Action Against Hunger’s Emergency Relief Efforts

Haiti: Five Months

after the Earthquake

Today, ACF assists more than 100,000 Haitians living in very precarious conditions in some 40 camps throughout Port-au-Prince.

Tuesday, January 12th broad public awareness campaigns to train families in emer-
gency hygiene and sanitation practices. One thousand nursing
A devastating earthquake ravages Port-au-Prince and surroun-
mothers and their infants receive medical, nutritional, and
ding areas, leaving some 220,000 dead and over a million
psychological support in 15 “mother-baby” tents established
homeless. The entire country is affected. An Action Against
throughout the capital, 100 tons of high-protein biscuits are
Hunger staff member is killed during the earthquake, the orga-
distributed to children under five, and tarps are handed out
nization’s office in Port-au-Prince is turned to rubble, and all
so families displaced by the quake can build shelters. Action
emergency stocks are destroyed.
Against Hunger employs 4,400 Haitians to clear the streets of
Within hours, Action Against Hunger launches a massive
dangerous debris.
emergency relief operation. It is one of the first organizations to
respond to the disaster. Within the first month, ACF charters
Five months later
four planes loaded with emergency aid, sends 30 experts in
disaster relief operations to the region, and hires an additional Today, ACF assists more than 100,000 Haitians living in very
250 local staff members. A team of nearly 700 people, 90% of precarious conditions in some 40 camps throughout Port-au-
whom are Haitians, is fully mobilized to respond in the hardest- Prince. Rebuilding lives will take months, even years, given the
hit areas. scale of the destruction and losses suffered. Even as the cameras
turn away from Haiti, Action Against Hunger remains commit-
The first three months ted to helping communities regain their livelihoods, secure
water and food supplies for the future, and begin the painsta-
Each day, Action Against Hunger provides clean water to more
king process of rebuilding their lives.
than 80,000 Haitians sheltering in make-shift camps throu-
ghout the capital from large bladder tanks and water points set
up in stricken areas. ACF teams build 600 latrines and conduct ACF’s Initial Response at a Glance
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Given the severity of the earthquake, ACF teams in Haiti Action Against Hunger’s office in Haiti is not spared by the
contact headquarters. On the morning of January 13th, an emer- earthquake. As the risk of new tremors makes entering buildings
gency committee convenes to launch an immediate response for dangerous, a makeshift office and living quarters is set up next to
earthquake survivors. the house where international staff lived prior to the earthquake.

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The first cargo plane lands in Port-au-Prince. On
board: five ACF experts and 20 tons of water and sanitation
equipment, including bladder tanks and other hardware to
establish emergency water distribution stations. The objective:
to supply drinking water to 75,000 people. A second airplane
loaded with high-protein biscuits lands in Santo Domingo the
following Tuesday.
Already mobilized, teams on the ground rush to provide drinking
water to earthquake victims. Large bladder tanks are refilled several
times a day with clean water trucked in from outside. By the end of
the first three months, over 80,000 people have access to enough safe
water to meet their daily needs.

Haiti: five months after the earthquake

se at a At 5:00 p.m. on January 12th, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti. Port-au-
Glance Prince, near the earthquake’s epicenter, is devastated. Action Against Hunger’s
emergency teams mobilize to respond to the population’s immediate needs.

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ACF distributes hygiene kits containing essential items—inclu-
ding buckets, tarps, soap, and blankets—to earthquake survivors
displaced in camps throughout Port-au-Prince. These distribu-
tions are conducted calmly, in collaboration with local community
groups, and without armed security. By the end of June, 80,000
Haitians will have benefitted from these distributions.
Four tents open in Port-au-Prince camps to provide nursing
mothers and their infants a safe place for breastfeeding, as well
as medical, nutritional, and psychological support. Today, 1,000
mothers and their babies use the centers, and they are spreading the
word amongst their neighbors.

END OF JANUARY: As the rainy season approaches and the
risk of disease outbreaks grow, Action Against Hunger rushes to
install latrines and train displaced families in proper hygiene and
sanitation practices in emergency settings.
Beginning of March: Rubble and waste pile up in the streets,
threatening public health. Action Against Hunger launches “cash-for-
work” programs to clear the streets of debris, providing an economic
boost to people with vulnerable families, including single parents and
those caring for children with disabilities. By the end of June, nearly
10,000 people will have benefitted from these programs.

Action Against Hunger’s Emergency Relief Efforts

 Action Against Hunger thanks
all 70,000 individual donors—
too many to be named here—along
with the many institutions and
corporations, including those listed
below, for their vital support:

750 grammes
AECID
Agnès B
Aquassistance
Caja Navarra
Cartier International
CSC
CETE- association des Tours opérateurs
Charal

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CIAA
Citroën
Crédit coopératif
Bergey Patrimoine
DHL Express
Financial Report DFID
Eat Online
As of March 31st, Action Against Hunger has collected some €18.3 million in ECHO
donations for its initial emergency phase, as well as long-term reconstruction Eden park
and recovery programs. Nearly €4.5 million have been spent on emergency Eyes up
clean water, sanitation & hygiene, food security & livelihoods, and nutrition & Finish Line
health services (as of late March). Fondation de France
While the revenues received include dollars (both U.S. and Canadian), Fondation d’entreprise Airbus
euros, and pounds, the totals have been converted into a single currency for Fondation Veolia environnement
JCDecaux
purposes of comparison.
Les rats des villes
Les inrockuptibles
Breakdown of resources
Maltem
Other Funding from Maximiles
government private sources
Mediaprism
funding and other ACF
[€530,000] headquarters OFDA
[€6.44 million] Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliff
38% Orrick Rambaud Martel
Saint Gobain
SFR
Grants from 62% SIAAP
institutional SIDA
donors
[€11.35 million] SSP
Système U
Tyco International
Breakdown of resources spent by sector Ubicus
UNICEF
Nutrition & health Unifa
Universal Music France
15.8% Water, Viadeo
sanitation
& hygiene Warner Music France
45.5% Yuma Production
Zagat Survey
38.6%
Food security
& livelihoods