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Response to January 12th 2010 Earthquake - Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Haiti Round 27 - Sept 2016

Countries
Haiti
Sources
CCCM Cluster
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OVERVIEW

On January 12th 2010, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude hit Haiti, resulting in the destruction of more than 300,000 buildings and the displacement of 1.5 million people.

Following this destructive earthquake, and as the lead Camp Coordination/Camp Management agency, IOM took the initiative to develop a unified displacement data management process, called the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), a comprehensive, multi-sectoral tracking system, was applied as a monitoring tool to track the IDP population on basic conditions in IDP sites, and camp-like settlements in support of the Emergency Shelter and Camp Coordination and Camp Management (E-Shelter/CCCM)

Cluster and other humanitarian and recovery actors in Haiti. IOM implements the DTM, in partnership with the Government of Haiti (GoH) through the Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC in French).

HIGHLIGHTS

14,593 IDP Households or 55,107 IDP Individuals still living in IDP sites

31 Displacement Sites still open

45% Tent and makeshift shelter sites

55% T-Shelter sites

2 IDP sites closed between 1st July 2016 and 30th September 2016.

2 sites closed thanks to rental subsidy programs.