Background Information a) Organization name?

Individual Survey Responses

1. Background Information a) Organization name?

International Aid, Inc

b) Overall annual budget? NR

c) Is your organization soliciting

donations for Haiti relief? No

d.i.) Budget for Haiti relief effort? NR

d.ii.) Raised? NR

d.iii.) Distributed? NR

e) Organization's Twitter handles? @intaid 2. Additional Questions

a) Number of home staff NR

b) Number of indigenous staff NR

c) Number of staff at location NR d) Number of partner organizations NR e) Does your organization pass money

to partner organizations? NR

f) Does your organization allow

donation earmarking? NR

g) Does your organization allow

transparent earmarking? NR

3. Online Accessibility/Comprehensiveness of Situation Reports a) Is your organization publishing

publicly available situations reports detailing your specific activities on the

ground? No No activities on the ground

b) If A is yes, how frequent are the reports published? (daily, twice a week, weekly, every two weeks,

monthly, not at all...) NR

c) If A is yes, please provide a short description of the content of an average situation report (mostly factual, hard numbers, very/less detailed, many appeals for donations, appeals to emotion, many quotes,

blog-like) NR

d) If A is yes, please provide the location of your organization's publicly accessible online archive of situation

reports (URL) NR

e) How many of your organization's situation reports are available in an

online, publicly accessible archive? NR

4. Sector(s) of services provided by your organization? (Please choose from the list and add any not listed.)

Provide product and equipment to partners who are on the ground

5. Expected outcomes/goals for your organization's relief effort activities?

6. Please list any benchmarks for success in your organization's relief operations if any exist.

7. Please describe how your organization is achieving its benchmarks.

8. Please discuss any strengths/weaknesses.

9. Please discuss how your organization is collaborating with other organizations in this specific relief effort.

Provide product and medical equipment to partners who are on the ground

International Crisis Aid Contact Information

Jennifer Jones

Executive Assistant to the President [email protected]

Tel.: 314-487-1400 Survey:

Questions Y/N/NR Comment

1. Background Information

a) Organization name?

International Crisis Aid b) Overall annual budget? $1,682,215 c) Is your organization soliciting

donations for Haiti relief? Yes

d.i.) Budget for Haiti relief effort? $225,000

d.ii.) Raised? $190,000

d.iii.) Distributed? $86,000

e) Organization's Twitter handles? @crisisaid 2. Additional Questions

a) Number of home staff 3

b) Number of indigenous staff 1

c) Number of staff at location 1

d) Number of partner organizations

3 during first 6 weeks after Earthquake;

0 now

e) Does your organization pass money

to partner organizations? No

f) Does your organization allow Yes

donation earmarking?

g) Does your organization allow

transparent earmarking? NR

3. Online Accessibility/Comprehensiveness of Situation Reports a) Is your organization publishing

publicly available situations reports detailing your specific activities on the

ground? Yes

b) If A is yes, how frequent are the reports published? (daily, twice a week, weekly, every two weeks, monthly, not

at all...)

Twice a week for the first 2 months after Earthquake; Monthly now.

blog-like) Blog-like; Factual; Hard numbers;

Appeals for donations d) If A is yes, please provide the

location of your organization's publicly accessible online archive of situation

reports (URL) http://blog.crisisaid.org/

e) How many of your organization's situation reports are available in an

online, publicly accessible archive? NR

4. Sector(s) of services provided by your organization? (Please choose from the list and add any not listed.)

Food, shelter, and shelters for orphanages; rebuilding orphanage, church & school.

5. Expected outcomes/goals for your organization's relief effort activities?

In 2010, ICA responded to the earthquake crisis in Haiti by focusing on the needs of orphans in Leogane, Haiti. ICA provided enough emergency food and water for three orphanages to last at least three months. In addition, ICA cleared debris from one compound where an orphanage, church and school had all collapsed. ICA built two temporary shelters within 3 weeks of the earthquake and then built 5 more for a total of 7 shelters at 4 orphanages. ICA was identified as one of the first organizations to begin the rebuilding process. ICA is now

working to rebuild the ICA orphanage for more than 100 children and school for more than 400 children in its entirety. In addition to the Orphan Care Work: After the earthquake in January 2010, ICA led large food distributions in Leogane, Haiti in partnership with the U.S.

