Situation Report (22 January 2010) - Haiti 72 distribution sites for water have been set up, 180 water trucks with a total capacity to provide water to 180,000 people (Jan 19). Main priorities include distribution of water to affected population, increasing the number of water trucks to facilitate distribution, sanitation and hygiene, and information management.
Situation Report (18 Jan 2010) - Haiti UNICEF will prioritize in coordinating water and sanitation on the ground. The first delivery of UNICEF water tanks, water purification tablets and rehydration salts has been unloaded in Port-au-Prince and is in process of being distributed; 250,000 litres of water was distributed yesterday to 17 zones with different humanitarian group assigned to each zone.
Haiti Classified As ¡¥In Crisis¡¦, UNICEF Launches HKD 9.3 Billion Appeal for Global Emergency Assistance GENEVA, Hong Kong (5 February 2010) - As global attention focuses on efforts to provide life-saving support to the people of Haiti, UNICEF today released its Humanitarian Action Report (HAR) 2010. This annual report spotlights the most severe crises impacting children and women around the world and includes an appeal for additional assistance.
More UNICEF life-saving emergency supplies, experts arrive in Port-au-Prince New York/Hong Kong, 18 January 2010 ¡X Another plane loaded with UNICEF emergency relief supplies arrived on 17 January, carrying urgently needed water and sanitation supplies. This is the second load of UNICEF water and sanitation materials to arrive in Haiti in the past 24 hours. Two experts in water and sanitation were also on the flight.
Hong Kong Committee of UNICEF allocated HK$780,000 to Quake-Struck Haiti New York/Hong Kong, 14 January 2010 ¡X Hong Kong Committee of UNICEF allocates HK$780,000 to purchase emergency relief items to quake-struck Haiti. The Supply Division of UNICEF is rushing life-saving supplies into the hardest-hit communities in Haiti.
