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Summary: Comprehensive update on the situation and responses underway following January’s Earthquake in Haiti. Reports on the full spectrum of the response including health, nutrition, education, early childhood development and the scale-up of protection mechanisms to prevent exploitation and abuse of children.
While the search-and-rescue phase has definitively past, the life-saving element of humanitarian response remains immediate and pressing. Over 1.26 million children are estimated to be directly affected (approximately 700,000 are school-aged), out of an overall directly affected population of three million. There are three categories of vulnerable groups by location:
· Children and caregivers in temporary settlement sites
· Vulnerable children and care-givers in the border area and inside Dominican Republic
· Displaced children and caregivers in rural areas and their vulnerable host communities
The most urgent priorities for the humanitarian mission as a whole are shelter (only 23% of the estimated needs are currently covered through the Shelter Cluster partners), sanitation (with a coverage rate of only 5-10%), and food. However, for UNICEF, continued provision of safe water, rapid vaccination of children against measles, the scale-up of protection mechanisms to prevent exploitation and abuse of children and the resumption and expansion of learning opportunities are also critical.
Owner: UNICEFpdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/UNICEF HAITI One-Month Sitrep 12 Feb (updated, compressed).pdf