Marines. Totals delivered during the first three weeks included 14,748 MRE's (Meals Ready to Eat), 147,480 people fed, and 25,710 gallons of water. During the first two months after the earthquake, ICA distributed food and water to more than 150,000 people. Quote from U.S.

Marine Sergeant Joshua Wruble: “…Over the next 14 days, I was amazed at the integrity, dedication and tireless work ethic you and your organization have demonstrated (interested in becoming a Marine?). Your ability to locate the people in need and get them the supplies they so desperately needed has been nothing short of remarkable. The partnership that our

Marine unit had formed with ICA has become the blueprint for success in this devastated region. Our ability to bring the resources ashore and provide the necessary security, coupled with your complete devotion to an efficient, honest and timely distribution has saved

thousands of lives and will positively shape and influence generations in Haiti.”

6. Please list any benchmarks for success in your organization's relief operations if any exist.

Completion of reconstruction of an orphanage for 100 children and school for 400 children to be completed by end of 2011.

7. Please describe how your organization is achieving its benchmarks.

ICA began by partnering with the U.S. Marines to meet the immediate needs of food and water for the orphans. We then began removing all debris within the first few weeks by partnering with the Canadian Navy. We built a temporary shelter at the orphanage within 3 weeks after the earthquake, again with the help of the Canadian Navy. We have began rebuilding the outer fence. We have set up a 40x50 ft tent which will be used for the school and church until it is rebuilt. ICA has been meeting with architects and the orphanage staff to redesign the building. We have raised 2/3 of the funds. We are now finalizing the detailed plans and will begin rebuilding the actual structures in the upcoming months.

8. Please discuss any strengths/weaknesses.

ICA's strengths include partnering with the US Marines, Canadian Navy and local community leaders to distribute large amounts of emergency food and water to thousands of people within the first few weeks of the Earthquake quickly and effectively. Another strength is that we began removing debris very quickly from an orphanage that had collapsed and it brought hope to the local people that rebuilding would begin soon. We also built 7 shelters at 4 orphanages by the end of the first month.

9. Please discuss how your organization is collaborating with other organizations in this specific relief effort.

ICA partnered with the Canadian Navy to remove debris and build shelters at 7 orphanages.

ICA partnered with the U.S. Marines and existing local community leaders to distribute food, water and other supplies. ICA is partnering with the indigenous staff to rebuild the orphanage,

church and school.

LifeWind International (a.k.a. Medical Ambassadors International) Contact Information

Dr. Bibiana Mac Leod

Regional Coordinator South America and Caribbean [email protected]

Tel.: 902-733-2269 Additional Comments

“This survey was addressed to me but many of the questions are to be answered by the headquarters. We spent two weeks trying to submit it, and due to my work in Haiti I was not available most of the time. I believe there is room for improvement in this type of necessary surveys, but it has to be re formulated in order to avoid frustration on both sides.” – Dr. Bibiana Mac Leod

Survey:

Questions Y/N/NR Comment

1. Background Information

a) Organization name?

Lifewind

International (aka) Medical Ambassadors International

b) Overall annual budget? $2,978,970 c) Is your organization soliciting

donations for Haiti relief? Yes

d.i.) Budget for Haiti relief effort? $69,000

d.ii.) Raised? $70,450

d.iii.) Distributed? $23,000

e) Organization's Twitter handles? NR 2. Additional Questions

a) Number of home staff 22

b) Number of indigenous staff 56 c) Number of staff at location 3

d) Number of partner organizations 2 e) Does your organization pass money

to partner organizations? Yes

f) Does your organization allow

donation earmarking? Yes

g) Does your organization allow

transparent earmarking? Terminology Unknown

3. Online Accessibility/Comprehensiveness of Situation Reports a) Is your organization publishing

publicly available situations reports detailing your specific activities on the

ground? Yes

b) If A is yes, how frequent are the reports published? (daily, twice a week, weekly, every two weeks, monthly, not

at all...)

Daily when regional leadership is in country

blog-like)

Reports are published as a diary, giving account of activities and results, many times in numbers

d) If A is yes, please provide the location of your organization's publicly accessible online archive of situation

reports (URL)

www.lifewind.org/Haiti update , www.chenetwork.org

e) How many of your organization's situation reports are available in an

online, publicly accessible archive? Reports available at the above sites only 4. Sector(s) of services provided by your organization? (Please choose from the list and add any not listed.)

Health, long-term recovery, and trauma counseling, community education, agricultural development, and micro-enterprise teachings.

