Factsheet on Haiti

MEMO/10/12

Brussels, 22 January 2010

Factsheet on Haiti

(Source : JRC)

1. Latest Available Figures ¹

2. Main Immediate Priorities for Emergency Aid

• Aid is getting through to more and more locations. Water is available at many water points throughout Port-au-Prince, but quality remains an issue

• An estimated 500,000 people are living in 47 improvised camps just in the capital, Port-au-Prince ⁶

• A second EU Civil Protection Mechanism team was deployed to Haiti today to replace staffers of the first team and to reinforce cooperation of the international relief effort

• Untreated injuries, infectious diseases and sanitary conditions remain a priority concern.

• Fuel, small pumps, and drums for latrines;

• Shelter including plastic sheeting and tents;

• Medical teams, medical equipment and medicines. ⁷

3. Main Challenges for International assistance

• Lack of government capacity to co-ordinate

The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) issued a request for a team (minimum two) of certified structural engineers to assess the damages on MINUSTAH premises, and possibly others belonging to the Government of Haiti ⁸

4. UN Flash Appeal ⁹ Total appeal: $ 575 million 36% covered

5. EU response

5.1 Humanitarian Effort

• The EU pledged a total of €122 million in humanitarian assistance up to 18 January, in response to the earthquake in Haiti. The Commission's own emergency relief package is worth €30 million (including €3 million in fast track funds allocated less than 24 hours after the earthquake struck). The table below shows the amounts committed so far and formally notified to ECHO by Member States through its humanitarian aid reporting system.

5 .2 Civil Protection

The EU has deployed more than 745 experts and substantial assets from 23EU/EEA countries that are providing assistance to Haiti through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (Austria, Belgium, France, Luxemburg, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Iceland, Portugal, Poland, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, Estonia, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Malta, Bulgaria and Hungary).

Summary Overview:

• EU CP Assessment and Coordination Team on site since 14.01.2010

• EU co-financing for transport of assistance approved so far in a total amount of EUR 1.739.161 (assisted Participating States: SE, BE, FR). More requests are currently under evaluation.

• 12 USAR Team (around 440 people and search dogs): BE, FR (2), LU, IS, PL, UK, NL, ES (4)

• 2 Field Hospitals (90 people): BE, FR,

• 5 Advanced Medical Posts: EU, FR (3), PT

• 34 Medical Teams (192 people): FR (29), PT (2), DE, ES, HU

• 6Water sanitation units: EU, BE, DE, FR, ES(2), and water purification tablets: IT & DE

• 5 Assessment teams (23 people): IT, DE, UK, IRE, ES

• 906 tents: AT (400), SE (200), IT (100), SI (25), SK (15), ES (55), PT (44), BG (67)

• 1 TAST/Base-camp with a capacity 200 people: this is a joint-module of SE, DK, NO, EE and FI.

5.3 Support for Early Recovery and Reinforcing State Capacity

The European Commission will make €100 million available for early non-humanitarian assistance, focusing notably on restoration of government's capacity to operate effectively.

DG RELEX, DEV, AIDCO and ECHO have participated to a Teleconference with both the World Bank and UNDP (UN Development Programme) for the launch of a Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) mission in Haiti in the coming weeks. The PDNA is an assessment that takes into consideration immediate Early Recovery Requirements as well as Medium and Longer Term Recovery and Reconstruction Needs , including the human recovery, the valuation of damages and losses caused by the disaster and the costs and benefits of disaster risk management . The joint PDNA will form the basis for the International Pledging Conference on Haiti.

5 .4 Mid-Term Recovery / Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Phase

In addition to early EU humanitarian and civil protection assistance and short term recovery and support to government capacity, the European Commission will make available €200 million from the 10 th and 9 th EDF funds for Haiti. This will be in addition to individual contributions from EU Member States' budgets.

Relevant Web Sites

For more information and to download maps and relevant document please consult the"Humanitarian Crisis in Haiti" page on Vice President Ashton's web site

http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/ashton/haiti/index_en.htm

The Joint Research Centre has been supporting the European Commission's services in coordinating a response from the EU, by issuing early warning alerts and delivering updated situation maps. The Analyses have been carried out by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre with the support of the Instrument for Stability. For more information and maps please consult the page

http://lunar.jrc.it/disasters/Crisis/HaitiEarthquake/tabid/425/Default.aspx

¹ :

Source : DG ECHO, Various international media, Haitian Government

² :

Source : UN

³ :

Source : UN

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Source: EU SITCEN/Consular Unit, Member States Consular Authorities, COCON Group

⁵ :

EU citizens on consular lists of EU Member States' Embassies. This number also includes Haitians with dual nationality . 21.01.10 Data at 15.00

⁶ :

Source: OIM/BBC

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The MIC advises the Participating States to focus on these civil protection priorities.

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Source MIC: MIC invited the Participating States to nominate experts through its information exchange system CECIS

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