Haiti Earthquake - Assistance to Host Communities - Action Against Hunger 2010

12 September 2010 - Eight months after the devastating earthquake of 12 January 2010 that killed an estimated 230 000 people and affected over 3 million the humanitarian situation in Haiti remains precarious. An estimated 1.3 million people remain displaced in over 1 300 spontaneous camps in the most-affected regions. Humanitarian actors continue to work to meet basic needs improve living conditions and mitigate the serious health and protection risks in these environments. Humanitarian actors are also responding to the growing needs in less-affected rural areas where over 600 000 displaced people are exhausting the meagre resources of fragile host communities. CIDA is supporting Action Against Hunger to provide emergency cash-for-work activities to support displaced and host families who have struggled to meet their basic needs since the earthquake. Families receive quick injections of income through activities that include the rehabilitation of watersheds road networks and agricultural infrastructure as well as debris removal.