My Haiti Survey
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Greetings.  We are re-creating a web site for individuals and agencies that work in Haiti as a convenient, one-stop site on which most of the information you need to make day-to-day decisions may be found.  We are considering what types of information and services would be of greatest value to you and your overseas personnel.  If you will enter your name and/or email address at the end, we will keep you informed of our progress.   Print Friendly Version

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1) How often do you use the World Wide Web to find information and services to aid you in your work in Haiti?
          Daily
         Every couple of days
         Weekly
         Once in a while
         Seldom if ever

2) Which choices best describe your affiliation with an agency or mission?
         Agency director
         Agency volunteer
         Agency employee
         Long-term missionary
         Short-term missionary
         Committed donor
         Fund raiser
         Journalist
         Friend of an agency
         Interested person

3) If you work with an agency, is your agency...
         A Christian mission?
         A humanitarian agency / mission?
         An individual or family work?
         A governmental agency?
         Another kind?

4) Which categories of INFORMATION would you consider to be most valuable in helping you to make day-to-day decisions about your work in Haiti IF such information was available to you?  (Choose one or more.)
          Detailed information about other agencies, missions and members.
         Listings of people and services available to help in problem solving and decision-making.
         News specific to Haiti and updated daily, summarized from a variety of sources.
         Contact information for funding sources: grants, loans, agencies, large donors.
         Sound recordings of recent meetings, conferences, interviews, speeches, essays.
         Manuscripts, books, essays, reference material, reviews, texts available on demand.
         Maps, directions, history, statistics, technical details, land use, agricultural maps and info.
         Photo montages of landmarks, people, scenery, villages, areas, ministries.
 

5) Which categories of SERVICES would you consider to be most valuable in helping you to make decisions about your work in Haiti IF such information was available to you?   (Choose one or more.)
         Technical courses, tech help, computer help, tech consulting, freeware, forms, procedures.
         Language services and resources, translating, Creole commentaries or lessons, English as a second language resources, translator software, French / Spanish / Creole / English, online downloadable dictionaries.
         Advertising - help wanted, volunteers needed, goods needed, goods available, free stuff, shipping containers, surplus. What do you have too much of? What do you need?
         Electronic bulletin board for posting comments, opinions, blogs, photographs, field reports, recordings, exchanges of ideas.
         Video and other promotional material from your agency and other agencies.
         Opportunities to serve others as a paid employee or volunteer.

6) If money was not a factor, which of the following services would be most helpful to you now? (Choose the two most valuable.)
          You could provide me with a website so I can let others know what we are accomplishing.
         You could distribute our newsletter in digital form to a list of interested people.
         You could let other agencies with a surplus know that we have a need.
         You could research and apply for grants and other available funds on our behalf.
         You could make someone available in Haiti for our agency in an emergency.
         You could produce a professional promotional DVD for our supporters.
         You could provide me with a list of professionals who volunteer their services.

7) What other information or services might be useful to you if made accessible on a website?  (80 characters max)


8) If such information and services as we described in the statements above were available on one website, how often do you suppose you might access it to aid you in your work in Haiti?
          Daily
         Every couple of days
         Weekly
         Once in a while
         Seldom if ever

9) What types of information might you be able to provide for a cooperative website?
         Journal of day-to-day ministry in Haiti, or weekly / monthly column.
         Manuscripts, tracts, maps, video or recordings on pertinent topics.
         Advice on training methods, horticulture, politics or 'incarnational' ministry.
         Photo arrays, photos of your ministry, ministry / agency address and stats.
         Surplus items for sale or trade, services you could render, services or info you need.
         Computer / technical help: typing, programming, scanning, web design.
         Field expertise, troubleshooting, advice.
         Other information / services.
         None.

10) If you answered 'Other information / services,' what?  (80 characters )

11) Any other suggestions?  (80)

12) We are planning to make most of our services free to you.  We would like to keep you updated, and have access to the information and services you might be able to provide. 

Please enter your email address in the following box.  (Your address will not be used in any other way than to contact you about this project.)  (50 characters)


13) You could also enter the name and city of the agency you serve.  (80)


14) And may we have your name and contact information?  (80)

Clicking the Email Results button will send your survey answers to our administrator.  Thank you for your help.

  Survey previous results April 23, 2006.  We have had pretty fair participation in this "MyHaiti" Survey.  We will continue to look at incoming results, so if you know others working in Haiti, please pass on our link.

1) How often do you use the World Wide Web to find information and services to aid you in your work in Haiti?  The majority of survey participants access the WWW daily to help them with their work in Haiti.  Almost all participants answered Daily, Every Couple of Days or Weekly.

2) Which choices best describe your affiliation with an agency or mission?   The majority of survey participants are agency directors.  Also represented are long-term missionaries, a couple fund raisers and donors.

3) If you work with an agency, is your agency...  Humanitarian agencies and Christian missions participated equally.  One family ministry and an agency of "another kind" also participated.

4) Which categories of INFORMATION would you consider to be most valuable in helping you to make day-to-day decisions about your work in Haiti IF such information was available to you?   First rank: Detailed information about other agencies; second, contact information for fund raising sources; third, listings of available people and services; fourth, news, texts, photos and maps.  All categories of services mentioned in the survey received good attention.

5) Which categories of SERVICES would you consider to be most valuable in helping you to make decisions about your work in Haiti IF such information was available to you?  Survey respondents chose in this order: firstly, tech courses, computer help & freeware; also language services including translations and translation software.  Secondly, on-line advertising, blogging, comments and journals.  Video promo help was also in the second group.  Finally, "help wanted" received a few ticks.

6) If money was not a factor, which of the following services would be most helpful to you now?  Most popular was application for grants and other available funding, intra-agency surplus / needs posting, and listing volunteers ready to help.  A significant portion of respondents need websites, email services and video promotional materials.  Several organizations need a "runner" to check up on their work or deliver messages in Haiti.
 UPDATE:  Two organizations have requested help in putting up websites.  This we can do first-come, first-served.  Several also asked for help in distributing their newsletters through email.  We can do this for a nominal charge or on a donation basis right now.

7) What other information or services might be useful to you if made accessible on a website? Respondents had several excellent suggestions of web-based services needed. including a FocusHaiti weekly newsletter to summarize the latest news and services available on the site.  More than one suggested that we could help coordinate health programs with health needs, both geographically and with resources and volunteers.  One organization asked that research be done on the best and least expensive places to buy resources - I assume this is both in the US and Haiti.  Several need website and logo generation / creation services.  Again, the idea of having a "runner" or two on the island.  Someone would like English language worship opportunities listed.  Finally, a few mentioned that we forgot to include educational curriculum in our survey and "Haitian Law Educational Seminars."  This last request we have been looking into and hope to have something on this by the next update.


8) If such information and services as we described in the statements above were available on one website, how often do you suppose you might access it to aid you in your work in Haiti?  The majority answered "every couple of days" or "weekly."

9) What types of information might you be able to provide for a cooperative website?  Members and friends are willing to provide!  Top choice - 1) photo arrays, 2) journals and articles, 3) surplus items to trade or sell; finally, field information, troubleshooting, tracts and recordings.

10) If you answered 'Other information / services,' what?  We discovered a mission volunteer who eventually wants to dedicate full time to Haiti and a digital photographer who is looking for an opportunity to go.

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