MISSION STATEMENT: RELIEF WATCH IS AN ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES SUSTAINED ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS AFTER INITIAL RESPONDERS AND WORLDWIDE ATTENTION HAVE SUBSIDED. THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH GROUNDED IN LOCAL PERSPECTIVES, WE WILL INFORM AND ENABLE SUSTAINED ACTION THROUGH TARGETED ADVOCACY TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, VOLUNTEER PROFESSIONALS, AND THE MEDIA. VISION STATEMENT: CONTINUED EMPOWERMENT OF DISASTER-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES Relief Watch

Strengths -Connections with organizations and well connected people -Our educational experiences and connections in Washington, D.C. -Connecting marketing skills with International Relations background -Central location in Washington, D.C. -Close connections with Maxwell School Alumni

Haiti Now Less than 5% of promised aid has actually been received by the Haitian Government Only 2% of the rubble has been cleared Relief Watch – Haiti

Haiti Now 13,000 shelters built (> 10% of planned) A storm killed 6 people in a tent city in the capital of Port-au- Prince Relief Watch – Haiti

CHF International Pan American Development Foundation Organizational Partners -Built over 1,900 transitional shelters, housing over 9,500 Haitians in sanitary, safe conditions. -Removed over 256,000 cubic meters of debris — equal to four football fields covered seven stories high in rubble. -Pan American Development Fund has been doing on the ground work since shortly after the earthquake and continue to do so today. -PADF is working hard to move people out of the camps and into safe homes. -They are also hiring locals in recovery efforts, providing counseling to victims, and creating a safe haven for children.

Primary Stakeholders Secondary Stakeholders Current partner organizations Media outlets - CNN, The Washington Post United States Government Local government of disaster affected country Competing NGOs Foreign governments also providing aid Stakeholders

WE HIGHLIGHT OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS PAST WORK AS WELL AS ADVOCATING FURTHER WORK IN THE DISASTER ZONE RE-AWAKE PUBLIC ATTENTION TO CURRENT STATE AND NEEDS IN DISASTER AFFECTED ZONES LOBBYING THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO GIVE AID AND RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS TO THE ACTUAL FUNDING OUR GOVERNMENT IS GIVING Services we Provide

NICHE: OUR SMALL SIZE SO WE CAN QUICKLY PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS SIZE: WE HAVE MINIMAL STAFF TO REDUCE OVERHEAD COSTS LOCATION: WASHINGTON, D.C. Niche, Size, and Location

LOBBYING GOVERNMENTS IN PERSON DONATIONS, SPECIALIZING IN THOSE WHO HAVE A SPECIFIC INTEREST IN THAT REGION INFLUENTIAL INDIVIDUALS FROM THE COUNTRY GRANTS FROM FOUNDATIONS FREE HUMAN LABOR Sources of Funding

“WE HOPE CORPORATE AMERICA WON'T JUST GIVE GENEROUSLY IN THE FIRST WEEK BUT ON A LONG-TERM, SUSTAINABLE BASIS” -DAVID HUMPHRIES, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AT CHF INTERNATIONAL “THE SUFFERING OF MY FELLOW COUNTRYMEN IS NO LONGER FRONT-PAGE NEWS, BUT IT IS STILL VERY MUCH A REALITY…IT’S UNIMAGINABLE THAT HAITIANS HAVE TO LIVE UNDER TARPS, BED SHEETS AND EVEN PIECES OF CARDBOARD. WITH YOUR HELP, THEY CAN HAVE A DIGNIFIED LIFE IN A SAFE HOME.” -PADF SPOKESMAN Quotes