Project: Ti-kays (small houses)
Location: Haiti
Timeline: 2010-present / in progress
Impact area: housing / poverty
Partners: Christianville Foundation • Functional Literacy Ministry • OVDEP (no website) • RAPADEJET (no website)
Budget: $935,000 for 140 houses
Field Manager: Jean Daniel Lalanne
Volunteer Project Manager: open
Architect: Mike Stoneking
Community impacts:
- Housing for Haitians living in tents/overcrowding due to 2010 earthquake
- ~150 ti-kays built per year, impacting more than 1000 people annually
- Jobs and training for BGF’s Haitian employees
- Transitioning into an incentive program, rewarding locals in need of housing for community-building work
Building Goodness constructed our 600th ti-kay – “small house” in Haitian creole – in Haiti in 2015, and we’re on track to build 150 more ti-kays in 2016. This panelized home building program is the cornerstone of our organization’s work creating permanent, sustainable housing in Haiti.
The ti-kay program exemplifies our dedication to building sustainability within the communities where we work. The program began with American volunteers working alongside Haitian crews to build panelized homes throughout Haiti. Now, with careful guidance and training, BGF has successfully transferred all ti-kay building and supervisory responsibilities to over 30 permanent Haitian employees. We have essentially worked ourselves out of a job – with positive economic impacts not just for our Haitian workers and their families, but for the community as a whole.
With 4 build crews guided by Haitian supervisors and a Haitian manager, today the ti-kay program is run and maintained entirely by Haitians. We at BGF consider this program one of our crowning achievements.
Map of Ti-kays (small houses) built by BGF
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