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Domes For Haiti

Project Description

 

            Domes for Haiti is a grass roots disaster relief project that addresses the immediate need for hurricane and earthquake resistant transitional shelter in Haiti. We are committed to sending as many pre-fabricated portable geodesic dome shelters as possible to Haiti in time for Hurricane season. The domes are 17’ in diameter and 9’ high in the center. They are anchored into the ground using rebar and cement. Each dome can house from 10 to 20 kids. We are making the frames from 1” EMT conduit pipe struts bolted together in 35 overlapping joints. The dome covers will be fabricated using recycled vinyl fabric from billboards or seconds from manufacturers. When properly anchored, this two frequency geodesic dome design has been known to withstand up to 150mph winds. It can be assembled in two hours with two people using simple adjustable wrenches. While these domes are designed to be transitional shelters, with a little adaptation they could become semi-permanent homes.

                Our focus is to procure as many in kind donations as possible from manufacturers and suppliers in the USA so that the majority of the funds raised for this project can go to hire Haitian workers at a livable wage to prep sites and assemble the domes. We are working to empower the Haitian people to rebuild their own communities by bringing the tools they need to do the work and the housing they need to shelter their children. We are looking for donations of tools ( listed below) which AFYA Foundation will be sending along with our dome kits to Port Au Prince where Grassroots United will be providing basic logistical and ground support for our two person team. We are currently networking with like-minded experienced aid workers to locate and scout out a site to build a model community based on sustainable living practices such as composting latrines, solar power, water catchmit systems and an agricultural base.

                So far we have a huge amount of momentum going forward on this project. We have received over $13,000 worth of in kind donations of materials, manufacturing and workspace. We have community support from volunteers and business owners in our surrounding area. We look forward to hearing from you about how your business would like to contribute to this effort. We'd like to send some tangible help to the People of Haiti to help rebuild their devastated country. In Creole, there is a word; "Konbit". It represents a traditional form of cooperative communal labor similar to a barn raising where many people gather together to help one person or one family with a task that requires many hands. We offer this to the American business community as an opportunity to practice Konbit on a global scale. By pooling our considerable resources, many lives can be saved this year from the impending second wave of disaster that is coming to Haiti on the winds of El Nino.

info@domesforhaiti.org

                We feel that this project could serve as a valuable model to scale up to accommodate serving a vast population which is currently on the brink of utter peril. We also see the potential for major funding to allow us to take this to a massive scale by creating a new industry in Haiti manufacturing portable geodesic domes for affordable earthquake safe housing solutions in rural or urban areas.  

 

We are sponsored under the umbrella of a 501c3 nonprofit organization called Not An Alternative. your donations are tax-deductable.

 

Partial list of Supporting Businesses:

 

3^rd Ward Brooklyn

AFYA Foundation

Grass Roots United

Can-do

Turtle & Hughes

Laidman Fabricating

Buckminster Fuller Institute

Not An Alternative

Scenic Corps

MTV

Tools Needed : Shovels, Post Hole Diggers, Metal Rakes, Sledgehammers, Pick Axes, Drills, Hand Saws, Hammers and C-Wrenches.	Building Supplies: Rebar, Cement, Rope, Spray Paint, Plywood, Mosquito netting, 3/8" X 2" Hex Hd Bolts, Ratchet Straps, U-Bolts Frequent Flyer Miles!	Packaging Supplies: Shrink Wrap, Road Cases, Ratchet Straps, Use of a Box Truck,   Palettes and Volunteers to pack dome kits.
Any and all of these objects can be donated and shipped here Domes For Haiti c/o 3rd Ward Brooklyn, 195 Morgan Ave Brooklyn, NY 11237