Phase I: Program Implementation and Site Preparation:

 

CD-MAC and it’s Haitian partner (the “Team”) will construct a tented facility outside of the city limits of Pignon after which, the Team will

institute a selection process to identify up to 1200 selected transferees (max occupancy of each housing unit is six) individuals

(the “group”) who will occupy the tented camp for later relocation to the “Phase 1 village”. This selection process will be sensitive

to finding and reestablishing family and extended family units in order to recreate, at the “Phase 1 village”, the community and

supportive environment which they previously lived in.

 

Concurrent with the selection process, CD-MAC’s local partners will deliver the necessary tools and pre-construct the support infrastructure

at the Phase 1 site to accommodate an arriving work force. This includes initial land clearing, site planning, the construction of on-site

sanitary systems, i.e., septic, bath and shower facilities.

 

From the “group” of selected transferee, 300 or so individuals will be immediately moved to the village site to be trained in constructing

the arriving CD-MAC houses.

 

The first priority of the arriving workers will be to erect a tented facility to house themselves during construction.

 

As houses are erected, the immediate families of the workers will arrive and with the workers, occupy the first homes. New transferees

will arrive and occupy the tents vacated by these workers. The new arrivals will join the work force and assist in a construction process

that will escalate geometrically as new people and workers arrive. At this time, new arrivals also will begin clearing and tilling

land for agriculture.

 

Once the CD-MAC program is in wide use, regardless of planned size, once the initial workers arrive at a prepared site it should be no

more than 60 to 90 days total time to erect and occupy a village. This assumes a beginning construction work force of approximately

10% of the planned village occupancy and also the pre-positioning of trained personnel and infrastructure.

  

 

Alternatively, concurrent with the land development and initial house construction, additional tents and accommodations could be

built to allow the remaining transferees from the “group” to arrive on site earlier, however, based on the rapid growth of the village

once construction begins, (the construction of individual housing units should take no more than 12 hours each, assuming a five

person erection force per unit once footings or slabs are ready) this should not be necessary. (see site plan)

 

The systematic introduction of people into our villages will allow the delivery infrastructure of regulatory and distribution support to not

be out paced or overwhelmed.

 

 

Initial Site preparation by CD-MAC’s “Advanced Teams” will include construction of:

 

  • men’s and women’s rest rooms and shower facilities;
  • school facilities;
  • in ground sanitary leaching areas for human waste;
  • a main common drinking water supply;
  • common areas for cooking and food distribution and preparation;
  • additional water delivery for irrigation;
  • a trash collection area;
  • housing for various support personnel from the Haitian government, relief or charitable agencies and CD-MAC personnel.

 

These and other necessary services will be provided prior to the CD-MAC “Construction Teams” and the new residents/workers

occupying the temporary tent camps. Much of this preparatory work will be contracted to Haitian people already residing in the

selected areas. This process will create employment for the existing citizenry and bind them to the new village concept.

 

Site preparation will also include the infrastructure necessary to receive and erect the housing units, which shall include a

secure fenced area for supplies, construction tools and equipment.

  

 

At this time CD-MAC is working with several solar,  wind turbine and other alternative energy companies to supply sustainable electrical

services for each village.

 

                 Phase II:  Housing Units:  arrival, assembly, and occupation

 

As each village is occupied and the common tents no longer needed, the tents, construction infrastructure and construction

team and management staff will follow a CD-MAC advanced team to a new “planned-construction” village location.  This process will

repeat itself as the village locations expand.

 

The concept is for CD-MAC and partners to prepare, oversee the construction of and then staff each village with the necessary

professional personnel, creating a complete micro and macro environment through which supplies and management

can be affected by the Haitian Government and international relief agencies who will provide food, social amenities

and skill-specific professional and volunteer personnel for the social and regulatory management of the village.

 

                 Phase III: Village Supplies/Management

 

The villagers will be remotely supplied with food, fuel, etc. through our partners in Haiti and the Dominican Republic in combination

with governmental and international relief efforts until agriculture and economic sustainability are realized. The logistical support

chain will create a sustainable works program for ongoing regional trade and lasting commerce while relieving the stress on

Port-au-Prince.

 

            

The transition of temporary to permanent housing through our panelized component design can play a major role in the re-birth of

Port-au-Prince and Haiti and provide substantial savings related to time and costs, while ensuring that the displaced people of

Port-au-Prince may choose a new beginning in a CD-MAC village or to return to a new home in Port-au-Prince.

 

Summary:

 

The CD-MAC village solution is by far the most humane, cost-effective and efficient way to ensure that the displaced people of

Port-au-Prince have a viable temporary solution to this crisis, one which provides a safe and dignified housing remedy while their

country rebuilds.

 

We hope to insure that the people of Haiti are not discarded or removed from home and country simply because we could not

implement and manage a viable logistical solution on their home soil.  In fact, the cost factors related to the temporary

village/permanent   home solution will be a mere fraction in comparison to the costs related to relocating the people of Haiti

outside their country. Additionally, we feel the disruptive and emotional costs of breaking up family units thru permanent

emigration should be avoided at all costs.

 

The CD-MAC housing solution costs, based on an average occupancy of six people, are estimated to be $6125,00 per person housed. This

includes support structures and infrastructure. More importantly unlike so many temporary solutions, the CD-MAC housing, once

purchased, has a life far beyond its temporary use. After its initial use, each CD-MAC unit, being made from traditional,

non-degradable construction materials, as opposed to foam, tin or recycled products, becomes a future permanent housing component.

 

Our units can be reassembled to be schools, medical buildings, stores and shops in addition to traditional residential housing.

 

As a second life, CD-MAC units are easily fitted and finished on their interiors for permanent occupancy. Fitted and finished interior

costs are estimated to be $200 per person.  The result is an affordable temporary solution, which then morphs into permanent housing,

subject only to the cost of relocation. Therefore, the initial per person housing cost of approximately $6,125 becomes a permanent

housing solution for an additional $150 per person.

 

CD-MAC proposes to immediately provide 200 units, each sheltering up to six people, on a pre-selected and ready to build site.

CD-MAC personnel and partners will directly oversee the initial pilot program and upon approval of the program, provide the

training of indigenous personnel to begin additional phases of construction around the country.

 

Our program will provide a sustainable “Mondragon Cooperative” economic model for each village by coordinating the abilities of

charitable organizations with international contributors of materials and services and bringing them together with regional and

international businesses. We will leverage these assets into sustainable renewable financial models, creating jobs and

entrepreneurial opportunity so to create a unique commerce environment for each village and insure that when the charity and world’s

interest run out, our legacy of investment, training and growth is permanent.

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