5. Expected outcomes/goals for your organization's relief effort activities?

35 Haitian communities including two new partner groups adopting simple methods of

sanitation, like SODIS (Solar disinfection for drinking water), Tipi tap (wash hands with a simple device hanging on a tree), increase the use and building of latrines in 60% in the next 2 years, becoming part of bible study groups in homes.

6. Please list any benchmarks for success in your organization's relief operations if any exist.

Before intervention, no communities were implementing SODIS. June reports show 18 villages implementing it from 1 family to 25% of target families, including two schools. A survey is being conducted to have a baseline in all villages, depending on community initiatives.

7. Please describe how your organization is achieving its benchmarks.

In Partnership with other Community Development organizations we are active in two fronts:

regular conferences for teaching and site visits done by key Community Development trainers to encourage and review teachings in each village.

8. Please discuss any strengths/weaknesses.

Knowledgeable nationals that train their partners in villages are our greatest strength, followed by a great strategy for Holistic Community Development that has been effective in multiple countries, including Haiti since 1993. Weaknesses: A change of mentality from employee to missionary among the nationals is needed to keep sustainability through the years. A sense of personal call has to replace a feeling of "employee from an International NGO". Servant

leadership needs to be our way of living. It is a challenge more than a weakness, because we see it happening already.

9. Please discuss how your organization is collaborating with other organizations in this specific relief effort.

Complementing funding with three other NGOs in Haiti towards a common goal, and more recently offering training to new partner organizations in other locations in the country, to teach Community Development.

Oxfam America Contact Information Elizabeth Stevens

Humanitarian Communications Officer [email protected]

Tel.: 617-728-2478 Survey:

Questions Y/N/NR Comment

1. Background Information

a) Organization name? Oxfam b) Overall annual budget? $1 billion c) Is your organization soliciting

donations for Haiti relief? No

d.i.) Budget for Haiti relief effort?

Our generous donors have given us about $90 million for the humanitarian earthquake response in Haiti. We will spend this money over the next three years. However, as we cannot predict what additional humanitarian needs may arise in this time period (due to hurricanes, for example) we have not confirmed our final budget figure.

d.ii.) Raised? $90 million

d.iii.) Distributed? $30 million

by 6/12 Signifies progress up the half-year anniversary of quake

e) Organization's Twitter handles?

@oxfamam

erica

2. Additional Questions

a) Number of home staff NR

This is a difficult question to answer, given our global presence.

b) Number of indigenous staff 420 c) Number of staff at location 500 d) Number of partner organizations 24+

e) Does your organization pass

money to partner organizations? Yes f) Does your organization allow

donation earmarking? Yes Case-by-case basis

g) Does your organization allow

transparent earmarking? Yes Earmarked funds made public 3. Online Accessibility/Comprehensiveness of Situation Reports

a) Is your organization publishing publicly available situations reports detailing your specific activities on the

ground? Yes

We post regular updates about our work, but we do not refer to them as situation reports.

b) If A is yes, how frequent are the reports published? (daily, twice a week, weekly, every two weeks,

monthly, not at all...)

Every 2-3 weeks, or however often we have significant new information to share

blog-like)

A simple summary of our work of less than 1,000 words that describes the broad outlines of our work and includes some beneficiary numbers and

quantities of distributions. It does not include an appeal for funds.

d) If A is yes, please provide the location of your organization's publicly accessible online archive of

situation reports (URL)

http://www.oxfamamerica.org/emergen cies/earthquake-in-haiti/what-oxfam-is-doing

e) How many of your organization's situation reports are available in an

online, publicly accessible archive? 0 No out-of-date summaries are available on our Web site.

4. Sector(s) of services provided by your organization? (Please choose from the list and add any not listed.)

Oxfam’s programs since the earthquake have been focused on water/sanitation/hygiene (WASH), shelter, and emergency food security and livelihoods (EFSL), which is in line with priority needs identified in coordination with the UN cluster mechanism. The geographic area of focus included the Prince metropolitan area as well as areas outside Port-au-Prince affected by the earthquake. Additionally, strong emphasis was placed on disaster risk reduction (DRR), accountability to beneficiaries, gender issues, HIV/AIDS and protection.

Where possible, psychosocial counseling was an element of the services provided.

