Final Narrative Report: Integrated Project for Reconstruction, Urban Planning and Economic Development of the Christ-Roi Neighborhood, January 1, 2013 to August 31, 2017

The report covers the whole 56 months of the project, which a consortium of Solidarités International, Entrepreneurs du Monde and the Fondation Architectes de l'Urgence (replaced by the GRET, with Build Change as its subcontractor) ran for the 20,000 residents of Christ-Roi under the PARAQ, which grouped 8 projects in 10 neighborhoods. Its stated aims were to make the neighborhood safe and livable with the help of residents and public institutions and to improve its urban and economic environment. It lists nearly thirty activities, from heavy infrastructure (securing the ravine, redeveloping Bas Norguès) to lighter urban works (electrifying Montplaisir street, rehabilitating corridors), sanitation, housing and economic support.

Result 1, the engagement of public authorities, is judged achieved: the public works ministry, DINEPA and the Port-au-Prince municipality had a leading role in design, implementation and follow-up. The one negative point is that the planning scheme was never published in the Moniteur, which would have given it official status, although consultation was enough for the scheme to guide action and be reused by other actors.

The summary of final results lists 218 households connected to a sanitation solution, 8 households supported for a new home or extension, 52 homes reinforced, 6 timber-frame extensions, 200 households formally connected to the national electricity grid, 150 informal merchants supported, 20 craftspeople or service providers qualified and 5 established entrepreneurs supported. For the ravine, the works were cut to 279 meters under amendment 4, down from the 514 initially planned, and the report finally states that all 514 linear meters were secured and 8 footbridges installed. The annexes include the final evaluation, the planning and sanitation schemes and the minutes of the technical committee.