EARTHQUAKE FACT SHEET #7

EARTHQUAKE FACT SHEET #7, FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2011
(ReliefWeb) - Source: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS

- As of November 30, USAID/OFDA grantees completed 9,739 transitional shelters (t-shelters), sufficient to house nearly 48,700 individuals and an increase of 465 t-shelters since November 19. USAID/OFDA grantees also completed repairs to 741 houses as of November 30. These 741 homes can house up to 3,700 people. Government of Haiti (GoH) engineers and others had previously marked the structures "yellow" to indicate they could be made safe for habitation with minor repairs.

- Teams of engineers from the habitability assessment project funded by USAID/OFDA and the World Bank continue to assess buildings throughout earthquake-affected areas. As of December 2, teams from the GoH Ministry of Public Works, Transport, and Communication; the U.N. Office for Project Services; and the Pan American Development Foundation, with assistance from Miyamoto International, had assessed 377,446 buildings out of an estimated 350,000 to 400,000 buildings that require habitability assessments.

- Assessment figures indicated that nearly 54 percent of the houses are "green," or safe for habitation, 26 percent are classified as "yellow," or safe following minor repairs, and 20 percent are "red," or unsafe for habitation and require major repairs or demolition.

- As of November 16, Shelter Cluster members had completed more than 19,000 t-shelters, sufficient to house nearly 96,000 individuals. USAID/OFDA grantees had completed more than 48 percent of the total, as of November 16.

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** the detailed full report follows below **

NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE

Estimated Deaths - 230,0001 GoH – February 15

Verified Number of Displaced Individuals in Settlements - 1.3 million IOM – October 15

Estimated Affected Population - 3 million U.N. – January 15

FY 2010 HUMANITARIAN FUNDING PROVIDED TO DATE

USAID/OFDA Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake3 ................................................................................$367,588,999

USAID/FFP4 Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake ....................................................................................$188,117,461

USAID/OTI5 Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake ......................................................................................$67,000,000

USAID/Haiti Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake........................................................................................$47,499,456

USAID/DR7 Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake .........................................................................................$3,000,000

State/PRM8 Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake ......................................................................................$14,599,690

DoD9 Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake ...................................................................................$453,000,000

FY 2011 HUMANITARIAN FUNDING PROVIDED TO DATE

USAID/OFDA Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake ...........................................................................$9,927,984

TOTAL FY 2010 AND FY 2011 HUMANITARIAN FUNDING PROVIDED TO DATE

Total USAID/OFDA Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake........................................................................$377,516,983

Total USAID, State, and DoD Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake………………….....$1,150,733,590

1 Death Estimates Vary

2 International Organization for Migration (IOM)

3 Total USAID/OFDA funding revised downward due to recent de-obligations to reflect actual anticipated costs and change in scope of work.

4 USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP)

5 USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI)

6 Funding figures previously reported by USAID/Haiti included program funds that were authorized for reprogramming for earthquake response but also erroneously included some funds awarded to regular program implementers for activities outside the earthquake response.

7 USAID/Dominican Republic (USAID/DR)

8 U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM)

9 U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

CONTEXT

On January 12, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck southern Haiti from an epicenter located 10 miles southwest of the capital, Port-au-Prince, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake killed an estimated 230,000 people and affected approximately 3 million others, according to the GoH. On January 13, U.S. Ambassador Kenneth H. Merten declared a disaster due to the effects of the earthquake. In response, the U.S. Government (USG) provided more than $1.1 billion to meet humanitarian needs in Haiti in FY 2010, including more than $673
million from USAID. The USAID contribution comprised nearly $368 million from USAID/OFDA, more than $188 million from USAID/FFP, $67 million from USAID/OTI, more than $47 million from USAID/Haiti, and $3 million from USAID/Dominican Republic.

During the months following the earthquake, humanitarian efforts met the immediate needs of earthquake-affected populations by providing safe drinking water, food, household items, shelter, sanitation facilities, and health services. USAID continues to work closely with other USG agencies, the GoH, international organizations, the U.N., and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to coordinate ongoing efforts and facilitate the transition from emergency relief activities to recovery operations, while addressing identified needs.

