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FAVACA Helping Haiti with Long Term Earthquake Recovery

The earthquake on January 12, 2010 killed 230,000, wounded 300,000 and rendered 1.2 million homeless. Half the buildings in Port-au-Prince, Jacmel and Leogane have been destroyed including 23 hospitals. This crisis is of epic proportions will take a sustained, long-term commitment to meet Haiti's needs.

For more than 25 years, FAVACA has worked in Haiti supporting over 350 training projects with 800 volunteer technical experts impacting 8,000 individuals. FAVACA is currently raising funds to help Haitians recover and rebuild after this tragic disaster. You can help by:

Helping Haiti

Haiti Needs Volunteer Experts

Since its inception, FAVACA has supported over 350 volunteer projects to Haiti providing 530 technical experts and training 8,000 individuals. Due to the impact of natural disasters, FAVACA focuses special attention on disaster preparedness and mitigation.

We are urging firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and urban search and rescue professionals to volunteer their skills and time to help with the relief efforts in Haiti. Over the next year FAVACA can place volunteers for disaster recovery in the following areas:

SUSTAINABLE HAITI FORUM

FAVACA is collaborating to hold a Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise Conference March 17-19, 2010 in Miami, Florida. The Sustainable Haiti Forum is a unique conference within a conference focused entirely on investment opportunities. In light of the January 12^th disaster, the forum has been expanded to include topics and speakers focused on stimulating the Haitian economy and spurring investments to aid in the long term recovery.