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Haiti - Earthquake : Consolidated report of the earthquake of October 6th
23/10/2018 09:47:51

Haiti - Earthquake : Consolidated report of the earthquake of October 6th
Following the magnitude 5.9 earthquake that struck Saturday, October 6, the northwest of Haiti, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Haiti on the basis of available official data (DPC, Primature...) in collaboration with the humanitarian partners present, realized a consolidated (still partial) report for the period from 9 to 19 October 2018.

Summary :
The material damage according to the latest consolidated figures from the reports of the Departmental Emergency Operations Center (COUD), report 2,102 homes destroyed and 15,932 houses damaged in all 3 departments, while the number of people affected climbs to 13,671 (document of the Primature, which also mentions public buildings affected by the earthquake)

Northwest :
9,466 homes damaged and 1,460 homes destroyed, between 500 and 2,900 families affected and in need of urgent humanitarian assistance in the two most affected municipalities, Plaisance and Pilate.

Artibonite :
552 houses destroyed, 4,614 houses badly damaged and 91 public and private buildings heavily damaged (COUD report of 16/10).

Response :
Haitian Red Cross : distribution of 150 kitchen kits, 300 hygiene kits and 200 tarpaulins in the city center and in the 1st section of Bassin Bleu on Sunday October 14th.

United Nations Migration Agency (IOM) : Provision of 2,000 tarpaulins, 15,000 hygiene kits and 2,000 fixing kits for distribution in the 3 affected departments.

World Vision : in coordination with the Department of Civil Protection (DPC) in the North-West has distributed 200 kits "Non-Food" (NFI) in Saint-Louis North and 300 families in Port-au-Prince. of Peace (Blocosse, Nan Kasav, 2 Mélus and Cité Maxo

American Red Cross: 2 distributions in the commune of Port-de-Paix. The first took place in Deletan for 150 families (one hygiene kit per family). The second at Mormon Church for 100 families (2 tarpaulins per family). A distribution of 200 kitchen kits was also held on St. Louis du Nord.

DPC : Distribution of 200 hygiene kits in Gros-Morne, kits donated by Oxfam after signature of donation certificates between DPC and Oxfam

Water, hygiene and sanitation :
Pilate (North) : Drinking Water Supply System is damaged which resulted in a reduction of water distribution of 20%.

Port de Paix : Installation of 6 mobile toilets on 3 shelters. A truck from the Regional Office for Drinking Water and Sanitation will empty the mobile toilets with funding from UNICEF

Action Against Hunger (ACF) NGO ensures the disinfects and cleaning of existing toilets (most are dysfunctional) pending installation of mobile toilets

In Bassin Bleu (North-West) a request for "water trucking" has been approved by UNICEF

Education :
54 schools damaged including 25 public schools and 29 private schools;
Blue Basin: 2 public schools damaged, 2 destroyed;
Jean Rabel: 20 schools damaged. 10 national schools (Dubois, Raymond, Port-a-l'Ecu, Gombo), 3 community schools and 7 private schools;
St. Louis North: Lycée Lamennais damaged; Môle-Saint-Nicolas: School Believe in God is damaged.

According to the Departmental Direction of Education in the North, 16 schools in Pilate have been badly damaged or destroyed and are unusable for the moment.

Also read :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25811-haiti-earthquake-last-assessment-revised-upwards.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25784-haiti-earthquake-food-for-the-poor-on-the-front-line-in-the-field.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25774-haiti-flash-the-last-assessment-of-the-earthquake-is-heavier.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25765-haiti-flash-15-people-dead-333-wounded-7-000-homes-destroyed-or.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25758-haiti-earthquake-other-aftershocks-could-occur-in-the-coming-days.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25755-haiti-flash-42-earthquake-north-of-turtle-island.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25754-haiti-flash-earthquake-of-52-in-the-north-of-haiti.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25753-haiti-flash-saturday-night-earthquake-12-dead-and-188-wounded.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25747-haiti-flash-earthquake-cell-crisis-and-call-for-calm.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25745-haiti-flash-saturday-night-earthquake-10-dead-and-135-wounded.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25744-haiti-flash-earthquake-of-59-in-the-north-of-haiti.html

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