A presentation from my recent relief trip to Haiti. RELIEF will be returning to Haiti in June to build more panelized structures for schools and universities.

1. Haiti February 2010With RELIEF by Ken Leith

53. Building tent cities and fixing schools Our group repairs schools and builds latrines and showers for a tent city

66. Helicopter view of Port Au Prince Maj.Gen. Ken Keen SouthCom

75. Bronco Hill – tents and the 82nd Airborne on a golf course

83. Manage the price of rice

88. Government and church buildings in P. A. P. No infrastructure left for the Haitian leadership

99. Racing against the Hurricanes The Relief efforts in Haiti now race against time Tent cities won’t survive hurricanes Low cost temporary housing Clinton Bush Haiti Fund and RELIEF

105. An aftershock makes our group Refugees Stranded at the airport for 24 hours with MRE’s and cots

112. Limitations of transportation Rebuilding efforts will need to adapt to the conditions of Haiti

115. Use panelized structures that are designed to provide efficient one story structures. The benefits are: low cost easy to transport by trailer from the port to the needed locations require no poured foundations or heavy lifting equipment are hurricane resistant up to 156 mph winds 5-10 year life expectancy from materials can be assembled by unskilled, volunteer labor in modular forms encourage joint collaboration with Haitian NGO volunteer labor are available in the limited time window needed to beat hurricane season Solutions

116. Pre-fab structures

117. 126 Relief Foundation volunteers . Haiti February 22, 2010