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Acronyms Glossary and other Translation aids

This becomes more and more important as we see documents from UN and fields of specialty other than our own When using search engines to locate activity of interest it really helps to know the correct name of the relevant NGO UN or Gov agency

Al Macintyre intends to add to this collection over timeAt some point may split document into Acronyms only Glossary only Bookmarks only etc

Cut amp pasted from many sources merged alphabetically by acronym for future reference The data has come in helter skelter Some day Al may have a break and go do a scientific review of logical sources to get this more comprehensive but stuff has been pretty hectic since Jan 12 quake Some acronyms do not look quite right because the original phraseology is in a language other than English or whatever shown here or there are words missing that Al not yet identified

3W = UN Who What When Where (not 4W because some people canrsquot count)

AADA UN Audit of Disaster-Related Aid

Accessibility for disabled includes 1 blind on crutches wheel chair elderly pregnant hellip none discriminated against2 build shelter higher than anticipated flood waters3 build slope for wheel chair etc that can in fact be navigated4 consider visual hearing speech mental and intellectual

impairments5 emergency exits but infants not wander off

ACF Action Contre la Faim (INGO) ACT Action by Churches Together International httpwwwactallianceorg is an

alliance of 100 churches and church-related organizations that work together in humanitarian assistance and development

ACTED Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (HQ = Paris France) httpwwwactedorg

ADB Asian Development Bank ADF Americas development Foundation httpwwwadfusaorg ADH LrsquoAutoriteacute pour le Deacuteveloppement drsquoHaiumlti

ADMD Asociacioacuten Dominicana de Mitigacioacuten de Desastres (The Dominican Disaster Relief Association)

ADRA Adventist Development and Relief Agency httpwwwadraorgsitePageServer AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AJK Azad Jammu and Kashmir AMIS African Union Mission in Sudan AMCU Aid Management and Coordination Unit Ministry of

International Cooperation AMR Annual Ministerial Reviews APN Port au Prince Sea Port Authority APROSIFA Association for the Promotion of Integral Family Healthcare ARC American Refugee Committee httpwwwarcrelieforgsitePageServer

pagename=haiti_media ARC American Red Cross ARIS Acute respiratory Infection ARV Anti Retroviral AU African Union AVSI Associazione Volontari per il Servizio Internationale

BIM = Building Information Modeling

Biodiversity ndash Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources including inter alia terrestrial marine and aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part

BPM Brigade de la Protection des Mineurs ndash Child Protection Brigade within Haiti Police

BPRM (US) Bureau for Population Refugees and Migration

BUGEP Bureau de Gestion du Preacutescolaire (MoErsquos Preschool Education Unit) CAP Consolidated Appeal Process

Capacity Constraint ndash There is a maximum volume that can move through safely and correctly such as cargo on a public road through an airport or sea port We can increase capacity by improving the facility or adding a new facility such as parachuting supplies in using military landing craft on coast where there is no port land Cessna on public highway

CARICOM Caribbean Community

Carrying Capacity ndash The maximum number of a given organism or population that a particular environment can sustain

CCAT Cross Cluster Assessment of Trends CCCM Camp Coordination Camp Management

CCTRS = Corail Cesselesse Temporary Resettlement Site

CEB Chief Executives Board of the UN

CDAC Communications with Disaster Affected Communities

CES Centre drsquoEducation Speacuteciale (National NGO for Special Education) CFS Child Friendly Spaces or Child Friendly Schools (You would think a school for children by

definition should be child-friendly however this not the case in Haiti due to a lack of standards enforcement and quake damage 90 Haiti schools are private)

CFW Cash for Work CIDA Canadian International Development Agency CIRH Commission for the Interim Reconstruction of Haiti

