Haiti: Helping prevent violence and abuse

December 30, 2014

Five years after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, the Canadian Red Cross continues to help earthquake survivors rebuild and recover. Efforts have shifted from immediate life-saving assistance to long-term recovery to ensure communities can build a stronger and healthier future.

Junior Printemps is a community mobilization agent with the Red Cross Violence and Abuse Prevention program in Haiti.  He visits communities to spread awareness and change mindsets, attitudes and behaviours to help create environments that are safer for adults, youth and children.

Part of his efforts include delivering the Canadian Red Cross 10 Steps to Creating Safe Environments program in schools, a resource to help in the development, implementation and monitoring of concrete actions to prevent, reduce, mitigate and respond to interpersonal violence.

“We’ve seen that the rate of violence has begun to diminish in these communities,” says Junior.  “This is thanks to the work in violence prevention we have been doing in every corner of the community.”

Thanks to the generosity of individual Canadians, corporations, provincial and all levels of government, the Canadian Red Cross has received over $210 million to support relief efforts in Haiti.

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