1. AIDG Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group October 2005

2. Overview Hurricane Stan AIDG’s Response Long-term Rehabilitation Technologies Xela Teco Our Partners

3. Hurricane Stan

4. Source: Tropical Storm Risk

10. AIDG Response: Short Term

14. Rationale In the distribution centers we surveyed, food aid was being provided, but cooking fuel or stoves were not. Many people living in rural areas have been relocated to tightly packed encampments with limited access to firewood for cooking.

15. AIDG Response: Long Term Rehabilitation

17. Pre-Hurricane Conditions Electricity –50+ % non-electrification rate among rural villages –Households using traditional alternatives for lighting pay about 80 times the price of electricity. Water –50+ % rural households no access to water service; use natural sources –75% of home w/ piped water, buy bottled or treat water –Lack of access to clean water major contributor to <5 mortality

18. Technologies

20. Local Partner: CEDEPEM Experimental rural technology development organization Largest development agency in Xela Has done significant greenhouse & water pump projects with EU support. AIDG installed 2 windmills at CEDEPEM demonstration centers in Rancho de Teja and Chichaclan

21. For more information AIDG –www.aidg.orgwww.aidg.org –info@aidg.orginfo@aidg.org Appropriate technologies –www.aidg.netwww.aidg.net Xela Teco –www.xelateco.comwww.xelateco.com