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Telegraph.co.uk Jan.16, 2010 [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/haiti/7003057/Haiti-earthquake-death-toll-may-hit-200000.html]
Telegraph.co.uk Jan.16, 2010 [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/haiti/7003057/Haiti-earthquake-death-toll-may-hit-200000.html]
UN says 300 000 homeless after Haiti quake 2010-01-15 15:15 [http://www.citypress.co.za/Content/International/News/2185/8cc51c467b0c40fb84505afddab544e3/15-01-2010-03-15/UN_says_300_000_homeless_after_Haiti_quake]


China View World Report:  Haiti plans massive evacuation of quake-hit homeless [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/17/content_12822802.htm]
China View World Report:  Haiti plans massive evacuation of quake-hit homeless [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/17/content_12822802.htm]

Revision as of 01:24, 17 January 2010

This Appropedia Web page is Dedicated to creating an appropriate technology response to the catastrophe in Haiti by HSU students enrolled in engineering 305-Appropriate Technology - spring 2010. Students enrolled in other courses and wishing to receive class credit are also invited to participate. Bart Orlando [1]


A CALL TO ACTION!

Many essential needs can be provided using appropriate technology: shelter, water pasteurization, cooking food, dealing with human waste, lighting, telecommunications, bathing and methods of aid cargo delivery, etc. We shall design and build one or more appropriate technology devices and send them to the survivors of the earthquake in Haiti. Engineering 305 students participating in this project are invited to contact Bart Orlando (bart6591@yahoo.com).


CONTRIBUTIONS

Members of the HSU administration, faculty, student body, local community and those around the world who are interested in supporting this project with contributions of materials, hardware, workshop equipment access, work space, storage space, shipping logistics and expert advise are encouraged to participate. Please leave your relavent information at the following link and you will be contacted. [2]

CURRENT NEWS AND ANALYSIS OF THE EARTHQUAKE CATASTROPHE IN HAITI

Wiki Haiti earthquake information page [3]

Democracy Now Aired Jan. 13, 2010

Part 1 [4]

Democracy Now Aired Jan. 14, 2010

Part 1 [5] Part 2 [6] Part 3 [7] Part 4 [8]

Democracy Now Aired Jan. 15, 2010

Part 1 [9]

Part 2 [10]

Part 3 Randall Robinson interview [11]

Telegraph.co.uk Jan.16, 2010 [12]

UN says 300 000 homeless after Haiti quake 2010-01-15 15:15 [13]

China View World Report: Haiti plans massive evacuation of quake-hit homeless [14]

MAPS OF HAITI AND THE CARIBBEAN

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Haiti regional map.jpg
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CHECK THE TIME AND WEATHER FORECAST IN HAITI NOW

Time and weather now in Haiti[15]

GENERAL INFORMATION AND FACTS ABOUT HAITI

WIKIPEDIA GENERAL INFO PAGE FOR HAITI[16]

French and Haitian-Creole are the two official languages and here is a link to an English/French translation page. [17]


NON GOVERNMENT RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS ASSISTING IN HAITI

United Nations [18]

UNICEF [19] [20]

Red Cross [21]

World Food Program [22]

Engineers Without Boarders [23]

Doctors Without Boarders [24]

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)[25]

World Vision [26]

DHL Shipping [27]

DETAILED ROAD MAP OF HAITI

Wikipedia Road Map Link [28]

INSPIRING EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY AID POSSIBILITIES

Many essential needs can be provided using appropriate technology: shelter, water pasteurization, cooking food, dealing with human waste, lighting, telecommunications, bathing and methods of aid cargo delivery, etc.

SOLAR POWERED AIRSHIP ARMADAS DO NOT REQUIRE SHIPPING PORTS, AIRPORTS OR ROADS! IN HAITI, THE PORT'S CRANES USED TO UNLOAD SHIPS ARE IN RUINS, THE ROADS ARE DAMAGED AND CLOGGED WITH REFUGEES AND THE AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER HAS BEEN DESTROYED. THE AIRPORT IS TO SMALL AND ILL EQUIPPED TO LAND AND UNLOAD LARGE TRANSPORT PLANES. THE FIRST RESCUE JET TO ARRIVE FLEW WAS FROM CHINA AND TOOK 6 HOURS TO UNLOAD BY HAND. THE RELIEF SUPPLIES NOW BEING UNLOADED ARE JUST SITTING ALONG RUNWAY.

    11airships in formation Best copy2armardaTEXT.jpg

While beyond the scope of this semester's project, a smaller project can still be very important to the individuals who will receive it when completed. This is the type of airship in the US Air Force fleet in the 1950's. Future next generation cargo airships are planned to be much larger, each capable of carrying as much aid as a small freighter. Please email a link to this web page to Angelina Jolie, a celebrity spokesperson for refugees and who portrayed the Captain of a retro-futuristic airship armada in the movie Sky Captain[29]


  • PARABOLIC SOLAR COOKERS AND PASTEURIZERS MADE USING SALVAGED ITEMS
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                   Basket     Stadium Lights   Satellite Dish  

Basket Solar Cooker [30]

Stadium Light Solar Cooker [31] Please Email this link to the Premier Soccer Player and World Food Program Spokesman ... Ronaldo [32][33] and to 2008, FIFA World Soccer Player of the Year and W.F.P. ambassador...Kaka[34]

Satellite Dish Solar Cooker /paraboliccookerwebsectionpg1.htm

PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY DEVELOPED IN OR FOR HAITI

Waste to Product

Water purification

Organizations

Cooking

Farming

Equipment

Related pages




MORE TO COME!

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