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On January 12, 2010, all of our lives changed forever. As a network of individuals dedicated to working in Haiti, we felt the world come to a stop when the earthquake shook the country to its knees. Haiti was no longer “off the map”. Many people who had never thought much about Haiti opened their hearts to the suffering in the images on our televisions, computers and in the newspapers. Because of our personal bonds with Haiti and her people, this disaster brought unmanageable grief into our lives. The Haiti Response Coalition began to form only minutes after the news of the earthquake began to spread across the globe.
With a history of commitment to sustainable development efforts in Haiti, the small and medium not-for-profit, non-governmental organizations that comprise Haiti Response Coalition recognize the efficacy of their cooperative response to the emergency in Haiti.
The Haiti Response Coalition (HRC), or LOREA in Haitian Creole, is a unique partnership of 66 Haitian and foreign organizations that was formed in the immediate aftermath of the devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010. The HRC mobilizes, trains and empowers Haitian communities to reach a higher level of self-sufficiency, while facilitating connections between needs and resources and advocating for just policies, accountability and Haitian-led development.
The Haiti Response Coalition is:
• A Coalition: Haiti and U.S.-based NGOs with a long history of commitment to Haiti and a shared philosophy of empowering Haitians to determine their own development solutions.
• Haitian Civil Society: An unparalleled network of grassroots and community leaders gathered together in the Kolektif TAYNA, the Heads Together for a New Haiti Collective platform
• Empowerment and Advocacy: A team of Haitian community organizers engaged in training, resource/needs identification and facilitation in tent camps and communities in Port-au-Prince and beyond that are complemented by foreign and Haitian participation in advocacy vis-à-vis the UN-OCHA cluster system, the U.S. Congress, and the Haitian and international press.