It has already received the US$ 30 million it requested in the immediate aftermath of the January 12th disaster.
Of the US$ 123 million, some will go towards US$ 62 million towards displacement camp coordination and management; US$ 42 million will go towards providing emergency shelter; and US$5 million towards creating temporary, cash-for-work jobs for thousands of people in areas like rubble removal and drain clearing.
US$ 6.4 million will provide support to the procurement, warehousing, transport and distribution services that IOM Haiti is currently providing to other aid agencies involved in the emergency response.
US$ 3 million will fund water, sanitation and hygiene projects for displaced families; and US$ 3.6 million will go towards health projects, including mental health support for survivors and help for earthquake victims and their families returning home following hospital treatment.
IOM and its partner agencies working in the area of camp coordination and camp management (CCCM) have now identified 332 spontaneous settlement sites in and around the capital Port-au-Prince, hosting more than 104,000 families (543,000 individuals). These sites range from a few dozen to several thousand families.
An estimated 460,000 individuals have left Port-au-Prince to areas less affected by the earthquake. A further 200,000 individuals have been displaced in areas such as Jacmel and Petit Goave, where IOM and its partners continue their distribution of shelter materials and non food relief items.
In Port-au-Prince, CCCM agencies are working on improving shelter and creating drainage and latrines, focusing on a group of 19 sites, each hosting more than 5,000 persons.
IOM and CCCM partners have also started sample profiling of displaced families to identify needs gaps. Initial findings indicate that displaced families still have difficulties accessing basic services and commodities, including drinking water and adequate sanitation, shelter and food. In a majority of sites, camp committees have been set up to manage and maintain existing services.
The government has taken the lead in identifying land for rubble disposal and the resettlement of people now living in congested sites. A minimum of 450 hectares of flat, non-flood plain land is needed to settle up to 100,000 displaced people. To date, only 19 hectares have been identified and made available.
Efforts are currently being made to reduce over-crowding at the Champ de Mars displacement site, which is now home to over 20,000 people displaced from the neighbouring commune of Delmas.
“Large areas of the Champ de Mars are prone to flooding and sooner or later, people will have to be moved to organized settlements, once the government has made land available,” says Vincent Houver, IOM’s Chief of Mission in Haiti. .
IOM and its partners are also expanding their camp coordination and camp management operations to Petit Goave, Jacmel, and Léogane, which suffered massive destruction in the quake.
According to recent estimates, 98,000 people in the commune of Léogane lost their homes. A majority are now living close to the remains of their former homes, while an estimated 26,000 are live in camps of over 100 people. IOM is working with agencies including Save the Children and Care to deliver help to some 64,000 people.
In the Jacmel region, IOM is providing camp management support to two camps with populations of 2,000 and 5,000, respectively.
Meanwhile IOM is continuing to work with partners in the Shelter Cluster, delivering shelter materials, including tarpaulins, tents and household necessities.
It is also planning for transitional shelters to replace tents and tarpaulins and has formulated a procurement plan for materials including, corrugated iron (CGI) roofing sheet and fixings.
As part of on-going efforts to promote early recovery and economic revitalization, IOM is also working with municipalities and neighbourhood committees to resume some of its pre-earthquake cash-for-work activities in areas outside Port-au-Prince, including Jeremie, Port de Paix and Cap Haitian.
IOM’s USAID-funded cash-for-work activities are carried out in coordination with the UNDP’s led early recovery working group, which currently employs more than 60,000 people in drain cleaning and debris removal.
For more information, please contact Mark Turner at IOM Port-au-Prince, Tel 509 3643 79 14. Email mturner@iom.int
For more information on the latest cluster reporting and data from Haiti, please go to the following link: http://oneresponse.info/disasters/haiti/Pages/default.aspx