Shelter and Settlements

On November 28, USAID/OFDA grantee American Refugee Committee (ARC) reported receipt of t-shelter construction materials. ARC has transported approximately half of the materials to the ARC warehouse in Portau-Prince and plans to conduct t-shelter pre-assembly work throughout December.

On November 30, USAID/OFDA staff visited a Catholic Relief Services (CRS) t-shelter construction location at the Carradeux/Terrain Toto site in Port-au-Prince. Since the previous USAID/OFDA visit on October 21, CRS has completed construction of the first 59 t-shelters at the site. CRS plans to construct up to 800 t-shelters at the site with USAID/OFDA funding. At current production rates, CRS expects to complete planned t-shelters in approximately six months.

CRS reported working closely with camp leaders to identify and prioritize t-shelter beneficiaries. USAID/OFDA staff noted that many families in the area demonstrated pride in ownership of t-shelters.

Several USAID/OFDA shelter and settlements grantees have recently reported delays due to a lack of authorization from local authorities to begin t-shelter construction, as well as a lack of available land on which to construct t-shelters.

On December 2, USAID/OFDA staff met with grantee CHF International to discuss the NGO’s neighborhood approach to building back better. CHF International is working with families in Ravine Pintard, West Department, to design neighborhood upgrades, including improving drainage and green space within a 28-house area, and incorporate participatory community planning to reconfigure the neighborhood. CHF International has also supported limited cash-for-work activities to increase rubble crushers’ access to Ravine Pintard to prepare for
neighborhood upgrades.

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)

On November 22, USAID/OFDA staff visited a program by grantee ACDI/VOCA in La Vallée, Southeast Department—near Jacmel—designed to safeguard drinking water quality by replacing or repairing earthquake damaged water infrastructure.

Many earthquake-affected individuals in the Jacmel area have returned to reside in damaged houses or relocated to rented, motel-type rooms that were constructed after the 2008 hurricane season. As a result, ACDI/VOCA plans to construct communal latrines where families currently reside, rather than in camps, noting that rented rooms and damaged houses often lack adequate sanitation facilities.

CRS reported conducting hygiene education activities in Jacmel for nearly 4,700 beneficiaries between November 6 and 19. As of November 19, CRS had constructed more than 400 latrines and 28 water points and had rehabilitated, cleared, or constructed nearly 6,200 meters of drainage canals for flood mitigation purposes.

Agriculture and Food Security

During the November 22 USAID/OFDA visit, ACDI/VOCA staff working in Southeast Department reported that Hurricane Tomas disrupted agricultural activities and resulted in the death of livestock in the area. Heavy rains and flooding destroyed beneficiaries’ field crops and all but one of ACDI/VOCA’s garden crop nurseries. To address the losses, ACDI/VOCA plans to redistribute vegetable seeds but noted that beneficiaries will likely experience a decrease in harvest income in November and December due to the crop damage.

Economic Recovery and Market Systems

ACDI/VOCA is implementing cash-for-work programs, including road repair, soil conservation, canal clearing, and planting activities, in four communes in Southeast Department.

Through one USAID/OFDA-supported ACDI/VOCA cash-for-work program, beneficiaries are constructing a 5.8km road to support commercial and tourist traffic between La Vallée road and Bassin Bleu, a tourist destination. As of November 22, workers had completed 2.9 km of the road.

Protection
From November 6 to 19, CRS reported conducting child protection training for 78 people on topics such as reunification with families and evaluation of interim housing, with nearly 950 people trained to date.

CRS reported 227 family reunifications as of November 19. Although the cholera outbreak has limited displacement, it has also slowed reunifications.

USAID HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI FOR THE EARTHQUAKE
FY 2011

Grantee - Activity - Location - Amount

USAID/OFDA ASSISTANCE1

CHF International - Health, Protection, Shelter and Settlements, WASH - Port-au-Prince -8,644,193

MENTOR Initiative - Health -Port-au-Prince,Petit Goâve,Grand Goâve,Léogâne, Jacmel-
$685,661

Logistics and Relief Commodities...................................... $550,630
Administrative Costs..................................................... $47,500

TOTAL USAID/OFDA ................................................$9,927,984

TOTAL USAID HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI IN FY 2011 $9,927,984

1 USAID/OFDA funding represents anticipated or actual obligated amounts as of December 3, 2010