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Report on the 2002 Joint Baseline Survey in the Targeted Areas of the PL480, Title II Programs in Haiti
Since 1996, the U.S. government, in collaboration with several international NGOs, has supported a number of food security projects in Haiti using Public Law 480 (PL480), Title II resources. The second cycle of food security Development Activity Programs (DAPs), 2002-2006, is implemented by four Cooperating Sponsors (CSs): Cooperative for Aid and Relief Everywhere (CARE), Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Save the Children/U.S. (SC/US) and World Vision International (WVI). All four DAPs are multisectoral, including, among others, health, nutrition, agriculture and education activities. Services are provided to a large portion of the Haitian population living in the Northwest, Central Plateau and Southern Peninsula regions, as well as the island of Gonaive.
When beginning a new program, Title II CSs must conduct a baseline survey assessing the conditions in target areas before activities begin. This provides a basis against which the progress made by the DAPs towards fulfilling their objectives can be assessed at the end of the project. The present report communicates the results from the baseline survey conducted jointly by the four CSs in their targeted areas between May and July 2002 as a prelude to their new 2002-2006 program. The findings and recommendations we provide in this report are valid for these targeted areas and cannot be extrapolated to other areas.
