ACTION HAÏTI

The Carma House Transformation

Haïti is at a cross roads of defining its path to continuous and sustainable economic
growth and the infrastructure investments required to transform its physical and
economic landscape to improve the socio-economic condition of its citizens.

Haïti Statistics
Population: 8.7 million
Literacy rate: 61%
Population living below 1USD/day: 54%
Less than 15% of children are enrolled in
secondary school
3.5% of population is over 65, with 41.8% of the
population between the ages of 0 – 14
46% of population that is undernourished
Haïti is one of the most densely populated
countries in the world with more than 300
inhabitants per square kilometer, double that of
the Dominican Republic.
Population pressures on land area contribute to
soil erosion and undermine environmental
sustainability.

"That is why President Clinton and I are here personally

to first of all demonstrate our solidarity and send a very
strong message to the international community that
we need Haïti to be able to emerge as a very stable,
democratic and prosperous country in the region,"
- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

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 Focused on teaming with proven non-profit partners to procure/secure funding for
targeted, sustainable humanitarian and economic infrastructure investments, the
ACTION HAÏTI team is committed to transforming the physical and economic
landscape of Haïti one community at a time.
The Powered by Action solutions
youthHAVEN are invaluable assets to help
Family-based care and housing for all launch the transformational
orphans
efforts in Haïti and drive
sustainable change
cleanWATER Villages
Community wide access to
uncontaminated water

schoolPROMISE Villages “Haïti is suffering from

Pre-K through college education for all a Social Crisis that
youth
requires an Economic
Solution supported by
healthWORKS Clinic cultural mediation.”
Vaccinations and lifelong medical
- Danel Georges, MUCI
treatment for HIV/AIDs, Malaria, and
other diseases for all residents
nextGENERATION Villages
Economic self-sufficiency

Raising the Bar

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 To measurably improve the health of poor and vulnerable women and children in Haïti
by creating a platform of awareness, dialogue, and then action

The Carma Foundation's is a non-profit organization classified

under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The
mission of Carma is to measurably improve the health of poor
and vulnerable women and children in Haïti. Carma effectively
utilizes media and pop culture to create a platform of
awareness, dialogue, and then action. Carma, an urban spin on
karma, embodies the belief of cause and effect behavior or
practices to affect the lives of others. It is with this belief that
Carma mobilizes others to not only care, but to become
involved. Since its inception in 2007, Carma has already
impacted the lives of tens of thousands of Haïtian women and
children and plans to extend its reach to the millions of Haïtian
citizens.

Haïti leads the western hemisphere with the highest poverty

level amongst any of its hemisphere’s neighbors. The Carma
Foundation has chosen to spearhead several small projects
addressing the needs of education, skill development and job
creation of women and children in Haïti. In addition, the future
goals of Carma are to reform Haïti’s infrastructural needs in
the areas of reproductive health, proper nourishment, health
care, and STDs.

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ACTION HAÏTI Using innovative approaches to bring together the resources required to transform
an orphanage located in the city of Léogâne and improve the lives of children there
CAMPAIGN

Léogâne, Haïti
Population of village: 20,000
Rate of homelessness: ~30%
Poverty rate: 80% live on less
than $1USD/day
Access to food/water: 1 – 2 hour
walk to clean water
Literacy rate: 5 – 10%

The Carma House is located in

Léogâne, an hour and a half from
Haïti’s capital, Port-au-Prince.

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By applying the Powered by Action solutions, the nextGeneration Village blueprint and the inherent
power and active involvement of the Haïtian Diaspora, the village of Léogâne and the lives of the
children resident at Carma House can be placed on a path towards self-sufficiency

youthHAVEN Orphanage
Re-habilitate the Carma House
facilities and grounds to provide
shelter and housing for the young
chil dren as well as services
PILOT

