Haiti Earthquake Assistance Project for HSU Engineering 305

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 relevant information at the following link and you will be contacted.[2] email bart6591@yahoo.com

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]

MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show January 14, 2010 [9]

Democracy Now Aired Jan. 15, 2010

Part 1 [10]

Part 2 [11]

Part 3 Randall Robinson interview [12]

Tom Hartmann interviews Bill Fletcher, Commentator on History of Haitian/US/France international relations [13]

Telegraph.co.uk Jan.16, 2010 [14]

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

China View World Report: Haiti plans massive evacuation of quake-hit homeless [16]

Associated Press 01-17-2010 12:19am [17]

Daily News 11:35am 17/01/2010 Body of top UN envoy in Haiti found [18]

Mirror News U.K. 1/18/2010 25,000 dead and dying in Leogane at quakes epicenter [19]

MAPS OF HAITI AND THE CARIBBEAN

Haiti Earthquake damage map [20]

CHECK THE TIME AND WEATHER FORECAST IN HAITI NOW

Time and weather now in Haiti[21]

GENERAL INFORMATION AND FACTS ABOUT HAITI

WIKIPEDIA GENERAL INFO PAGE FOR HAITI[22]

French and Haitian-Creole are the two official languages and here is a link to an English/French translation page. [23]

NON GOVERNMENT RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS ASSISTING IN HAITI

United Nations [24]

UNICEF [25] [26]

Red Cross [27]

World Food Program [28]

Engineers Without Boarders [29]

Doctors Without Boarders [30]

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)[31]

World Vision [32]

DHL Shipping [33]

DETAILED ROAD MAP OF HAITI

Wikipedia Road Map Link [34]

INSPIRING EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY AID POSSIBILITIES

THE RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF RESCUE AIRSHIP ARMADAS

SOLAR POWERED AIRSHIP ARMADAS WOULD NOT REQUIRE REFUELING, SHIPPING PORTS, AIRPORTS OR ROADS! IN HAITI, THE PORT IS IN RUINS, THE ROADS ARE DAMAGED, CLOGGED WITH RUBLE, DEAD BODIES AND REFUGEES. THE AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER HAS BEEN DESTROYED. THE AIRPORT IS TOO SMALL AND ILL EQUIPPED TO LAND AND UNLOAD LARGE MILITARY TRANSPORT PLANES RAPIDLY. THE FIRST RESCUE JET TO ARRIVE FLEW ALL THE WAY FROM CHINA(!) AND TOOK 6 HOURS TO UNLOAD BY HAND. THE BULK OF THE RELIEF SUPPLIES, ONCE UNLOADED ARE NOW BEING STACKED NEAR THE RUNWAY AND HAVE NOT REACHED THE HAITIAN PEOPLE AS OF 1/17/2010. FOR FIVE DAYS THE SURVIVORS HAVE WAITED. A RAPID DEPLOYMENT RESCUE AIRSHIP FLEET STATIONED IN FLORIDA WOULD HAVE TAKEN LESS THAN 4 HOURS TO REACH ITS DESTINATION.

While inspiring, such a vision is far beyond the scope of this semester's project. Though smaller in scale, our project can still prove to be very important to the individuals who will receive it and a shining example for others to follow....into the future. The airships above are of the type used by the US Navy fleet back in the 1950's. Future next generation cargo airships are planned to be much larger, more aerodynamic, capable of carrying as much aid as a small freighter and yet able to reach even remote villages at speeds approaching 200 mph (174 knots). (A special note: Please email a link for this web page to the United Nations High Commission For Refugees Goodwill Ambassador - Angelina Jolie [35] who once portrayed the commander of a retro-futuristic airship armada in the movie Sky Captain. [36]) And now for something more...down to Earth.

PARABOLIC SOLAR COOKERS AND PASTEURIZERS MADE USING SALVAGED ITEMS

      
                   Basket     Stadium Lights   Satellite Dish

Basket Solar Cooker [37]

Stadium Light Solar Cooker [38] Please Email this link to the Premier Soccer Player and World Food Program Spokesman ... Ronaldo [39][40] and to 2008, FIFA World Soccer Player of the Year and W.F.P. ambassador...Kaka[41]

Satellite Dish Solar Cooker [42]