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Non-Food Items (NFIs)
In Phase I, with support from Episcopal Relief & Development, CEDDISEC assisted at least 16,834 individuals with non-food items. This included clothing for 1,500 individuals, kerosene for 351 families (1/2 gallon per family), and blankets for 9,728 individuals.
Following the earthquake, various traders in Port-au-Prince had bales of used clothing available for sale. CEDDISEC purchased and distributed, via Episcopal parish priests, three bales of used clothing. This clothing went to an estimated 500 displaced people in the camp at College St. Pierre in Port-au-Prince, and 1,000 people in the Léogâne area, in response to the immediate needs of people who could not return to their homes to recover their belongings because of the risk of aftershocks.
Additionally, Episcopal parish priests in Port-au-Prince, Léogâne, and Carrefour were authorized and provided with funds through CEDDISEC to purchase locally-sourced blankets and kerosene for distribution.
Non-food items secured in Phase I arrived in port and were transported by CEDDISEC (with support from Episcopal Relief & Development) to parishes for distribution. Specifically, 33,000 school kits, donated by Lutheran World Relief, were distributed to 32 parishes/institutions and then allocated to more than 26,763 students in October, at the start of the 2010-2011 school year.
