Haiti
Earthquake, 31 Aug 2021
| Allocation | $7,872,943 |
|---|---|
| Emergency type | Earthquake |
| Window | Rapid Response |
| Recipient UN Agencies | IOM, UNICEF, WFP, WHO |
| Group(s) of people targeted | Host communities, Internally displaced persons, Other affected persons |
| People reached | 306,030 |
| Status | Report Available |
| Due dates | | |
| Allocation code | 21-RR-HTI-48843 |
| Title | Haiti RR Application Aug 2021 (Earthquake and TD Grace) |
Overview of the humanitarian situation
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 emergency and the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, Haiti was hit by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake on 14 August 2021. Relief efforts have been complicated by the security situation and Tropical Depression Grace, which affected many of the same communities reeling from the earthquake just two days before. In this complex, multiple-hazard emergency, the ERC - within 34 hours of the earthquake - allocated $8 million from CERF to deliver immediate, lifesaving humanitarian assistance in the key sectors of Food Security, Shelter and Non-Food Items, Health, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Protection (including Child Protection), and Common Services, such as logistics and transportation support for the humanitarian response.
CERF-funded assistance
The CERF funding enabled UN agencies and partners to provide life-saving assistance to 306,030 people, including 110,408 women, 83,427 men, 61,083 girls, 51,112 boys, and including 9,699 people with disabilities in the Food Security, Shelter and Non-Food Items, Health, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Protection (including Child Protection), and Common Services sectors. The CERF allocation served as a critical injection of early funds and enabled UN agencies and partners to timely start the emergency response.
CERFs Strategic Added Value
The CERF funding led to the fast delivery of assistance to beneficiaries and allowed to implement urgent, life-saving activities and to restore access to basic services such as health and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), while ensuring a focus on the most vulnerable, for example by prioritizing the relocation of people with disabilities who found shelter in a school at Delmas 103 or by implementing mobile clinics to monitor malnourished children on IDP sites. The CERF funding also made it easier for humanitarian actors to access hard-to-reach areas. The CERF funds also made it possible to introduce a new modality, the distribution of hot meals instead of food kits. For this, WFP, with the support of an international NGO, World Central Kitchen, purchased local products from local suppliers and hired local staff for the preparation of the hot meals. Local associations helped identify people in need. The meals were distributed in sites for displaced people and health centers, where not only the patients received a plate, but also their families and the medical personnel.
Projects included in this allocation
| Organization | Project title | Code | Amount in US$ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IOM | Provision of critical humanitarian assistance including coordination and access to ensure the provision of emergency SHELTER/NFI/CCCM and protection activities to people affected by earthquake | 21-RR-IOM-019 | US$2,500,000 | Read more |
| UNICEF | Multi-sector (WASH, Child Protection) Emergency Response for Most Vulnerable Population affected by the earthquake in Haiti | 21-RR-CEF-034 | US$2,622,943 | Read more |
| WFP | Emergency Response to Earthquake in southern Haiti | 21-RR-WFP-026 | US$1,000,000 | Read more |
| WHO | Emergency health assistance to earthquake victims in Southwestern Haiti | 21-RR-WHO-024 | US$1,750,000 | Read more |