The launch of the Action Haïti cleanWATER Villages

campaign will take focus on
improving the current living
conditions of the young
children at the Carma House
orphanage and the surrounding
community of Léogâne
Establish wells to provide access to
clean water to not only the children
at Carma House but also the
residents of the surrounding
community

schoolPROMISE
Update, improve and expand the
educational facilities at Carma House
as well as their ability to provide
basic services to the children at the
orphanage and within the
community
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 The Transformation of Carma House represents the launch point for not only ACTION HAÏTI
rehabilitating the orphanage and services offered to the children but also establishing
a foundation for impacting the surrounding community and village of Léogâne CAMPAIGN
THE CARMA HOUSE TRANSFORMATION APPROACH
VERY PRELIMINARY
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3
STABILIZE EXPAND EVOLVE

CAMPAIGN Make available potable water Expand housing/school facility Expand farming capability
supply Create sustainable potable water Equipping “Next Generation
OBJECTIVES Address infrastructure of the system School”
dorm/facility Create sewer system Build housing for staff
Establish nutrition program Institute basic farming system Hire teaching staff
Address any staffing Building fence around entire
issues/concerns facility

APPLICABLE  youthHaven Orphanage  youthHaven Orphanage  educationPromise School

 cleanWater Well  nextGeneration Village
PbA SOLUTIONS

CARMA HOUSE  40 orphans  Residents have to walk 1-2 hours  Children within the community
 Children sleeping on the floor for clean water lack access to basic education
& LÉOGÂNE  Uniforms & shoes for the  Children and residents lacking  Limited resources and
NEEDS/CHALLENGE children basic nutrition deforestation of the
S  Disrepair of Roof in the surrounding area impacts ability
orphanage to plant and grow vegetables

FUND-RAISING o TBD o TBD o TBD

TARGETS

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 Building a team of “movers & shakers” to forge the right partnerships
and mobilize the resources across the Haïtian Diaspora into ACTION
Action Haïti Linda Petros-Gouin
Leadership M. Hans Delly

Carma Foundation Melky Jean-Harte, Founder

Leadership Carl Harte, President

Guiders Kernizan, In-Country Lead Carma House

Working Team
Action Haïti Alessandra Valenti
Myrtelle Chery
Working Team
Targeted Individual Contributors Haïtian Diaspora
California – 5,500 Network
 Haïti – 1,000
Florida – 4,500 Movers & Shakers
New York – 15,000 Network
Atlanta – 1,000
Colorado – 500
Carma Foundation DB – 22,500+

Ethan Vesley-Flad, Communication Dir. Andre Berto Boxing Champ/ Activist

The Fellowship of Reconciliation
John Lindsay-Poland, FOR Program Director for
Latin America and the Caribbean
Sister Stella Goodpasture, Dominican Sisters of
Mission San Jose Haïti Solidarity Executive
Committee Member
Dr Barth Green, founder of Project Medishare,
Shake a Leg foundation,
Reed Cowan CNN anchor man/activist
Jamie Hector Actor/activist.
Linne Whitfield Actress/Activist
Dr Sandra Harte, House Director for Elizabeth
high school
UNIK, promoter activist founder of Edeyo
foundation

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 VERY PRELIMINARY
YEAR 1
THE ACTION PLAN
STABILIZE

CAMPAIGN Make available potable water MOBILIZATION  Finalize scope of pilot with Carma leadership
OBJECTIVES supply  Visit Carma House in Léogâne, Haïti
Address infrastructure of the
(JAN. – OCT. 2009)  Identify In-Country contacts to facilitate
dorm/facility introductions to private/public sector leaders
Establish nutrition program  Complete staffing of Action Haïtiworking
Address any staffing team
issues/concerns  Finalize roadmap for Carma House
Transformation
APPLICABLE  youthHaven Orphanage
PbA SOLUTIONS PLANNING  Prepare and finalize Year 1 Budget
 Define fundraising categories
(SEPT. – DEC. 2009)  Identify and begin planning fundraising
events
 Formalize fundraising targets and channels
CARMA HOUSE  40 orphans
& LÉOGÂNE  Children sleeping on the floor FUND-RAISING  Kick-off fundraising initiative
NEEDS/CHALLENGES  Uniforms & shoes for the children  Identify potential donors
 Disrepair of Roof in the orphanage
(1Q 2010)  Solidify Marketing

FUND-RAISING o TBD
TARGETS PREPARATION
(TBD)
EXECUTION
(TBD)