Submitted by Bryan Schaaf on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 19:54.
HAITI – IOM Provides Humanitarian Assistance to Victims of Hurricane Gustav - The IOM Mission in Haiti is working with Haitian authorities, UN agencies and local partners to provide emergency relief items to persons affected by Hurricane Gustav.
As part of the United Nations country team in Haiti, IOM will take the lead in providing shelter and non-food items in the capital Port au Prince and in Petit and Grand Goave, two of the hardest hit areas located some 70 kilometres west of the capital.
IOM Haiti has immediate access to 1,439 hygienic kits and 1,445 cotton sheets and is on standby to distribute these items as soon as possible.
Emergency shelter to persons made homeless by the hurricane is being provided in temporary collective centres set up in existing buildings. Some 70 per cent of these shelters are schools, 29 per cent are churches and the rest are located in community centres.
The six to twelve inches of rain fell over the island on Wednesday resulted in flooding and mudslides and strong rains continued into Thursday. According to the UN’s Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), some 2,500 residents of Petit Goave are severely affected.
Rapid assessments carried out on Wednesday and Thursday by the local Risk and Disaster Committees (DPC), the Haitian Red Cross, international organizations and NGOs reported 6,299 persons already in public shelters, 107 homes destroyed and 212 damaged.
In Petit Goave, the Government reported three deaths, one person missing, 38 homes destroyed, dozens of homes damaged and flooded, and extensive damage to power lines. A group of 60 persons who were rescued from a capsized boat were immediately taken to a public shelter.
For more information, please contact Monique Van Hoof at IOM Port au Prince, Tel: +509 3702 38 47, Email: mvanhoof@iom.int
HAITI – IOM Provides Humanitarian Assistance to Victims of Hurri
HAITI – IOM Provides Humanitarian Assistance to Victims of Hurricane Gustav - The IOM Mission in Haiti is working with Haitian authorities, UN agencies and local partners to provide emergency relief items to persons affected by Hurricane Gustav.
As part of the United Nations country team in Haiti, IOM will take the lead in providing shelter and non-food items in the capital Port au Prince and in Petit and Grand Goave, two of the hardest hit areas located some 70 kilometres west of the capital.
IOM Haiti has immediate access to 1,439 hygienic kits and 1,445 cotton sheets and is on standby to distribute these items as soon as possible.
Emergency shelter to persons made homeless by the hurricane is being provided in temporary collective centres set up in existing buildings. Some 70 per cent of these shelters are schools, 29 per cent are churches and the rest are located in community centres.
The six to twelve inches of rain fell over the island on Wednesday resulted in flooding and mudslides and strong rains continued into Thursday. According to the UN’s Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), some 2,500 residents of Petit Goave are severely affected.
Rapid assessments carried out on Wednesday and Thursday by the local Risk and Disaster Committees (DPC), the Haitian Red Cross, international organizations and NGOs reported 6,299 persons already in public shelters, 107 homes destroyed and 212 damaged.
In Petit Goave, the Government reported three deaths, one person missing, 38 homes destroyed, dozens of homes damaged and flooded, and extensive damage to power lines. A group of 60 persons who were rescued from a capsized boat were immediately taken to a public shelter.
For more information, please contact Monique Van Hoof at IOM Port au Prince, Tel: +509 3702 38 47, Email: mvanhoof@iom.int