ADF is working in partnership with Haiti's non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in mobilizing resources for emergency relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction services for the people in Haiti impacted by the earthquake on January 13, 2010. ADF has experience working in Haiti since 1985. ADF and Haitian NGO partners are organizing emergency relief services including food, clothing, shelter, medical care; post-disaster psychological counseling and developing longer-term recovery plans for the reconstruction of orphanages, schools and hospitals in the disaster area. ADF has established a "Haiti Earthquake Relief and Reconstruction Fund" seeking resources necessary for these emergency relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction services. Contributions to this Fund, which are U.S. tax deductible, can be made through America’s Development Foundation , a 501(c) 3 tax exempt charitable organization, by going to www.youtube.com/adfusa.]]> America's Development Foundation Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:30:00 GMT http://www.adfusa.org/content/highlight/detail/899/ http://www.adfusa.org/content/document/detail/898/ America's Development Foundation Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:00:00 GMT http://www.adfusa.org/content/document/detail/898/ http://www.adfusa.org/content/highlight/detail/896/

"Local self-government has two choices: to order the strategy from a specialized institution, pay a lot of money for it, and get the material fast, or to choose a much slower, participatory process and develop a plan relying on local experts and assistance on outside consultants. We chose the participatory process, worked for 15 months, but now we have a strategy understood by all members of the community, who are now prepared to implement it, because they were the ones who participated in its development.” – says Atila Babi, president of Backa Topola municipality