Cluster Approach - Concept of partnership between UN agencies the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement international organizations and NGOs within a related industry Partners work together towards agreed common humanitarian objectives at global and field level to facilitate inter-agency complementarily by maximizing resources

o Twelve Clusters are Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items Camp Coordination and Camp Management Education Food Logistics Nutrition Protection Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Agriculture Early Recovery Emergency Telecommunications and Health

o Many of the clusters have sub-cluster further specializationo Decentralized cluster mechanisms cover regions outside of Port-au-Prince

o LogisticsTelecommunications Health Emergency Shelter WASH and Nutrition clusters are active in the Dominican Republic

CMAM Community Management of Acute Malnutrition CMO Camp Management Operations CMU Carnegie Mellon Univ CNIGS National GIS cartography including department level CNSA Commission Nationale sur la Seacutecuriteacute Alimentaire (National Commission on Food Security) COFCOR Permanent Committee of Foreign Ministers CONANI Dominican republic National Child Protection Authority

Consultation ndash An exchange of information comments ideas and suggestionsConsultation outputs are considered as inputs for decision-making they should be taken into account but need not determine decisions

CP Child Protection CP Contingency Plan CPA Crime Pattern Analysis CRS Catholic Relief Services httpcrsorghaiti CRWRC Christian Reformed Church World Relief httpcrwrcorg CSC Coordination Support Committee CSI Coping Strategy Index eg Food security waterproof shelter police protection that works CSTD = UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development

CTP Cash Transfer Programme CWGER = Cluster Working Group on Early Recovery CWS Church World Service

DAC OECD Development Assistance Committee DAD Development Assistance Database DanChurchAid httpwwwdanchurchaidorg is a Denmark faith based NGO

DCF Development Cooperation Forum

Debris ndash what can be in a Disaster Debris PileDead bodies and body partsE-wastes such as computers telephones and TVsldquoWhite goodsrdquo such as refrigerators washing machines dryersHazardous materials such as bleachRadioactive materials from hospitals industries andlaboratoriesExplosive gases from households hospitals industriesPetroleum products from gas stations power plantsPCBs from transformersAmmunition from houses army camps and police stationsDisaster Rescue workers waste products without garbage pickup

Deacutepartements (10) of Haiti administrative jurisdictions similar to states or provinces Four of these departments received almost 400000 of the initial over 500000 displaced Artibonite (capital Gonaiumlves) Centre (capital Hinche) Grande Anse (capital Jeacutereacutemie) and Nippes (capital Miragoacircne) This according to the Red X Later figures said 600000 to 700000 displaced inside Haiti and 200000 crossed border into Dominican Republic

DESA Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the UN DFID UK-Britain Department for International Development DGS Direction du geacutenie scolaire DHS Demographic and Health Survey DINEPA Direction Nationale de lrsquoEau Potable (National Unit for WASH)

Disaster ndash A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society causingwidespread human material economic or environmental losses which exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources

Displaced persons ndash persons who for different reasons or circumstances have been compelled to leave their homes They may or may not reside in their country of origin but are not necessarily regarded legally as refugees

DM = Disaster Management DOCX cannot be opened with Alrsquos XP Word 2003 It needs Word 2007 access DPA Darfur Peace Agreement

DPC = Haiti Department of Civil Protection (Police) Civil Protection Directorate

DPT3 Diphtheria Pertussis and Tetanus vaccine DTM Displaced Tracking Matrix DR Dominican Republic DR Disaster Reduction which tends to be more logical DRI Direct Relief International DRR Disaster Risk Reduction which tends to be more physical DRSS Disaster Response Support Service of Bioforce and RedR within SPHERE

project DSNCRP Document de Strateacutegie Nationale pour la Croissance et pour la Reacuteduction de la Pauvreteacute

(PRSP Document) DSSE Department Sanitaire du Sud-Est DWG Disability Working Group DWR Disaster Waste Recovery

EAD Economic Affairs Division

Early recovery ndash Recovery that begins early in a humanitarian setting Early recovery is not intended as a separate phase within the relief-development continuum but rather as an effort to strengthen the effectiveness of the linkage Early recovery encompasses livelihoods shelter governance environment and social dimensions (such as HIVAids and gender equality as cross-cutting issues) including the re-integration of displaced populationshellip