5. Expected outcomes/goals for your organization's relief effort activities?

In the coming three years, Oxfam aims to make significant and identifiable contributions to a better life for Haitian people, particularly those affected by the earthquake. We will make strategic interventions aimed at strengthening both civil society and governmental

organizations so that citizens are working with a more accountable, transparent, and responsive government at the local and national level. Through direct and indirect Oxfam support, we expect that women, men, and young people will be able to identify significant improvements in empowerment, equality, and security. They will have improved employment and income generating options, and access to basic services that significantly exceed pre-earthquake levels. Their economy will be more diverse, and they will have greater resilience in the face of environmental risks.

6. Please list any benchmarks for success in your organization's relief operations if any exist.

The WASH strategy has focused on:

- the provision of water/sanitation/hygiene services directly to homeless populations (water bladders, latrines, showers, trash collection and disposal, water drainage, public health education)

- re-establishment of former services such as piped water systems and water vendors - collection and disposal of trash, and clearance of rubble

The livelihoods strategy has focused on:

- provision to populations of immediate financial and food support (safety-net grants, canteens providing free food to elderly and disabled, cash-for-work, etc.)

- support to people to restart livelihoods to generate income (cash grants)

- support to farmers in rural areas (vocational training; guaranteed sale of crops, which are redistributed as food aid)

The shelter strategy has focused on:

- emergency shelter and assistance to the population

- where possible, special attention to be paid to the situation of renters and squatters

Additionally, strong emphasis was placed on disaster risk reduction (DRR), accountability to beneficiaries, gender issues, HIV/AIDS, and protection. Where possible, psychosocial counselling was part of the services provided.

We are generally satisfied that we’ve met these expectations. We are currently reaching more than 420,000 people with our work

7. Please describe how your organization is achieving its benchmarks.

Key benchmark achievements:

• Oxfam has reached 421,000 people with essential aid;

• in the areas where Oxfam is working, there have been no reported outbreaks of waterborne disease

Other accomplishments:

19,800 people have benefitted from Oxfam cash-for-work programs 24,000 people have benefitted from Oxfam livelihoods-recovery programs 8. Please discuss any strengths/weaknesses.

Strengths: 55 years of experience providing clean water, latrines, and other essential aid quickly after disasters, under very challenging conditions; strong focus on sustainability and strengthening local capacity - especially that of vulnerable groups within a disaster-affected community – increases the impact of our programs.

Weakness: Since the earthquake, we have scaled up our operation from a fairly small staff that was working in Haiti well before the quake, to a staff of over 500 to meet the emergency needs. We have to move as quickly as possible to meet the needs of over two million affected people, while at the same time controlling the quality of our work and training our staff to work in a complex urban disaster zone. This is a major challenge.

9. Please discuss how your organization is collaborating with other organizations in this specific relief effort.

Oxfam plays an active role in the UN-led cluster system, which is the central coordination system for Haiti relief. The clusters bring together agencies working on various sectors

including water and sanitation, shelter, protection, etc. We collaborate with our colleagues via the cluster system on a daily basis. Oxfam also participates in the Haiti Humanitarian Country Team, which brings together Government, UN, and NGO leadership to discuss planning, coordination, and problem resolution. We also work with more than two dozen local organizations on relief work within specific communities we serve.

Physicians for Peace Contact Information Monika Bridgforth

Senior Director of Development and Communications [email protected]

Tel.: 757-625-7569 Survey:

Questions Y/N/NR Comment

c) Is your organization soliciting

donations for Haiti relief? No

Only during first week after

earthquake. Money raised was sent to our partners in Haiti. Since then, we have focused on sending mobility devices as requested, building rehabilitation services and developing long-term capacity in Haiti.

d.i.) Budget for Haiti relief effort? $0

d.ii.) Raised? $53,600 for relief

$250,000 for rehab care and long-term; thousands of crutches, canes walkers plus prosthetic components

d.iii.) Distributed? $53,600 for relief

$250,000 for rehab care and long-term; thousands of crutches, canes walkers plus prosthetic components e) Organization's Twitter

handles? @physician4peace

2. Additional Questions

a) Number of home staff 15

b) Number of indigenous staff 0

c) Number of staff at location 1 Rotate physicians one at a time d) Number of partner

organizations 3+

e) Does your organization pass

money to partner organizations? Yes

We did send money to our pre-earthquake partners: Healing Hands

In document Report On Transparency of Relief Organizations Responding to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake (Page 54-72)