Solidarité Haitienne bought and distributed for free 100 solar-powered lamps and mobile phone or radio chargers among the population of the Christ Roi neighborhood of Port au Prince and that of the farming village of Christ Roi.
Ten lamps and chargers were distributed to parents of students of the old Christ Roi community school that collapsed during the January 12th earthquake. Those parents helped Solidarité Haitienne clear the rubble so that construction can begin on a new school planned by Solidarité Haitienne on that site.

On July 2, Solidarité Haitenne received 30 composters. It was a generous gift of Consorzio ReMedia, one of the largest electronic equipment recycling centers in Italy. Soon after Solidarite’ Haitienne launched an unparalleled project both in Port-au-Prince and in the village of St Rock whose cycle will begin with organic garbage and will end with edible products.
The process will begin with the collection of organic refuse in Christ Roi, our neighborhood in Port au Prince , and in St Rock. The organic refuse will be deposited in the composters installed in both places.
The process will end with the distribution of fruit and vegetables in Christ Roi.

On June 17th we launched our mobile unit with a visit to the community of St Rock, about 2 hrs from Port au Prince.
Since the middle of August, the US NGO Direct Relief has been supporting Solidarité Haitienne by paying the costs of running this unit.

On January 21st, ten days after the earthquake, while major multinational organizations were struggling to reach the population of Port-au-Prince, Solidarité Haitienne opened the first new local clinic in the neighborhood of Christ Roi.
Since May, the Italian NGO Fondazione Rava has been supporting Solidarité Haitienne by paying the costs of running the clinic.

Starting the very same day we opened the clinic, we have being cooperating with International agencies and NGOs in the distribution of water and food supplies to our community.

At the beginning of June 2010, we started an in-depth census of all families living in the makeshift tent-cities that sprung up in the neighborhood of Christ Roi-Nazon, near the Rue Momplaisir clinic.

With the financial support of Brazilian cell phone company TIM, we engaged Viva Rio, a Rio de Janeiro NGO to build a bio-digester for the neighborhood. Viva Rio's engineers, lead by Valmir Fachini, will develop the project. Their plan is to build a large underground reaction tank called a bio-digester. Inside it are bacteria that will transform human waste into methane gas, a bio-fuel that can be used as source of energy. With the capacity to take one thousand users a day, the project will significantly improve sanitation, with the a great side-benefit of providing gas for a common cooking facility that will also be built for the neighborhood.

In the course of the first three months, we transformed the Rue Momplaisir clinic into a cluster of services for the entire community. First, we obtained the official NGO recognition by the Minister of Social Affairs (on May 4th, 2010), then we bought a gasoline-powered generator to service the clinic and a computer. Then we installed a satellite-based internet service to communicate with our Advisory Board abroad. Our staff keeps meticulous records of all our activities and expenses. Via Internet our secretary sends pictures and updates and our treasurer regularly sends updated reports about our finances to our Advisory Board.

Starting in the middle of February, we have been using the two pickup trucks that Ray Lugo, a Chrysler dealer in Puerto Rico, donated to Solidarité Haïtienne. Read More