CITY EMPLOYEES TO HELP REBUILD HAITI
(Sherbrooke Record) -
On Monday night, the Sherbrooke municipal council passed legislation that will see up to four of its geomatics specialists sent on five two-week missions to help in the rebuilding of Haiti.
The deal falls under the Haiti-Canada Municipal Cooperation Program (MCP) and will be largely financed by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
The City of Sherbrooke will have to defray the salaries of the employees for the ten work weeks, a sum of about $22,000. All of the travel, housing, and food costs will be covered by CIDA. The city hall employees will be working in the Palmes region of Haiti.
Sherbrooke Mayor Bernard Sévigny said that he is “very proud” that Sherbrooke is helping in the reconstruction of Haiti. “There is still a lot of work to do to get some of these municipalities back on their feet and we have the required expertise to help them. It will also be a very rich experience for the city professionals who are taking part in this mission.”
In January 2010, Haiti was hit with a massive earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands of people and left more than a million people homeless.
Geomatics engineers specialize in the acquisition and management of geographic data.
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