ECD Early Childhood Development ECHO European Commissionrsquos Humanitarian Aid Office ECLAC UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carribbean

Ecologically sensitive area ndash Habitats such as wetlands aquifer recharge zones important wildlife habitats and so forth which are or might be sensitive to degradation or destruction by human activities

ECOSOC Economic and Social Council of the UN

Ecosystem ndash A functional unit consisting of all the living organisms (plants animals andmicrobes) in a given area as well as the non-living physical and chemical factors of theirenvironment linked together through nutrient cycling and energy flow An ecosystem can be of any size ndash a log pond field forest or the Earthrsquos biosphere ndash but it always functions as a whole unit Ecosystems are commonly described according to the main type of vegetation (eg forest ecosystem old-growth ecosystem or range ecosystem)

Ecosystem integrity ndash The degree to which the fundamental ecological processes (eg water and nutrient cycling the flow of energy and biodiversity) are maintained

Ecosystem services ndash The benefits which an ecosystem provides which include storing water preventing soil erosion nutrient recycling and serving as a source of genetic diversity

EFA Education for All EFSA Emergency Food Security Assessment EID Early Infant Diagnosis ELDA the EvaluationsEuropean and

Language Resources Distribution Agency EMMA = Emergency Market Mapping Analysis EMMUS Enquete de morbiditie mortalite et utilisation des services ENA Environmental Needs Assessment ENAT Environmental Needs Assessment Team

Environmental Consequences ndash think check list of what needs to be dealt with

Environmental Consequences of Landslide

1048696 Damaged infrastructure as a possible secondary environmental threat eg leakage from fuel storage facilities Secondary impacts by temporarily displaced people

1048696 Impacts associated with reconstruction and repair to damaged infrastructure (eg deforestation quarrying waste pollution)

PEOPLE CONSEQUENCES include o getting buried amp maybe killedo critical roads blocked

Environmental Consequences of an Earthquake

1048696 Loss of productive systems eg agriculture 1048696 Damage to natural landscapes and vegetation 1048696 Possible mass flooding if dam infrastructure weakened or

destroyed or drainage canals filled with debris 1048696 Waste accumulation ndash additional waste disposal sites required 1048696 Secondary impacts by temporarily displaced people 1048696 Impacts associated with reconstruction and repair to damaged

infrastructure (eg deforestation quarrying waste pollution) 1048696 Damaged infrastructure as a possible secondary environmental

threat eg leakage from fuel storage facilities PEOPLE CONSEQUENCES include

o Being in or near a building that falls down amp maybe killed or maimed

o Loss of critical infrastructure

Environmental Consequences of Volcanic Eruption(There are many active volcanoes in the Americas)

1048696 Loss of productive landscape and crops being buried by ash and pumice

1048696 Forest fires as a result of molten lava 1048696 Secondary impacts by temporarily displaced people 1048696 Loss of wildlife following gas release 1048696 Secondary flooding should rivers or valleys be blocked by lava

flow 1048696 Damaged infrastructure as a possible secondary environmental

threat eg leakage from fuel storage facilities Impacts associated with reconstruction and repair to damaged infrastructure (eg deforestation quarrying waste pollution)

PEOPLE CONSEQUENCES include o Get out of way or get killed hellip ash can also be deadlyo Loss of critical infrastructure

