Haiti Hurricane Matthew Situation Report #07 (11 October 2016)
- Countries
- Haiti
- Sources
- WFP
- Publication date
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Based on information collected until 5PM
In Numbers
- 750,000 people targeted
- 473 people killed**
- 175,000 people displaced
***DPC (Direction de la Protection Civile) 11th October
Highlights
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As of October 11th, WFP distributed food rations to more than 13,000 people in the South and Grand-Anse departments
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On October 11th, WFP transported 120MT of food to Jeremie, 100MT by road and 20MT by air
Situation Update
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Some 2.1 million people have been affected by hurricane Matthew and 1.4 million people are in need of assistance, this represents 12% of the population
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In La Gonave, 30% of the schools participating in WFP school feeding programme have been severely damaged
WFP Response
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Food distributions are ongoing in the South and Grand-Anse departments, 77MT have been distributed to more than 13,000 people. Distributions are being carried out directly by WFP or by NGO partners.
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Since October 7th, WFP transported 551MT of food to Les Cayes and Jeremie. Among those, 67MT were transported by the U.S. Department of Defense helicopters to Jeremie.
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Two Additional Mobile Storage Units (MSU) have been sent to Les Cayes and Jeremie to store Emergency Stocks. WFP has now a total of 3 MSUs being set up in Les Cayes and 3 in Jeremie.