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Haiti US$291 million appeal to help over 2 million vulnerable people
08.02.2017 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
A US$291.5 million appeal to cover the critical needs of 2.4 million vulnerable people this year has been launched by the Haitian government and humanitarian groups, UN Radio reports.
As to the report, the plan aims to save lives while strengthening the resilience of the population and national institutions to crises and natural disasters.
It is to be reminded, within 2016, the island nation faced multiple humanitarian challenges such as Hurricane Matthew, a persistent cholera epidemic and a deterioration of food insecurity due to a lingering drought made worse by the El Niño phenomenon. Meanwhile, the return of more than 168,000 people from the Dominican Republic in the past two years, including deportees, has further exacerbated the situation.
As to the report, the country grown vulnerability to natural disasters and the presence of approximately 46,000 people in displaced camps still from the 2010 earthquake, presently also add to the humanitarian context.
So, the plan aims to protect the affected people and find long term solutions to their plight.
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