Environmental Consequences of any HurricaneCycloneTyphoon

1048696 Loss of vegetation cover and wildlife habitat 1048696 Short-term heavy rains and flooding inland 1048696 Mud slides and soil erosion 1048696 Saltwater intrusion to underground fresh water reservoirs 1048696 Soil contamination from saline water 1048696 Damage to offshore coral reefs and natural coastal defense

mechanisms 1048696 Waste (some of which may be hazardous) and debris

accumulation 1048696 Secondary impacts by temporarily displaced people 1048696 Impacts associated with reconstruction and repair to damaged

infrastructure (eg deforestation quarrying waste pollution) PEOPLE CONSEQUENCES include

o Get out of way or get killedo Loss of critical infrastructure

Environmental Consequences of Flood

1048696 Ground water pollution through sewage overflow health implications with mosquitos

1048696 Loss of crops livestock and livelihood security 1048696 Excessive siltation may affect certain fish stocks 1048696 River bank damage from erosion 1048696 Water and soil contamination fertilizers used 1048696 Secondary impacts by temporarily displaced people 1048696 Beneficial sedimentation in floodplains or close to river banks PEOPLE CONSEQUENCES include

o Get out of way or get killedo Serious damage to critical infrastructureo Roads blocked

Environmental Consequences of Tsunami

1048696 Ground water pollution through sewage overflow 1048696 Saline incursion and sewage contamination of groundwater

reservoirs 1048696 Loss of productive fisheries and coastal forestplantations 1048696 Destruction of coral reefs 1048696 Coastal erosion andor beneficial deposition of sediment on

beachessmall islands 1048696 Marine pollution from back flow of wave surge 1048696 Soil contamination 1048696 Loss of crops and seed banks 1048696 Waste accumulation ndash additional waste disposal sites required 1048696 Secondary impacts by temporarily displaced people 1048696 Impacts associated with reconstruction and repair to damaged

Environmental Consequences of Drought

1048696 Loss of surface vegetation 1048696 Loss of biodiversity 1048696 Forced human displacement 1048696 Loss of livestock and other productive systems

Environmental Consequences of Epidemic

1048696 Loss of biodiversity 1048696 Forced human displacement 1048696 Loss of productive economic systems 1048696 Introduction of new species

Environmental Consequences of Forest Fires (Haiti safe from this for a while)

1048696 Loss of forest and wildlife habitat 1048696 Loss of biodiversity 1048696 Loss of ecosystem services 1048696 Loss of productive crops 1048696 Soil erosion 1048696 Secondary encroachment for settlement or agriculture

EPF Emergency Programme Fund EPI Expanded Programme of Immunisation ER = Early Recovery (part of IASC Cluster System) ERC Emergency Response Coordinator

ESC emergency shelter and transitional shelter

ESD Education for Sustainable Development

ERRA Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority ERUs Emergency Response Units

EU = European Union

FACT Field Assessment and Coordination Team FADH Haitian Armed Forces (none exist but some people have called for replacing the UN

troops in Haiti with such)

FAO UN Food and Agriculture Organization HQ in Rome Italy

FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions

FB = Facebook a social network

Federation International Federation of Red Cross amp Red Crescent Societies FH Food for Hungry httpfhreliefwordpresscom20081020launch-of-fh-haiti FIGOSOGC International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics FOKAL Fondasyon Konesans Ak Libegravete (National NGO on Education and Culture) Fondefh Fondation pour le Deacuteveloppement de la Famille Haiumltienne FOSREF Fondation pour la Sante Reproductive et lrsquoEducation Familiale FP focal persons FPGL Fondation Paul Geacuterin Lajoie (International Development NGO) FRC Federal Relief Commission FTR family tracing and reunification FTS Financial Tracking System G77 Group of 77 Developing Nations GAM Global Acute malnutrition GARR Support Group for the Repatriated and Refugees GAVI Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation GBV Gender Based Violence GCMS Geographical coordination and Monitoring Section GDP Gross Domestic Product GEMAP Governance and Economic Management Assistance Plan GenCap Gender Standby Capacity Project GHD Good Humanitarian Donorship Initiative GHESKIO Groupe Haiumltien drsquoEtudes de Sarcome de Kaposi et drsquoInfections

