KEY FIGURES
$187.3M FLASH APPEAL LAUNCHED TO REACH 500,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED BY EARTHQUAKE
HAITI: EARTHQUAKE
Nearly two weeks after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked south-western Haiti, an area later affected by Tropical Depression Grace’s heavy rains, humanitarian assistance has begun in some of the hardest-to-reach areas to meet urgent needs. Humanitarian convoys en route to hard-hit areas continue to be blocked by affected people growing increasingly frustrated by a lack of assistance and armed gangs looting relief supplies.
The Haitian Civil Protection General Directorate (DGPC) reports 2,207 deaths, 12,268 injured and 320 missing, with at least 52,900 homes destroyed and 77,006 damaged. Some people whose homes are still standing are choosing to sleep in the streets in fear that their homes may collapse at any moment.
While response to shelter needs is a key priority, the Government is seeking to avoid large-scale camps for internally displaced people (IDPs), similar to those implemented after the 2010 earthquake and again after Hurricane Matthew in 2016, in order to mitigate COVID-19 health risks associated with placing tens of thousands of people in close quarters.
On 25 August, UN agencies and partners launched a US$187.3 million Flash Appeal to reach 500,000 people. The various impacts of the earthquake will have long-lasting effects on development in the hardest-hit communities, making early recovery and rehabilitation programmes pivotal to restoring...
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