Canada provides an additional $2 million in humanitarian assistance funding to Haiti

On October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew tore through Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba and the Dominican Republic, affecting over 1.24 million people in Haiti alone. Canada previously announced a humanitarian response of $4.08 million to Haiti and $500,000 to Cuba. However, based on recent assessments, Canada is allocating additional humanitarian assistance funding of $2 million for Haiti. This additional assistance will be delivered through Canadian non-governmental organizations  currently carrying out activities in the most affected regions of Haiti. Canada’s total contribution is now $6.58 million.

Médecins du Monde: $600,000

Expected activities include:

• providing medical care through health centres and through mobile medical teams;
• treating cases of cholera and other water- and vector-borne diseases;
• providing epidemic surveillance and doctors and nurses for surge medical personnel support in case of new outbreaks;
• providing psychosocial support and treatment for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence; and
• conducting public health awareness campaigns at the community level, with female community members playing a key advocacy role.

Oxfam-Québec: $500,000

Expected activities include: 

• improving access to potable water through water treatment and the provision of clean water where needed and appropriate;
• providing sanitation and waste management services and taking measures to reduce the risk of gender-based violence;
• conducting public health and hygiene awareness campaigns; and
• addressing shelter recovery needs through cash and voucher programming, enabling hurricane-affected people to purchase materials for the sustainable repair of their homes, based on their individual needs, while at the same time promoting the resumption of activity in local markets.

Action Against Hunger Canada: $400,000

Expected activities include:

• improving access to potable water through water treatment and the rehabilitation of damaged water infrastructure;
• provision of clean water where needed and appropriate;
• addressing sanitation needs by clearing stagnant water in flooded areas, rehabilitating latrines and constructing, where appropriate, emergency latrines, taking measures to reduce the risk of gender-based violence;
• distributing household water-treatment materials; and
• conducting public health and hygiene awareness campaigns.

Centre d’Étude et de Coopération Internationale (centre for international study and cooperation): $500,000

Expected activities include:

• providing small-scale cash grants to displaced women who lost their livelihoods;
• providing seeds and tool kits to 3,000 farmers whose crops and farming materials were lost in the hurricane and resulting flooding; and
• addressing shelter rehabilitation needs by working with local contractors to support vulnerable individuals and families to repair their homes, including by providing durable shelter materials such as corrugated metal roofs.