Opportunistes (National NGO on HIVAIDS) GIA Governorrsquos Island Agreement GIS Geographical Information System GoH Government of Haiti GNI Gross National Income GNP Gross National Product GPS Global Positioning System GPOI Global Peace Operations Initiative (military peacekeeping) GTEF Groupe de Travail pour lrsquoEacuteducation et la Formation (Presidential Commission on Education

and Training)

HAC Humanitarian Aid Commission HAP = Humanitarian Accountability Partnership

HAVEN House and community building charity HC Haiti Commission HCRC = Humanitarian CoordinatorResident Coordinator HCT Humanitarian Country Team HDI Human Development Index HEAS Epidemic Advisory System in Haiti HEDR = Haiti Earthquake Disaster Relief a discussion group on Linked In

HELP ACT Haiti Economic Lift Program (facilitate export to USA clothing manufactured in Haiti)

HIC Humanitarian Information Centre

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus HNMC = Haitian National Meteorology Center (weather forecasts)

HNP Haitian National Police HNRCS Haitian National Red Cross Society

HODR Hands on Disaster Relief

HQ Headquarters

HRC Haiti Response Coalition HRS Human Rights Section of MINUSTAH HTPC Haiti Operations Center HUG Haiti Under God HWTSS Hygiene Water Treatment and Safe Storage

IAAC Independent Audit Advisory Committee of UN IARTE Inter-Agency real time Evaluation IASC UNrsquos Inter-Agency Standing Committee

IBESR Institut de Bien-Etre Social et de Recherches (MoSArsquos Institute on Social Welfare and Research)

IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization HQ in Montreal Canada ICC International Criminal Court is apart from the UN ICD International Cooperation Directorate Ministry of Finance

and National Economy

ICF Interim Cooperation Framework

ICJ International Court of Justice of the UN located at The Hague Netherlands ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross ICRH Interim Commission for the Reconstruction of Haiti ICSID International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes IDA International Development Association IDB Inter-American Development Bank IDB Islamic Development Bank

IDEJEN Initiative pour le deacuteveloppment des jeunes IDP Internal Displaced People (refugees within home nation) IDPSS Internally Displaced Persons Surveillance System

IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development HQ Rome Italy

IFC International Finance Corporation IFRC = International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IHE Institut Haiumltien de lrsquoEnfance (National Haitian Child Institute) IHSI Institut Haitien de Statistiques (National Institute of Statistics) IIA Institute of Internal Auditors IIRO International Islamic Relief Organisation ILAS Institute of Latin American Studies ILF International Lifeline Funds IMAGE Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity IMC International Medical Corps IMCI Integrated Management of Childhood Illness INEE Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies IMEP Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation Plan IMF International Monetary Fund IMR Infant Mortality Rate I-NGO International NGO INSTRAW International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of

Women INTOSAI UN Working Group Accountability for Audit of Disaster-Related Aid IOM International Organization for Migration IRC International Rescue Committee IRD International Relief and Development httpwwwird-dcorg

IRDWG Inclusion Rehabilitation Disability Working Group

ISF Integrated Strategic IT Information Technology ITC International Trade Center ITU International Telecommunication Union HQ Geneva Switzerland IYCF Infant and young child feeding JCICS Joint Council on international childrenrsquos services JEN Japan Emergency NGOs JIU Joint Inspection Unit (oversight body of the United Nations system) JOTC Joint Operations and Tasking Center JPHRO Jenkins-Penn Haitian Relief Organisation JTF Joint Task Force (US military)

KOFAVIV Commission of Women Victim-to-Victim KORE-N Coordination to Rebuild the Nation (in Creole means lsquosupport usrsquo) LAS League of Arab States

LC = Logistics Cluster of UN NGO relief efforts hellip transportation military cargo handling etc

LCU = Landing Craft Units (a unit in UN context means a vehicle for cargo) LET = Logistics Emergency Teams LI = Linked In a social network for professionals LLH Life Line Haiti LLIN = Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets

LOG = Logistics Operational Guide

MAST Ministegravere des Affaires Sociales et du Travail - Ministry of Social Affairs

