Safe Futures: Preventing Recruitment and Reintegrating Former Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (CAAFAG) in Haiti

Safe the Future Haiti– Public Comments Invited

September 20^th , 2026 – Global Affairs Canada must determine whether the proposed Safe Futures: Preventing Recruitment and Reintegrating Former Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (CAAFAG) in Haiti, located in the South Region in Haiti, is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

To help inform this determination, Global Affairs Canada is inviting comments from the public respecting that determination. All comments received will be considered public and may be posted online.

Written comments must be submitted by Ocober 20^th, 2026 to:

Environment Specialists

Global Affairs Canada

200 Promenade du Portage
 Gatineau (QC) J8X 4B7

Email: CommentsIAARegistry-CommentairesRegistreLEI@international.gc.ca

 

The proposed project 

Implemented by UNICEF, in the South Region in Haiti, the project aims to rehabilitate and expand Village 2 of the ESPWA Transition and Observation Centre (CTO) in order to improve the reception, protection and care conditions for vulnerable children, particularly displaced children, children who are victims of violence, street-connected children, and children separated from their families. Village 2 currently has an accommodation capacity of approximately 40 children, and the works will increase this capacity to 75 children The works mainly include the rehabilitation of existing infrastructure, construction of new infrastructure, improvement of water supply, sanitation and drainage systems, installation of 18 kw a solar energy system, and development of outdoor areas. The planned duration of the works is seven (7) months.

The project will be implemented on an anthropized and already developed site, within the grounds of the ESPWA CTO, in a lowland area. The site includes two other residential villages, a school, a clinic, green spaces, and service infrastructure (OOI, IBERS). The project does not require land acquisition or population displacement. No watercourse is located in the immediate vicinity of the site, and no cultural heritage site or endangered species has been identified on the site. The following table outlines the main works to be carried out.

 

The project's main infrastructure and development components include construction, rehabilitation, and site development activities involving a combination of categories identified in the Order Designating Certain Excluded Classes of Projects : Buildings; Physical Works or Related Physical Works; Linear Infrastructure, and Utility Infrastructure.  The following table presents the main activities that will be carried out.

 

Table 1. Main infrastructure and site works of the project

Category	Structure / Development	Qty.	Max height	Dimension/r or L × W (m)	Unit Area (m²)	Total Area (m²)
Buildings	Existing accommodation domes to be rehabilitated	3	4.47	5.2	84.92	254.75
	New accommodation domes	2	4.47	5.2	84.92	169.83
	Infirmary dome to be rehabilitated	1	4.39	3.5	39.12	39.12
	Sanitary block to be rehabilitated	1	4.47	5.2	84.90	84.90
	Reception dome to be rehabilitated	1	4.47	3.5	39.12	39.12
	New administrative building and access ramp	1	5.81	17.1 × 16.8	287.28	287.28
	Total			875.04 m², including 457.11 m² of expansion
Water and Sanitation	Septic tank	1	2	4*2	8	8
	Leach field (drained sand filter)	1	1	6 × 6	36	36
	Village water supply (extension and connection from Village 1)	-	-	-	-	-
	Drainage pipes
	4" PVC SCH 40	-	-	60 lm
	2" PVC SCH 40	-	-	42 lm
	3" PVC SCH 40	-	-	24 lm
	6" PVC SCH 40	-	-	12 lm
	Water supply pipes
	¼" PVC SCH 40	-	-	24 lm
	1" PVC SCH 40	-	-	160 lm
	½" PVC SCH 40	-	-	30 lm
	¾" PVC SCH 40	-	-	18 lm
Energy system	Solar energy system 18 kW/ panels installed on the roof of the administrative building	-	-	7.2*10	72	72
Outdoor Development	Interlocking paving	-	-	-	450	450
	Green spaces / gardens	-	-	-	1,369.5	1,369.5
	Playground	-	-	-	180	180
	Fence / expansion area	-	-	68*0.15	10	10
	Concrete curbs / interlocking paving	-	-	200*0.15	30	30

 

 

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