400 HOMES IN ZORANJE, INAUGURATED TODAY
(Haiti Libre) -
President Martelly will inaugurate today, Monday 27 February 2012, the project of 400 houses in Zoranje, initiated on June 12, 2011 by the Head of State, who had declared at the ceremony of the laying of the first stone; "It is a day of hope for the Haitian people, hope to rebuild Haiti [...] this project is the signal of our determination to build new sustainable communities [...] the signal that shows that the country will regain its ability to put people back to work, and that local businesses will be able to become more involved in reconstruction."
Built in Zoranje, on a land of 6.8 hectares these sustainable housing units, meet the urban and seismic standards, and aims, according to the President "to improve the quality of life for low-income families, affected by the earthquake of January 12."
This project, totaling 30 million dollars funded by the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB), is part of a program in 3 phases, to build a total of 2,000 units in the departments of the West, North East and South. The project was coordinated by the Economic and Social Assistance Fund (FAES) [Government of Haiti], supported by a steering committee comprising several stakeholders in health, education, the Ministry of Planning, and institutions like DINEPA.
It has been necessary to wait a little more than the 100 days originally planned for this project, as it will be surely emphasized by critical observers, but what matters most to the beneficiaries is that the promise was kept.
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