8,000 disaster affected victims have received a first food relief in Leogane on Tuesday 19 January. In total, more than 30,000 people will receive food items before Friday in a city which was heavily affected by the earthquake: 90% of the city was destroyed and the humanitarian situation remains critical while the international aid remains focused on Port-au-Prince.

On Tuesday, the teams of the French NGO ACTED have conducted a first food distribution with the WFP for 8,000 people who have been waiting for humanitarian assistance for almost a week. Each beneficiary received a food ration to supply individual needs for 15 days: rice, beans, oil and salt.

This first operation will be followed by other distributions on Wednesday and Thursday for 20,000 disaster-affected victims grouped in 6 camps or living in the streets of Leogane.

Feeding the populations in crisis is not the only emergency. As of today, the people of Leogane, but also of Port-au-Prince, lack everything. In addition to these first operations, ACTED will also provide emergency kits to 2,200 families (corresponding to a total of 20,000 victims). Each kit comprises a tent for 10 people, a multi-fuel stove, a water purification system, mosquito nets as well as a children’s pack.

ACTED operations in Haiti

ACTED is involved in Port-au-Prince through drinking water assistance distributions in the neighbourhoods of Carrefour-Feuille, in the remote city of Jacmel through sanitary operations (construction of latrines and emergency sanitary facilities for 7,000 people), as well as in Saint-Marc where our teams will assist the populations who have recently fled the Haitian capital-city to find refuge in the neighbouring countryside.

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