MCM Municipality Cluster Mechanism MDG Millenium Development Goal MdM Meacutedecins du Monde MENFP Ministegravere de leacuteducation nationale et de la formation professionnelle MERLIN Medical Emergency Relief International

o httpwwwmerlin-usaorg MHPSS Mental Health and psycho-social support MICAH Civilian Support UN Mission in Haiti MICS Multiple Cluster Inidator Survey MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

The ministries of the Haitian government are

Ministry of Agriculture Natural Resources and Rural Development Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ministry of Finance and Economy Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cults Ministry of Information and Coordination Ministry of Interior and National Defense Ministry of Justice Ministry of National Education Youth and Sports Ministry of Planning and Foreign Aid Ministry of Public Health and Population Ministry of Public Works Transportation and Communications Ministry of Social Affairs

MINUSTAH Mission des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation drsquoHaiumlti (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti) (UN Peacekeepers)

MIPONUH United Nations Civilian Police Mission MJSP Ministegravere e de la Justice et de la Seacutecuriteacute Publique - Ministry of Justice

MNF Multi-National Force MoH Ministry of Health MoM Meeting Minutes MoP Ministegravere de la Planification et de la Coopeacuteration Externe - Ministry of Planning MoU Memorandum of Understanding Movement the = the International Committee of the Red Cross the International Federation of Red

Cross amp Red Crescent Societies and national societies MPCE Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation MPP Peasant Movement of Papay MSB Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency MSF Meacutedecins sans Frontiegraveres (Doctors without Borders) MSH Management Sciences for Health MSPP Ministegravere de la Santeacute Publique et de la Population - Ministry of Health MT Machine Translation (see httpwwwallenkeys2languagesorgcreole-

languages-and-technologies for significance) MTPTC The Ministry of Public Works Transport and Communications MUAC Middle Upper Arm Circumference MUDHA Movement of Dominican Women of Haitian Descent MYR Mid-Year Review

NCA Norwegian Church Aid NDBC US National Data Bouy Center NEP = New Emergencies Policy NGO Non-Governmental Organizations NNF National Notario Foundation NRC Norwegian Refugee Council NSP Non-State Providers NWFP North-West Frontier Province

OAS Organization of American States OCEDAH Office of Community Education and Diversity Affairs OCHA United Nations Office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OHA Official Humanitarian Assistance OHCHR United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OIC Organisation of the Islamic Conference OIOS the Office of Internal Oversight Services for UN OLS Operation Lifeline Sudan OSIG Office of the Secretary General of the UN OSZ Outside Shake zone OTPs Outpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centers

PAI Programa Ampliado Imunizacion PADF Pan American Development Foundation PaP = Port au Prince capital of Haiti PAPDA Platform for Alternative Development in Haiti

Participation ndash A process by which stakeholders are active and equal partners in decision making and may have shared ownership and control over projectprogramme design and implementation (and also eventual evaluation)

PBC Peace Building Commission PBR Programme Budget review PCA Partnership Cooperation Agreements PCNB Points de Conseil de Nutrition Pour les Beacutebeacutes PDA Presbyterian Disaster Assistance PCI Project Concern International httpwwwprojectconcernorg PDNA = Post Disaster Needs Assessment and Recovery Framework

Pesadev Perspectives pour la Santeacute et le Deacuteveloppement PFII Permanent UN Forum on Indigenous Issues PM = Prime Minister PMCC = Project Management Coordination Cell PMTCT Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission PNH Police Nationale drsquoHaiti PPE Personal Protective Equipment PPT Microsoft Power Point PRCS Pakistan Red Crescent Society

Protected area ndash Portions of land protected by special restrictions and laws for the conservation of the natural environment They include large tracts of land set aside for the protection of wildlife and its habitat areas of great natural beauty or unique interest areas containing rare forms of plant and animal life areas representing unusual geologic formations places of historic and prehistoric interest areas containing ecosystems of special importance for scientific investigation and study and areas that safeguard the needs of the biosphere

PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PWYF = Publish What You Fund

QCF Qatar Charitable Foundation QIP Quick Impact Project

RAT Recovery Assessment Team RCS Red CrossCrescent Society

RedR (pronounced Red R) httpwwwredrorg is an international NGO that provides recruitment training and support services for humanitarian professionals across the world

Red X = Al Mac abbreviation for Red Cross

Rehabilitation ndash The full or at least partial restoration of degraded landscapes andor impaired ecosystem services to their state prior for example to the site being occupied as a site for transitional shelter for displaced people

RJNA Rapid Joint Needs Assessment RMB Renminbi RTF hellip Rich Text Format RUIF Ready-to-use infant formula RUTF Ready to Use Therapeutic Food

SAB Stand-by-Agreements SAG Strategic Advisory Group SAI Supreme Audit Institutions SAJ-Veye-Jo Solidarity among Youth SAM Severe Acute Malnutrition SC Save the Children SCs Stabilization Centers SDA Structural Damage Assessment Secretariat = the Geneva-based Secretariat of the International Federation of Red Cross amp Red Crescent

Societies and its regional Zones SEL Service drsquoEntraide et de Liaison (see

httpwwwallenkeys2languagesorgcreole-languages-and-technologies for significance)

SESPAS Dominican Ministry of Health SFP Engineers without Borders ndash San Francisco Professionals

SHELTER o When we see the word ldquoShelterrdquo in UN NGO Gov documents about Haiti it usually

means ldquoEmergency Shelterrdquo from rains such as tents tarps etc ideally on land not at high risk of flooding or mudslides or landslides

o When we see OTHER folks using the word ldquoShelterrdquo they usually mean ldquoHousingrdquo that meets Building Standards that includes protection from Hurricanes Earthquakes nite rapes surprise evictions and other hazards that are normal reasonable expectations for the people of Haiti

SHELTER SAFER STRATEGY OF GOVERNMENT OF HAITIThis strategy proposes five basic options for the affected population

1 Return to a safe home after evaluation by trained engineers 2 Return to a safe plot after debris has been removed from the site

3 Stay with a host family4 Stay in a current spontaneous settlement if conditions at the site can be

made to meet minimum standards in the medium term5 For those who do not have another option move to a temporary

relocation site planned by the Government

SIL Summer Institute of Linguistics (see httpwwwallenkeys2languagesorgcreole-languages-and-technologies for significance)

SLL Surviving Limb Loss SMCRS Service Meacutetropolitain de Collecte de Reacutesidus Solides (Haiti municipal

solid waste management authority) SOFA Solidarite Fanm Ayisyegraven (National NGO for Women) SOFA Solidarity with Haitian Women SOUTHCOM US Southern (military) Command

SPHERE Project httpwwwsphereprojectorgcontentview9158langenglish has two core beliefs

first that all possible steps should be taken to alleviate human suffering arising out of calamity and conflict and

second that those affected by disaster have a right to life with dignity and therefore a right to assistance

SPNS Strategic Plan for National Salvation SR = Santo Domingo capital of Dominican Republic SRCS Sudanese Red Crescent Society

SSA Special Service Agreement START Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force STC = Save the Children STD Sexually Transmitted Diseases

T-Shelter Transitional Shelter (quake and cyclone proof shelter in Haiti for people displaced by last such disaster)

TdH Terre des Hommes (I-NGO) TDRA Transitional Darfur Regional Authority TLAs Three Letter Abbreviations (not wanted in an Acronym-free Zone) TLS Temporary Learning Spaces TOR Terms of Reference

Transitional settlement ndash settlement and shelter resulting from conflict and natural disasters ranging from emergency response to durable solutions

