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American Red Cross and Global Communities Helping to Rebuild Neighborhoods in Haiti

Published 06/13/2016 by Global Communities

American Red Cross and Global Communities Helping to Rebuild Neighborhoods in Haiti

With support from the American Red Cross, Global Communities with its partner Build Change are implementing the $18.8 million  Lavi Miyo Nan Katye pa’m Nan (LAMIKA) program over 37 months. LAMIKA is an urban integrated neighborhood reconstruction and recovery program being implemented in Carrefour-Feuilles, a poor residential neighborhood in Port-au-Prince which sustained extensive damage from the 2010 earthquake. Meaning “a better life in my neighborhood” LAMIKA is enhancing community and household resiliency through a sustainable and integrated approach that provides healthy, habitable, and secure living conditions.
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