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| Cleaning up of the school St Croix begins. ACT Alliance members have been responding to the effects of the hurricane. Photo: Susan Barry/Christian Aid/ACT |
ACT Alliance staff made a visit to Léogâne on Saturday and found hundreds of people roaming the streets, looking for food, water and anything that could help make a new shelter.
The Government is currently attempting to evacuate people from the tent camps, however, many people refuse to leave fearing that their belongings will be stolen.
Cholera looms as new disaster
DanChurchAid and other ACT Alliance members in Haiti are making sure that the affected families gain access to fundamental necessaries of life. There are still reserves of food and water sanitation tablets and more supplies are on their way.
The most acute concern at the moment is that the conditions could help incubate and facilitate the spread of cholera.
DanChurch Aid Head of Humanitarian Response, Erik Johnson, says “Our prevention work against cholera is now one of our main priorities, and our on-going work will focus on aiming to reduce this risk. Though we’re not engaged directly in health care provision and treatment of those infected, everyone can play a big role in preventing the spread of the disease through proper hygiene”.
For further information, please contact:
Erik Johnson, Head of Humanitarian Response, DanChurchAid: +45 2970 0605
Geneviève Cyvoct, ACT Alliance emergency response coordinator in Haiti: +509 3485 8698
Maria Halava, ACT Alliance Communication Advisor in Haiti: +509 3900 5237