Haiti Situation Factsheet, January 17th, 2010

LAST UPDATED: 17 January, 12pm (GMT +2)

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APPEAL: IFRC is now calling for 105.7 million Swiss francs (103 million US dollars/73 million euro) to assist the relief and recovery needs of 300,000 people (60,000 families) for three years. This appeal is based on assessment of 3 million people affected.

The appeal is currently 25 per cent covered, including financial and in-kind donations. This number does not yet reflect funds raised directly by National Societies.

RED CROSS RED CRESCENT WORKERS:

Emergency Response Units (ERUs) : For more detailed information on ERUs, please visit: http://www.ifrc.org/what/disasters/responding/drs/tools/eru.asp

16 ERUs Deployed:

·         2 Logistics ERU (Swiss and British Red Cross)

·         2 IT/Telecom - Spanish, American and Danish RC)

• 2 Base Camp (Danish and Italian Red Cross) - a facility to offer accommodation, food, washing facilities and office space for all Red Cross and Red Crescent staff (Haitian RC, IFRC, ICRC, FACT, ERUs, etc)
• 2 relief/shelter ERUs (Benelux countries, French Red Cross and American Red Cross)
• 1 Rapid Deployment field hospital, with surgical capacity (Norwegian and Canadian Red Cross)

·         1 Field Hospital - German RC

• 2 Mobile Basic Health Care Units (Finnish, French, Swedish; German; and Japanese Red Cross)

·         3 Water and Sanitation Units (Spanish RC, French RC, and Austrian RC)

Since 16 January, three of these ERUs have been activated:

·                     Referral hospital (German Red Cross)

·                     Base camp (Danish and Italian Red Cross)

·                     Massive Sanitation Module (Austrian Red Cross)

Two ICRC rapid deployment teams have also left Geneva for Haiti, with 20 specialists in medicine, logistics, nursing, IT and communications, forensics, water and sanitation, assistance and tracing.

RELIEF ITEMS being deployed, worth nearly five-million Swiss francs (all coming from pre-positioned Red Cross stocks in Panama:

·  10,000 buckets (British RC)

·  20,000 jerry cans (Canadian, Danish, Netherlands and British RC)

·  45,000 blankets (Spanish, Netherlands, British and Canadian RC)

·  20,000 mosquito nets (Canadian, American and British RC)

·  20,000 tarpaulins (Spanish, American, Netherlands, British and Canadian RC)

·  8,970 kitchen set for family of 5 people (Spanish, Netherlands, British, American and Danish RC)

·  4,500 hygiene parcel for 5 people / 1 month (American and British RC)

OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

• 6 IFRC/National Society flights have arrived in Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo (three have landed in each). The goods that have landed in Santo Domingo are en route to quake-ravaged Haiti.
• At present, we are prioritizing medical aid. Deployments of relief items, though, are expected to being soon.
• So far, more than 77 tons of Red Cross Red Crescent aid has landed in Haiti or the Dominican Republic. The estimated value of which is 1.825 million Swiss francs. This includes: a basic health care ERU, a rapid deployment hospital, an IT/telecommunications ERU and a water and sanitation ERU).
• On 16 January, 100,000 litres of water distributed in two areas by the Spanish Red Cross, by end of 17 January, over 200,000 litres will have been distributed
• American Red Cross is distributing relief supplies in Cite Soleil
• Field hospital being set up by Canadian and Norwegian Red Cross
• Pre-positioned relief supplies for 3,500 families have been distributed.
• Panama RLU is deployed additional relief stocks, covering up to 20,000 families.
• The IFRC is supporting the Haiti Red Cross in terms of shelter by providing various shelter materials from Panama, such as Shelter Kits (2 tarpaulins, tools and fixings), tents, and materials to an initial 20,000 households but this number could grow.
• IFRC working to procure appropriate construction materials in the wider region, to help people rebuild their homes.

ICRC OPERATIONS:

• The ICRC, with the support of the Haitian Red Cross, has supplied medical kits to treat 2,000 patients for a month to two Port-au-Prince referral hospitals.
• ICRC started a water trucking programme in the Delmas neighbourhood, which is now providing clean water for around 1,000 people living in a makeshift camp
• The ICRC has built latrines for 1,000 people and supplied medical kits for 2,000 patients to two hospitals.
• One cargo shipment carrying seven truckload's worth of medical supplies, including first aid kits, has been sent to the region so far. It will arrive in Port-au-Prince Sunday night.
• Hundreds of blankets and plastic sheets have also been distributed.
• On Saturday, 16 January, the ICRC started a water trucking programme in the Delmas neighbourhood, which is now providing clean water for around 1,000 people living in a makeshift camp. Latrines have also been built in the same neighbourhood.

RESTORING FAMILY LINKS:

• More than 21,600 people had registered with the ICRC's special website, www.icrc.org/familylinks, which was activated on Wednesday to help people searching for their loved ones.
• 1,500 people have so far used www.icrc.org/familylinks to say they are safe and well.

Port-au-Prince has been divided in areas to be covered by organizations. To date, the distribution is:

Champs de Mars: ACF

Place Boyer: USAid

Place Saint Pierre: USAid

Place Jérémie: OXFAM GB

Place du Canape Vert: ACF

Stade Sylvio Cator: ACF

Saint Louis de Gonzague (Delmas 33): IFRC/ICRC

Cité Militaire: IFRC

Aéroport nacional: IFRC

Hotel Flamboyant: Action Aid

Delmas 2-4: Concerní

Delmas 40B: Unifem

Delmas 95: Unifem

Bicentenaire: IFRC

Carrefour aviation: IFRC

Cité de Soleil: IFRC/ICRC

Carrefour: OXFAM GB