Preliminary Findings

Rapid Interagency Needs Assessment in Haiti(RINAH)Supported by the Government of HaitiRapid Multi Clusters/Sectoral Needs Assessment in the entire earthquake affected area in Haiti Preliminary Findings

Objective To identify gaps and priorities by sectors, spread geographically at the country level IASC - OCHA – ACAPS – CDC - iMMAP

Expected Outputs Current geographical, sectoral and financial gaps for humanitarian intervention in the affected areas are identified # of geographical and sectors gaps identified A common baseline information database shared between the clusters is created Multi sector Database available # clusters using the database Baseline established IASC - OCHA – ACAPS – CDC - iMMAP

Method of the assessment The team decided to use a grid system (10x10 km) for sampling choosing every third quadrat for a total of 49 quadrats across the country. In addition to the grid, population data was used, USGS Modified Mercalli Index, Internal Displaced Persons camp location (what is known), and known affected areas. Based on this “index”, an area was delimited containing 10 communes of the most affected area around the Port-Au-Prince area. The decision was made to assess all 54 sections in the “most” affected communes near the PAP area. 113 staff constituted in 28 teams using two data collection methods have been set. The first data collection method will use a paper questionnaire using the Key Informant techniques and the second data collection method will use an electronic version of the same IASC - OCHA – ACAPS – CDC - iMMAP

Challenges Resource mobilisation, in terms of +logistic, human resource with appropriate skills and competencies Short time frame which resulted in a short period of training, some inconsistencies that have been observed in the interpretation of questions, leading to possible biases in the responses. The questionnaire had some inadequacies in the structure of some questions, deriving in low response rates. The tool chosen, offered very limited room for adaptation for the current prevailing context in Haiti IASC - OCHA – ACAPS – CDC - iMMAP

Sample size 54 sections communales 98 locations within 49 quadrats (2 locations per quadrats) Average of 2 locations per quadrat 2 questionnaires per sections, and 1 questionnaires per location for a total 206 questionnaires as minimum IASC - OCHA – ACAPS – CDC - iMMAP

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Resources Mobilisation About 120 expatriates and nationals coming from a multi-agencies cooperation, such as IASC, US Federal agency and Haitian Civil Society GoH has provided more than 16 personnel Strong involvement of the clusters, through the design to the assessment, the analysis and the interpretation of the data, and logistical support from the logistic cluster IASC - OCHA – ACAPS – CDC - iMMAP

Time Line January 19th – 22nd : Review questionnaire, design of the methods January 23rd-24th : Training on the instruments and PDA and pilot of the survey January 25th – 28th: data collection, most affected area with ground transportation January 29th : Mid5term review and refresher training before deployment by Helicopter January 30th 31st : Deployment by Heli for data collection January 31th-5th Feb : Data Analysis, Preliminary finding and Reporting IASC - OCHA – ACAPS – CDC - iMMAP

“Preliminary” Results for PaP TCG – PONJA - VTA

Section 1 Sommaire IASC - OCHA – ACAPS – CDC - iMMAP

Section 2 Habitat et NFI IASC - OCHA – ACAPS – CDC - iMMAP

Section 2: Habitat et NFI IASC - OCHA – ACAPS – CDC - iMMAP

Section 3 WASH IASC - OCHA – ACAPS – CDC - iMMAP

Section 4 Food Sec & Nut IASC - OCHA – ACAPS – CDC - iMMAP

Section 5: Santé IASC - OCHA – ACAPS – CDC - iMMAP

Gender IASC - OCHA – ACAPS – CDC - iMMAP

Next Steps forward Data Collection finished Mapping services is available Technical analysis and review available this coming week

Preliminary Findings