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IOM Appeals for Funds, Seeks Solutions for Haiti's Congested Camps

IOM is appealing for USD 123 million as part of the revised USD1.4
billion UN Flash Appeal for Haiti earthquake victims, which was
launched yesterday in New York.

It has already received the USD 30 million it requested in the
immediate aftermath of the January 12th disaster.

Of the USD 123 million, USD 62 million will go towards
displacement camp coordination and management; USD 42 million will
go towards providing emergency shelter; and USD 5 million towards
creating temporary, cash-for-work jobs for thousands of people in
areas like rubble removal and drain clearing.

USD 6.4 million will provide support to the procurement,
warehousing, transport and distribution services that IOM Haiti is
currently providing to other aid agencies involved in the emergency
response.

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USD 3 million will fund water, sanitation and hygiene projects
for displaced families; and USD 3.6 million will go towards health
projects, including mental health support for survivors and help
for earthquake victims and their families returning home following
hospital treatment.

IOM and its partner agencies working in the area of camp
coordination and camp management (CCCM) have now identified 332
spontaneous settlement sites in and around the capital
Port-au-Prince, hosting more than 104,000 families (543,000
individuals). These sites range from a few dozen to several
thousand families.

An estimated 460,000 individuals have left Port-au-Prince to
areas less affected by the earthquake. A further 200,000
individuals have been displaced in areas such as Jacmel and Petit
Goave, where IOM and its partners continue their distribution of
shelter materials and non-food relief items.

In Port-au-Prince, CCCM agencies are working on improving
shelter and creating drainage and latrines, focusing on a group of
19 sites, each hosting more than 5,000 persons.

IOM and CCCM partners have also started sample profiling of
displaced families to identify needs gaps. Initial findings
indicate that displaced families still have difficulties accessing
basic services and commodities, including drinking water and
adequate sanitation, shelter and food.  In a majority of
sites, camp committees have been set up to manage and maintain
existing services.

The government has taken the lead in identifying land for rubble
disposal and the resettlement of people now living in congested
sites. A minimum of 450 hectares of flat, non-flood plain land is
needed to settle up to 100,000 displaced people. To date, only 19
hectares have been identified and made available.

Efforts are currently being made to reduce over-crowding at the
Champ de Mars displacement site, which is now home to over 20,000
people displaced from the neighbouring commune of Delmas.

"Large areas of the Champ de Mars are prone to flooding and
sooner or later, people will have to be moved to organized
settlements, once the government has made land available," says
Vincent Houver, IOM's Chief of Mission in Haiti.

IOM and its partners are also expanding their camp coordination
and camp management operations to Petit Goave, Jacmel, and
Léogane, which suffered massive destruction in the
quake.

According to recent estimates, 98,000 people in the commune of
Léogane lost their homes. A majority are now living close to
the remains of their former homes, while an estimated 26,000 live
in camps of over 100 people. IOM is working with agencies including
Save the Children and Care to deliver help to some 64,000
people.

In the Jacmel region, IOM is providing camp management support
to two camps with populations of 2,000 and 5,000, respectively.

Meanwhile IOM is continuing to work with partners in the Shelter
Cluster, delivering shelter materials, including tarpaulins, tents
and household necessities.

It is also planning for transitional shelters to replace tents
and tarpaulins and has formulated a procurement plan for materials
including corrugated iron (CGI) roofing sheet and fixings.

As part of on-going efforts to promote early recovery and
economic revitalization, IOM is also working with municipalities
and neighbourhood committees to resume some of its pre-earthquake
cash-for-work activities in areas outside Port-au-Prince, including
Jeremie, Port de Paix and Cap Haitian.

IOM's USAID-funded cash-for-work activities are carried out in
coordination with the UNDP-led early recovery working group, which
currently employs more than 60,000 people in drain cleaning and
debris removal.

For more information, please contact:

Mark Turner

IOM Port-au-Prince

Tel 509 3643 79 14

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For more information on the latest cluster reporting and data
from Haiti, please go to the following link:

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