TSs Transitional Shelters TWG Technical Working Groups

U5 Under 5 years old U5MR Under-five Mortality Rate UMCOR United Methodist Committee on Relief UN United Nations UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS - Programme Acceleration Funds UNAMID UNndashAU Mission in Darfur UNCDF United Nations Capital Development Fund UNCHR United Nations Commission on Human Rights UNCRI United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute UN-CSW United Nations Commission on the Status of Women UNCT United Nations Country Team UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization HQ Paris

France UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHRC United Nations Human Rights Council UNICEF United Nations Childrenrsquos Fund

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization HQ Vienna Austria UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research UNMIH United Nations Mission in Haiti UNMOVIC United Nations Monitoring Verification and Inspection Commission UNO United Nations Organization UNODOC UN Office on Drugs and Crime UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Service UNPOL United Nations Police UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development UNSC UN Security Council

UNSOG United Nations Special Operations Group UNU United Nations University UNV United Nations Volunteers USA = United States of America USAID United States Agency for International Development USD = US Dollars USIP US Institute for Peace wwwusiporg 1048696104869610486961048696104869610486961048696104869610486961048696104869610486961048696

VEDEK Vive Espoir pour le Developpement de Cap-rouge VRQ Very Rapid Qualitative Approach VSLA Village Savings and Loan Associations VSN Volontaires de la Seacutecuriteacute Nationale

Vulnerability ndash The extent to which a community structure service or geographic area is likely to be damaged or disrupted by the impact of a particular hazard

WASH Water Sanitation and Hygiene

Water catchment ndash An area often a combination of mountain ranges and basins that lsquocatchesrsquo rainfall or snow Water from rain or snowmelt is absorbed into the soil and stored in underground reservoirs or is fed into a river aquifer or lake

WFP World Food Programme HQ in Rome Italy WG Working Group WINNER The Watershed Initiative For National Natural

Environmental Resources httpwwwusaidgovhelphaitidocumentswinner_100408html

WHOPAHO World Health OrganisationPan American Health Organisation WORD hellip Alrsquos docs in Microsoft Office Word 2003 unless otherwise stated

World Heritage Site ndash A designated and protected site of great cultural significance or ageographic area of outstanding universal value

WP Work Package WP Word Processing WRC Womenrsquos Refugee Committee WTO World Trade Organization

XL hellip Al Mac abbreviation for Microsoft Excel 2003

YCSD Young Child Survival and Development Zanmi Lasante Partners in Health

Copies of this collection have been shared with many connections via e-mail Facebook Notes Haiti Rewired Definitions early editions on Linked In Group Haiti Earthquake Disaster Relief

April 6 launched with 46 Count above April 12 = 170 estimated approx week later April 12 (4 frac12 pages)Middle of April Al shared this on FB amp e-mail contacts

April 27 = 200 estimated (just over 5 pages growth slowing down)Last week of April Al shared this on HR amp e-mail contactsApril 28 got just over 6 pagesApril 29 = 230 estimated into 7 pagesMay 2 started page 10 (mainly UN break downs added)May 6 started page 11 (mainly Donor Diversity research)May 8 now 16 pages (mainly Environmental Glossary additions)May 9 starts page 18

CCAT Cross Cluster Assessment of Trends

ERC Emergency Response Coordinator

ERUs Emergency Response Units

EU = European Union

FACT Field Assessment and Coordination Team

FADH Haitian Armed Forces (none exist but some people have called for replacing the UN troops in Haiti with such)

HAP = Humanitarian Accountability Partnership

HEDR = Haiti Earthquake Disaster Relief a discussion group on Linked In

HNMC = Haitian National Meteorology Center (weather forecasts)

HNRCS Haitian National Red Cross Society

HQ Headquarters

ICD International Cooperation Directorate Ministry of Finance and National Economy

LLIN = Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets

PDNA = Post Disaster Needs Assessment and Recovery Framework

WINNER The Watershed Initiative For National Natural Environmental Resources httpwwwusaidgovhelphaitidocumentswinner_100408html