EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
European Commission humanitarian aid in Haiti Haiti became the world's first black-led republic and the first independent Latin American state when it obtained its independence from France in the early 19th century. However, decades of poverty, environmental degradation, lack of public investment, violence and dictatorship left the country as the poorest nation in the Americas and especially vulnerable to natural hazards such as tropical cyclones, flooding, and mudslides. It is in this context that the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on 12 January 2010, killing 222,750 people and causing massive destruction in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and its surrounding areas. The European Commission's Department of Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) responded swiftly to the catastrophe. Assistance, which up to August 2011 totalled €108 million, has financed projects in key areas such as health shelter, Water and Sanitation, nutrition, food assistance, protection and disaster risk reduction, benefiting 4 million people. When ten months after the earthquake, a cholera epidemic was declared in the valley of the Artibonite, quickly spreading to other departments, ECHO devoted €22 million to assist the victims of an epidemic of a scale that had never been seen in Haiti. For the period 2011-2012, scheduled funding amounts €36 million. This will serve to further support the response to the aftermath of the earthquake and, on the cholera epidemic -that has caused more than 4,800 deaths- it will allow the Commission to continue to focus on saving lives through the provision of medical treatment, safe water/sanitation and hygiene promotion. ECHO's strategy in Haiti also includes a Disaster Risk Reduction approach to be mainstreamed into the entire scope of its humanitarian response.
ECHO funding in Haiti 1995-2011 247 million €
Haiti: natural hazards and affected 1980-2011* 5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Number of events
140 130
130
FLOODS
39
120
603,521
STORMS
27
by event
110
4,439,120
Epidemics 9%
DROUGHTS
4 1,138,000
100 Social crisis 24%
DRR 8%
90
EPIDEMICS
2 274,936
80 EARTHQUAKES
70
3,700,000 5 mil 25 mil Affected
50 mil
100 mil
500 mil
1millón
2millones
60
5millones
Core country data** Haiti
Natural hazards 59%
50
The Americas 36
57
14.8
22.2
630
7
30
63.7
Infant mortality rate (< 1 year)
Prevalence of underweight children under 5 (%)
Maternal mortality rate (2006)
Number of infant deaths (one year of age or younger) per 1000 live births
Percentage of children under 5 years who are underweight for their age
Number of maternal deaths (while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination) per 100.000 live births
* Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) of the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). 2000-2009. ** PAHO. Health situation in the americas. Basic Indicators, 2009. http://ec.europa.eu/echo
Humanitarian principles:
40
23.7 11.5
20
12.64
10 2.2
0.35
0.07
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
0.5
0.4
2001 2002
3.08
1.15
2003 2004
0.16
6.64
2005 2006 2007 2008
8.45
2009 2010
10 2011
by year
Humanity
Neutrality
Impartiality
Independence
Millions Euros
1
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
HAITI
Humanitarian activity 2010-2012 DG ECHO total contribution
€ 166.000.000
What we do and where? N o r d - O u e st
Nord-Ouest Nord
Nord N o r d - Est
Nord-Est
Artibonite Ar t i b oni t e
epicenter
Ce n t r e
Centre
G r a n d 'A n s e
Port-au-Prince
Ouest
Nippes
Ouest
Su d
Sud Sud-Est
Sud-Est
Earthquake response € 123.000.000
Reduction of acute malnutrition and reproductive health € 7.000.000
Nord-Ouest
Nord-Est
Artibonite
Artibonite
Centre
Centre
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
G r a n d 'A n s e
G r a n d 'A n s e
Ouest
Nippes
Sud-Est
Sud-Est
Disaster risk reduction € 14.000.000
Cholera response € 22.000.000
Who are our partners? Red Cross
Ouest
Nippes
Sud
Sud
http://ec.europa.eu/echo
ECHO's actions rest on the humanitarian principles: humanity, neutrality, imparciality and independence. The programmes funded are implemented in the field through partner organizations: United Nations relief agencies, members of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement and around 200 non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Nord
Nord-Est
IOs
The Commission's humanitarian action has two pillars: response to emergencies and disaster preparedness. In the first field, funds are spent on goods (such as food, clothing, shelter, medical provisions, water supplies) and services (like sanitation, medical assistance, emergency repairs and logistical support).
Nord-Ouest
Nord
NGOs
The European Commission has a longstanding commitment to help the victims of humanitarian crisis. Since 1992, it has funded relief to millions of victims of natural and man-made disasters outside the European Union through its Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (DG ECHO). Aid is channeled impartially to the affected populations, regardless of their race, ethnic group, religion, gender, age, nationality or political affiliation.
The Commission also funds projects that aim to increase local authorities and vulnerable communities' response capacities and mitigation projects in regions prone to natural catastrophes.
Port-au-Prince
G r a n d ' A n se
A key humanitarian donor
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Haiti became the world's first black-led republic and the first independent Caribbean state when it obtained its independence from France in the early 19th century. However, decades of poverty, environmental degradation, lack of public investment, violence and dictatorship left the country as the poorest nation in the Americas ....
CONTACTS Commission Européenne Direction Générale d'Aide Humanitaire et Protection Civile (DG ECHO) Bureau Haïti Dir.: 2 rue Ogé, Pétion Ville, République d'Haïti Tel.: +509 28.13.11.82 Correo: ECHO-haiti@echohaiti.eu