Chery, is a partner in the PINP program. Through this connection PINP has approached Maxima for help in shelters for the homeless: not only for Malene Chery but also the other of the 90 partners, and possibly for the PINP staff as well.
- PINP works in Cité Soleil (Cité Fekère, Soleil 10, bloc Ti-Ayiti), slum areas Jalousie (PV) and Citron (Montana), as well in Cayes-Jacmel. Some partners now live in a tent city at Delmas 56 (behind Epi d'Or).
- Whereas Maxima has found that many poor people do not have land to build a house on and can thus not receive a Maxima shelter, PINP on the contrary has several partners who own land and are in need of a shelter; besides, PINP has land available at Delmas 77 where some shelters could be built. Most partners in Cayes-Jacmel also own land.
- PINP runs a mini-center for its partners, with courses in Alphabetisation, English, Computer, Painting and Women's Rights. It is located at Delmas 75, Rue Faustin 1er, Imp.Ambroise #3 (close to the Car Wash and Depot Delmas 75).
- In order for PINP to receive houses for free or for lowered costs, Maxima/Projecthulp will have to go through a verification procedure of PINP. The following references have been given:
. Action Chrétienne (where some of the PINP kids go to school in Cité Soleil): 3452-9330 Joel Janéus
. Pélé, Conocs, pasteur Hénock 3823-5096
Evelien will check out these references, and will also doublecheck with the Dutch Consulate and other organizations working in Cité Soleil.
PINP is recognized as non-profit in the US, and has an official website open for all to see (http://www.PINPartnership.org) but the Haitian organization was in the process of being legalized thru the Ministry of Plan when the earthquake struck and thus has no official recognition in Haiti yet.
- As for the land at Delmas 77, Cajuste will contact the owner in Canada, in order to communicate in writing that he indeed allows PINP to build wooden temporary shelters on the property.
- as Maxima will offer the wooden shelters ex-factory, PINP will have to organize transportation, preparation of the land (making it level etc), installing the prefab panels, pouring of the concrete slab, and painting of the house with oil-based paint. Maxima will work on training teams to do all that, but cannot promise that this will actually happen and thus encourages benificiaries to organize it themselves a much as possible.
- As Cajuste and Marcel doubt that the land of Marlene Chery is large enough for the Maxima shelter, they will measure the land and communicate the outcome with Evelien; in case the land is too small there could possibly only a one-room shelter be placed instead.
- Cajust will check with PINP what the best way is to proceed financially: although it is obvious that the PINpartners cannot afford the shelters themselves, it might be possible and possibly even wise to have the partners abroad pitch in financially either on an individual basis or through a special fundraiser.
- As soon as the administrative work is done, and indeed both parties agree that shelters can be built and the terms thereof, PINP and Maxima will decide on the timeline and priority order of houses to be built: priority to be given to either urgent need or ease of installation.
- As Maxima's reason for being is in Job Creation, Maxima will contact Cajuste next time it needs new workers.
- As Evelien is also involved in HPCD (http://www.HPCD.org) which has a Business Incubator (and at this point runs a program with 35 ladies from Cité Soleil, financed by Minustah), there might be possibilities in the future to network further; also, Maxima was in the process of starting a Technical/Professional school when the earthquake hit, and there too could be of interest for PINP and vice versa.
All parties agreed that this was a very pleasant and structural meeting, and we are all looking forward to working with each other in the near future.
Respectfully submitted,
Evelien de Gier
c.c. mr Piet Dijkhuizen, Stichting Projecthulp Haiti, the Netherlands
This is a short review of the meeting between PINP (Cajuste and Marcel) and MAXIMA (Evelien), today March 15th 2010 at the Maxima factory in PauP.
- Maxima is building wooden temporary relief shelters for earthquake victims (http://www.maximasa.com/FonMax_Housing_Program_introduction.pdf). These cost $2,000 but through a Dutch fundraiser by the foundation "Projecthulp Haiti" several houses can be made available for free or against a minor financial transaction for earthquake victims who are very poor and cannot afford the $2,000.
- Maxima has been contacted by a Dutch family (fam. van Oenen) who are worried about the biological mother of their adoptive child from Haiti. It now appears that this lady, Marlene Chery, is a partner in the PINP program. Through this connection PINP has approached Maxima for help in shelters for the homeless: not only for Malene Chery but also the other of the 90 partners, and possibly for the PINP staff as well.
- PINP works in Cité Soleil (Cité Fekère, Soleil 10, bloc Ti-Ayiti), slum areas Jalousie (PV) and Citron (Montana), as well in Cayes-Jacmel. Some partners now live in a tent city at Delmas 56 (behind Epi d'Or).
- Whereas Maxima has found that many poor people do not have land to build a house on and can thus not receive a Maxima shelter, PINP on the contrary has several partners who own land and are in need of a shelter; besides, PINP has land available at Delmas 77 where some shelters could be built. Most partners in Cayes-Jacmel also own land.
- PINP runs a mini-center for its partners, with courses in Alphabetisation, English, Computer, Painting and Women's Rights. It is located at Delmas 75, Rue Faustin 1er, Imp.Ambroise #3 (close to the Car Wash and Depot Delmas 75).
- In order for PINP to receive houses for free or for lowered costs, Maxima/Projecthulp will have to go through a verification procedure of PINP. The following references have been given:
. Action Chrétienne (where some of the PINP kids go to school in Cité Soleil): 3452-9330 Joel Janéus
. Pélé, Conocs, pasteur Hénock 3823-5096
Evelien will check out these references, and will also doublecheck with the Dutch Consulate and other organizations working in Cité Soleil.
PINP is recognized as non-profit in the US, and has an official website open for all to see (http://www.PINPartnership.org) but the Haitian organization was in the process of being legalized thru the Ministry of Plan when the earthquake struck and thus has no official recognition in Haiti yet.
- As for the land at Delmas 77, Cajuste will contact the owner in Canada, in order to communicate in writing that he indeed allows PINP to build wooden temporary shelters on the property.
- as Maxima will offer the wooden shelters ex-factory, PINP will have to organize transportation, preparation of the land (making it level etc), installing the prefab panels, pouring of the concrete slab, and painting of the house with oil-based paint. Maxima will work on training teams to do all that, but cannot promise that this will actually happen and thus encourages benificiaries to organize it themselves a much as possible.
- As Cajuste and Marcel doubt that the land of Marlene Chery is large enough for the Maxima shelter, they will measure the land and communicate the outcome with Evelien; in case the land is too small there could possibly only a one-room shelter be placed instead.
- Cajust will check with PINP what the best way is to proceed financially: although it is obvious that the PINpartners cannot afford the shelters themselves, it might be possible and possibly even wise to have the partners abroad pitch in financially either on an individual basis or through a special fundraiser.
- As soon as the administrative work is done, and indeed both parties agree that shelters can be built and the terms thereof, PINP and Maxima will decide on the timeline and priority order of houses to be built: priority to be given to either urgent need or ease of installation.
- As Maxima's reason for being is in Job Creation, Maxima will contact Cajuste next time it needs new workers.
- As Evelien is also involved in HPCD (http://www.HPCD.org) which has a Business Incubator (and at this point runs a program with 35 ladies from Cité Soleil, financed by Minustah), there might be possibilities in the future to network further; also, Maxima was in the process of starting a Technical/Professional school when the earthquake hit, and there too could be of interest for PINP and vice versa.
All parties agreed that this was a very pleasant and structural meeting, and we are all looking forward to working with each other in the near future.
Respectfully submitted,
Evelien de Gier
c.c. mr Piet Dijkhuizen, Stichting Projecthulp Haiti, the Netherlands
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